CLIPPINGS FROM " ATLAS, " IS THIS WORLD.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 92, 7 November 1877, Page 2

CLIPPINGS FROM " ATLAS, " IS THIS WORLD.

The gontloman who has the editing of the Times advcrtiscracnt-shect should bo a littlo more careful. Tlio following odd ! specimen found its way into its columns : " A comfortable homo for city gentlemen, who would appreciate cheerful, musical, and select society ; and one, or two ladies, who would occupy tho same bedroom' Tennt moderate and inclusive.' 1 Chinamaniacs beware ? I met tho other day with an honest dealer (there | are a few such), who told me frankly that some lovely little cups and saucere in his stuck, of tho most ravishing paste and most: lovely decoration, were actually being made at this present moment in a private china-kiln in St. John's Wood. They sell in Bond-street at £5 a pair, as genuine specimens of a famous factory, and arc eagerly sought after by eounoi* seurs. Appropos of British subjects in foreign service, of «vhorn we hear a good deal just now, here is a rominiscence :— Many years •Jgo I was in Ireland on post-office busi. nest, when Anthony Trollopo was surveyor of the northern division. A friend took me to a hutamc garden at Belfast' where Julicn was giving a minster con* cert with tho aid of the " band of the French Zouaves."; One of tho principal performers was "missing, and, being of musical importance; tho Zouave was sought for with the aid of tho local detectives. And they found him. Where ? In an Orange lodge-room. in the far-famed Sandy- row, piously inebriated, toasting tho " glorious and immortal momory of tho great and good King William 111" 4 and singing the " Protestant Boy*.'" with an accuracy of intouatiou and an impurity of accent quite remarkablo in a French* man.