THE ESCORT.
The following were the. amounts forwarded to Dunedin from the various diggings by the last escort. ozs. dwts. Mount la* .... 1048 12 St. Bathans ... ... 400 0 Queenstown ... ... 2023 1 Arrow ... ... ... 1270 10 Cromwell ... 1240 4 Dunstan : , v ' 600 0 Alexandra 337 0Teviot.,. ... ... ... 370 9 Blacks 600 0 Tuapeka .... ... 1668 9 Switzers ... 692 0 Waipori ... ... ... 291 14 Waitahuna ... 431 14 Woolshed ... 245 6 Total : 11,219 2 -
A faemee, well known for his unadorned simplicity and dry humor, was on one occasion on a visit to some of his acquaintances in Glasgow, and happening to go through one of the arcades, he thought he would like a smoke but found that his stock of tobacco was gone. Putting his pipe in his mouth, and feeling his pockets for some " orra bits," he was accosted by a policeman with "There's no smoking allowed here." The farmer replied in his ain canny way, "Losh, man, I am glad at that, for I ara clean oot o' tobacco."
The Dutebence.—-Uncle Sam, a down East farmer, known far and wide by this patriotic title, had a neighbour who was in the habit of working on Sundays, but after a while this Sabbathbreaker joined the church. One day our friend met the minister to whose church he belonged. " "Well, Uncle Sam," said he, -< do you see any difference in Mr P—since he joined the church ?" "Oh yes,!" said Uncle Sam, " a great difference. Before when he went out to mend his fences on Sunday, he carried his axe on his shoulder, but now he carries it under his coat." It is said that cork-screws have sunk more than cork-jaukets have ever saved.
Hokne Tooke, when asked by G-eorge 111. why he never played at cards, replied, " I cannot tell a kin-? from a knave."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 161, 5 April 1872, Page 5
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299THE ESCORT. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 161, 5 April 1872, Page 5
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