The Fireside.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2

The Fireside.

The following iiTSaicLto have been the wind upW-tt charity; sermohfafr CE^s'irich^ Queensland 'r^*' You sing/ said the" preacher, addressing his' congregation, ' with fervour and" iei tease earnestness tn'0 I biaatiM;flymnV.' I >Wert thewhole realai l bf niature miae; ; that weca'an ofiering far too- small' jloVd'^'b'a'maßUQg'r so divine, demands my life, my seu), V myall.' And then (changing his voice, and speaking half satirically) yon famblo m your pockets for a threepenny bit.' A party of- Ttiixan waggoners, after j a hard day's pull^ were chatting taround the camp fire while they ., smoked their pipes. ' Sapbo,, me bhoy ? ' exclaimed Patj"'a ! rollickitfg- Irisn'man, f to a jojljr dar^ej^ r tell us: what makes- your nose lid l j£(a£* •* Dun%, > Mars' : Pa^aßswered Sam, ' but I 'spec its t6 :! keep : m&'froni pokin' into udder people's "business.* " ' The Wolverine started oat from Sydney , foe. , a ; two . days', .^rajse- one Saturday. ahernopn ;; lately,, having on board the New,. South Naval Artillery. The cruise ; jWaa undertaken) to afford the naval. volunteer heroes an opportunity for practice, ffyajkthe , strain op. the vessel's sides was so great owing" to the c ontinued_leaning over of the embryo, Bailors, that she \ threw up '. her helm and returaed.to port. An old Dutch lady at: a religious meeting became very much concerned for -her -tadul; and went J!aboufi:lSighingand SQbbing,,andwonj[d.nQt be comforted, tTpon being ask'ed.b^ the' minister; s wnat the matter] w^s >? sne repTied^taat she couldn't pray m i Engiisa',' J{ and she waft afraid the Lord couldn't understand Dutch/