Perils of the Road.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 233, 4 September 1883, Page 2

Perils of the Road.

y--' :.•..„-..>; ■■• ■ •■■•■■ ; ThevTown; Band ■ got a rery pretty capsize on the Raneitikei Line -"this morning, when returning from bandon. It ;appeara the road -was riot- wide enough,- or Jonea' ; gallant steeds we're i too :high ; cfedi; and i mettlesome, -or the san or-some member ble^- a false note whan greeting the rising sun, or something else happened; , sbut;, ,; however,! : oVer <* Went" the Apple-cast, »und; put- flew 'the r Towji , Band, instruments an&al^irfaWbfitsecl heap m the ditch^ And some expeeto* rated, > atfd*. Mothers while others .still cachinated heartily at the strange conglomeratioa. The big dru/a broke the fall of the little drummer, f^bd the stoutest and most rubicnnct^^ember of the Ban^ perfptmed japaae fettffai aad wonderful gymaaatic feats a flock of lambing fiwes^ and leftdin^ some quiet nulkin?. cows across* the padlock , as s if Rursuejj by [the esal ,ofie;' : I'he ".^assembly " was jsou.nded.i aad»tse j fragments ( i o!f ;i t musicjans; ; and iostru" i n\ents w^e j /spUectedjin ii ; sbe .teieak, ; andi ; Palmetstqn was reached^ i; thg ( .tttrnTsout' jwearing^aj^hw [diJliapi|at€id Wtral^^ ! night kind of aspect. ...«, W"e are glad to [hear that ; no bones werej brokea, and that the ipstruments are. not beyond [ repair. The Band jnuat be more care* I ,ful neft time, iq their ;of-.theiri I JehUj whe,n x oflf to the ( coun,try for s joMca^pjj.^ 7^are!glad' to^ar that the excursion * wa^.:: most enjoyable, that the financial point was sajas.f^ory, and' the .recepMon pur townsmen re* ceived from the Sandon people was hearty and iospita>le, especially coapn ling here^hj^thev ji.ame^ h .,p,f|t^Messrs Burchaaijan^Andierson. The canseof the mishap we learn was the blinkers coming off the noar pole horse, -