The Round Table.
The;following is JosußilJings' notion 1 6fa thoroughbred gentlemau : — A bob tail coat, • penny papar koiler, a white o tlon L fceskit, \ alle trousers without any cloth jn.tae legs, phinv lethei boots, pair of yaSler gl >ye?, an! inside <f 'em ; all£a thluggot/ up iii.i intimation of a man, but, av\tbe ; kounteriVited say poorly executed, .aud not kaikerated to deaevv Musfcaso. j indisppusabul, ,and braaes pnnecessary»> Fine specimens on exhibitt xx. c.- : At a friendly Club gathering one ,:6v.enlng_one:bf tbe iinemtiejni «.xercißt-d ibifHHbiUty for ieUing ; < yarns hy giving ; RiTdCiialof several 1 iph. '*;bulle,"ltothe .amusement of, bis. companiows. an 4te indignation oh a , pjir.i;iotic HiLeujiin who was (.reseat. Tue son ot i;.riu at, last arose »na>>* fi{»arkednnd gnantiv-f M-Paiib/ 7 an'd idb yob"fchdvr wa'at I thitkj Mr' 3.1 I tbinkf ind»ui«-,tltha|t not more ttian-one half - ttiose lies they ;tetl about xue lrisa are true. ' •;■ ftataer the following atxe^otcs from an amasing paiper m the Argoay —A clergyman officiating at a chiisien|-;, -itfiffor^t't&iig'ttf arifcV anM assurniugj its ftwty crit» tliaf thebbiid wub a. boy, proceeded with the serviee'as wriiteD, when he was discomfiud by a buxom I*bJ^ ! with : "Please sir .'lie's ; V the;" Of another clsr^ mazt it is roiuted ' tbat/ once . reading the burial servjce v without knowing the sex of the 'de/a'tlct, he paused at tufe fare, ani wLwpertd- to one of the 'mairT^y 1 innocently 1 rallied, " iNcr reiatibS'at all sir : only ah acquaintance.".
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 3
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237The Round Table. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 3
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