Ireland for Ever.
;. ;I was m Normanby a few days ago, and managed to hear the following joke. T;he hero is aj^gintleman" well known m Hawera. Two settlers wore sitting m an hotel parlor ; Ah fact, they sai a little tod long, and drank " not .wisely, -but too well." One was boasting tothe other saying what great aud grand people his relations, werb m Scotland ; m fact,/ you could not find people m; Ireland" to be compared ■with .his Fcotch relations. This Was too much for Charley O'Scratohara, who could not sit down and hear such a slmvicast upon hiinsel £ and country. Up hpjutnped, intending, ho doubt,, to de-' liver an oration upon Erin ; but, alas, Jafß legs were evidently "suffering from the effects of good s compauy, for they refused to sup'pbrt him, So iie fell^backWards into the empty fire-place. .He managed to regain his feet, and stood vpthjiis^head up; th,e * chi|mne,y. . , .Goqdj. ; nets voiy knows whe're,-he thbugtit^ie was, but he made a powerful and telling speech upon the good qualities 'of 'the Iristocracy. His concluding words were, "jl'm Charley iO'Scratcham, g'iiitl'eqian; Jgptleman, county Longford, Ireland. L|et'me outjor'i'irbrin'g an aifibrf against ye "for false i!nprisonment.--C6rreßp9n-. dent of Haiveia Star. V
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 4
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201Ireland for Ever. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 4
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