Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1609, 15 January 1886, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items.

...... ...,;. .• ' ~ ■•- „.' ,- . i Mi\W is quitj? ; an elderly wealthy gentleman., having for his second vife a lady many years his.>jj;nior,. ':> and much petted. Any expressed 1 wish of hers he has at once gratified, '*'*'" if money could he the medium. . One — .^evehing.shferemariccdin^heroliarining -,' ... t way, "I saw |to,-<lay atrr7Tß*ore', a lovely camel's hair shawl that T want -.- ..... ever bo much. Would- you- bring "■..,.- hometo morrow a cheque ? It's only ; '•'<■ lySbOdols." " Yes, dear," ( he replied, ■-. w - 1 will bring the money ; " and the, next evening' with the assistance of his porter, he .did. bring homeland ; •' 'place on the parlor table fifteen hunrt. ' dred silver . dplaf s. Ait the sight of this pile of metal, weighing -'nearly a hundred pounds, the wife exclaimed, '■-.-■■■' " What are you goiner to do; with ■"•'■'": Wtfcat nioneiy ? t; "Why ! love, \t]sl the money you wanted' for the :new : shawl."; " Good Gracious ! Does 1 it take all that to make 1,500t101s 1 Why! I had no idea it meant so ; much. . I will do without the .shawl, ■'■ i; and will pu6 it all in^the havings bank, 1 if yoii will let me ;" and she did so, and has since added several sums to ; .. , the deposit. Mr W. affirms on his i . '-jhonor that since that event she; has 1:/ - :/ not aked ; f6r. aquarter, part so much money as before the incident. ;The; above is not a fancy sketch. It all rea'dy.Jhapp'ened;- 1 — Boston, Transcript. „.. : (general iJaudeaw, formerly. Ahaerican, Consul at 'Londpn^Vrites Jthus . .a^iit Qiieen Victoria :-^-" Sfie| still ... ; ibr 1 'h i e r rse.lf\the : -pnhc'tillo of . ' rfonuer centuries. Men and women of ithe higesM'ank kneel to her tqday. Caoinet Ministers' kiss her hand. „ She refuses to receive any personal service frpin ai menial exc«pt at ; table,, piikea Hand Puchesses ploak her m public, an<l comnaone'rsbecomoe 'honourable' for life because they hay ■waited upon Her Majesty. At a .garden party, I have seen a Duchess 1 Wiping behind hei; jjb t car'ry a bouquet, or standing al the entrance of a 1 Je^tl > .*'.' - - while' s her mistreAs.: iwenjb ) within to rest or- refresh herself. The Sovereign's own "■ daughter^ /arj-aiige ' „ her robes when she opens Parliament ; 'tlie Prince of Wales pays homage as a subject) on the .same occasion ] her children must be presented at Court on the marriage. Im.the early part of her rei<?n she was visiting .Louis ,Pliillip|»ie,\ then King of the ; 1 French; lit the Cheate'au d'Eu, and -' one ' day asked, [fqr a» glass of water.' It was handed her by a servant,' but Her Majesty declined to recieve it '■ whereupon the Kins: directed one of his own sons to offer ihe goblet,' which was then graciously accepted. The Governor gave a word m due season the other day. He was called ( up, to addreW aVinetiting of clergymen, m connection with dahterbury synod, and he talked to the parsons about ' ; . . short sermons! He. commended a good one by ihe Bey, R. j. Thorpe j'a gentleman known m Hawera) which had occupied but 15 niinute-s, and His Excellency went on to say that reminded him of the fact that once upon a time a celebrated Judge m England was asked what should be the length : of,aßermon,. He ; replied "not more ' than twenty minutes with a leaning to the side of mercy". [Loud laughter.] His Excellency did . not mean to say that that should be the universal rule, ' for no doubt there were many occa* •; sions and many subject s which should not be, dealt with m so piompt and carsory a mahnerj • and, therefore, those could not be condemned v^ho had found it necessary to address the people at greater length. " But ho thought that, as * general rale, they would all agree with Mm, from the manner m which they had received that sentiment/ 1 ; that learned 3 tidge took' • correct "view bi the' question.