Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1665, 23 March 1886, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items.

..'JD.nriri^ the .Birmingham, election,; Lady Randolph Churchill asked.:*; burly, -'blacksmith _ for las vote aud influence m; favor 'of/Lord Randolphs 1 «4Why ' should -■'• I vote for a bloated nntftqcrfit like that; i'rri ; a hard-work-itig ' njari, who has to gel urY at -six b clock m the niorniug-. \ suppose lie ' lies m bed till twelve." "0h.n0," yap. i the .reply, £ assure yon that, t&iid^Randolph is a very eailv riser, iind the alwaysigets! thrbu;£i;h a couple o? ! hours' n \Vork he/ore his breakfast." '''Yott 1 ; Heeni 'i&kfipvr a great deal about bis habit's— how do you know ; fti; tvme^e gets-up." " .Why, Ifri l^,V :^iie ; I!ni Lady Randolph Cliarchil}X',?' ( Yott "are, are you? Well, all I can say is that- if I were' Lord Randolph Churchill I'd stop m bed till the/tff tomboy (tady'Jßandoijih has,a a' ,- greajf reputation for good looks j ; anyhovjr, ;: mJKSiiSi I'll . vole for your ■..'•master." -Yet another humonr of the ejection." Mrs. HetCthcdte, one of the : ittdiesTT. 6t" > the Piiui rose •League, and the wife ,of s the candidate for North■wiSFi^fiTH'dShTrej^was canvassing "the" other Uay* somewhere intlie HLalmierehd 'and Audley ittihing district, wheii she w»fnt inlp the' cottage j>f a :miner. The miner's cathad only a day or two before givon ; birth to aline litter of kittens;'' Mrs. Heatb'cote, beekinjr for a good cue to commence. her oanYi»Bsing,, exclaimed .*' Oh, what beatiful': kittebs!' I suppose theyai-eall Tories?" -." Qh, yes/ replied the collier's wife. " Then I hope yon ■will give me one of the pvetty lit' le things; Can it see?" " No, it cannot uee yet, " answered the woman souling. *V,Then,'\said: Mrsi: HeWhcole, graciously, "I will call for it when it has opened its eyes." ' 'A. short time iftfte^ wards, Mrs Heatheote . a«ain appeared at the cottage, and gushingly exclaimed, " Oh, where is my pi-etty little^pnss? ; Give it to me, for 1 want to show-it to the oaptaiu. Let me see, ydn Said.it was T»vy." " Y«s, it was a Tory when you were here last, hut then it could nob see; but jiow it has its eyes, it's a Liberal;" : .'• ; V The fpilowiu{y aecoont of a 'Vgolden' ••wedding m Wellio^rton is given by the New Zealand Times-.— Mv and Mrs Beetham, of Motorua Street,; Thorndou (the bride's grandparents) took advantage of the occasion of the niarrage of Mr Arther liussell to , Miss WiUianiaj - -. to celebrate their golden wedding. ; The fiftieth anniversary of theii*. marriage was on the 25th of June, 1885, but as Mr Beetham was then on «, visit to England, the celebration was deferred till the marriage of his grand daughter. A t . lh e 'dejeuner the health 'of Mr and. Mr* Bepthnm was proposed by their eldest grandson, Mr H^nglt Williams,, and responded to by Mr Beetham. Thirtyone years ago Mr and Mrs Beetham . arrived m Port Nicholson, bringing •with them ten children — seven boys '-'.and .three girls— all of whom are still alive, and uwe present at the' tharriage ceremony and the festivities which followed.. Thefamily, including sons m law and daughters m law^, now jDuinber about fity m all. Mi* B-ichard Beetham, the eldest son, is Resident Magistrate at Chiistchurch; Mr W.H. Beethan), the second son, is a runholder m the "W^ftirarapaj and Mi* George Beethani', the third son, , .hasheeuM. H.R. for North. Wai rara pa -for several yeara, arid foi' three or four sessions acted as whip to the Atkinson party. Mr arid Mrs Be'etham's eldest daughter is irfarried /to Mr J^ I\ . Willia.mM, of Hasting; and the third to Mr Charles A. Fitzroy, of Hastings, The festivities were concluded by a ■sbalj. at which,, ag large number oi and friends were present. ? Mr and Mrs Beetham looked remarkable hale and hearty, and areiiine .specimens of the early colonists of New Zealand, ajid testify to the |alu, MtgQtitfiQiwbtfi, ■•'■■'