LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1666, 24 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

BfeVaYs Beblcefti'Hatutnond and Dick h^yji;-a v speqiat^aiji^oqhcßmje^' : in to-day to iiehichiat ia^^ j Messr* F, RTJacjrspD and Co.'s Wayerley stock iale will take place on Friday, and their usual weekly sale at-.jSt Etill.■>treet briSatufdavi *■ ''' i ■'< -'"" ' '■'-■ i - ■■■ . - ■ ■ ■••■ «*•"■>• ■'-•** •<---' . Some one m vented a] now name 'for Mr Gladstbne^asWbirttiday gifC It was " The Grand Old -Miracle." „ ( The following jg an' extrict/fioth } an address by. some commercial travellersto one of their number m Wangaauj. — We cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without tendering you a' cordial welcome on your. return to this, theland of your, adoption., . Since your .departure frbm us many: changjes have taken] place many riew facea have'joitied us m companionship on the" road, and some of tha old and familiar have gone. Copper •toes, tin tacks, ; rags, and mottled soap hay« gone down-c onsiderably m value, while ;dqllg' eyes j,haye. eutirely rdisap- \ peared as an article of cofmnerce ; .but notwithstanding these marked changes our public indehtnesi still t CQnsh|ies, -for which wo'have.e.very reason to be "Isare-; ful. : The future all hea open before us '; do not let uh disturb the ip'asfc otherwise than by looking back at' it with pleasure. We all recognise n the absolute-necessity of paying for our drinks.

; • Gentle treatment of cowsj r-f W b'ippiog kicking, roughness, harshness, loud scolding, or unkiridness always decreases the milk at every milking. Cattle,, says the Jersey Bulletin, like salt; and sugar mixed, and when these are given ?by a kind, and gentle hand they acquire a habit of gentleness". A 'strange., cawr or heifer will.Bodn teel at home if introduced to a lump of sugar and salt, : The Sydney <9Z05« says that boot: andshoemakers m Sydney are walking the streets and cannot get work, while; m Victoria where the trade' is protected, * they now send boots and shoes into New South' Wales to the value 6f up", wards of i' 67,000 annually, 'tho Victoian can actually sell his wares \yhile local i»en and their families pine! for want of work that thua goeß to theneighbouring colony, . . :