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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5186, 5 November 1877, Page 3

The following account of a rather rough practical joke is supplied by a correspondent of the Albury Banner on the Upper Murray; —“ A school teacher in this district was made the victim, not long since, of a practical joker. It chanced that the joker one day came across a large specimen of the tiger snake, which he succeeded in killing ; on the same day he happened to meet the Dominie who was going out for a bathe in the creek, hard by the spot where lay the dead body of the snake. The teacher, it appears, is well known to entertain a great dread of these reptiles, and the opportunity for practising on his fears was too tempting to be lost. When both parties had undressed and were about to enter the water a sly chance was taken to whip the defunct snake into one of the teacher’s boots. The wicked one then suddenly made the discovery that the place chosen for entering the creek was not a desirable spot, inasmuch as the locolity swarmed with snakes ; and he suggested to his companion that they should both put their boots on and walk a little way up the stream to a safer bathing place. The Dominie was not slow to take the hint, but in attempting to draw on his boots was transfixed with horror to find that one of the scaly monsters had there taken up his quarters. In a trice the, calm of that sylvan retreat was disturbed by yells of the most alarming character. Nothing could satisfy the Dominie that he had not been bitten, and so great was the force of imagination with him that he appeared only too likely to die in real earnest, from the effects of the supposed injury. The practical joker in the, meantime had disposed of the snake, leaving the unhappy victim under the impression that the reptile had escaped, and as a matter of fact he could not be pacified until a piece of flesh about the size of a hazel hut had been excised from the calf of his leg.” “The City of Health." —If people only knew the important part which the teeth play in the economy of health, they would bo more careful to preserve them. This cannot be done more effectually than by the regular use of Eowl Anns’ Onomo, or Pearl Dentriflce, an elegant preparation, which prevents the decay of the teeth, and gives them a pearly whiteness, at the same time imparting to the breath a grateful fragrance. The genuine Odonto has the words A. Rowland & Sons engraved in red on the Government. stamp lixed on each box; buy only Rowlands’. Sold all over the world by chemists, druggists, bazaar and store keepers. Wholesale agents, Ifelton, Grimwade, and Co. Conveyances AIR All AP A TO WELLINGTON BACK THE SAME DAY. For the convenience of the public Messrs Hastwell & Macaha will RUN AN EXTRA COACH. Leaving Eeatherston at 7 a.m., arriving at Upper Hutt at 11.25. Return—Leaving Upper Hutt at 4.35, and arriving at Eentherton at 8.30 p.m. Up-country settlers desiring to catch this early coach are advised to come down ;to Eentherton the previous evening by the afternoon coach from Masterton. ■ TVTOTIOE.—Having sold my Coaching XS Business between Wellington and Wanganui to Hastwell, Macara, and Co., I beg to return the public generally my sincere thanks for the liberal support accorded to me for the past nine years, and solicit a continuation of that support for my successors, having every confidence that the travelling public will in no With reference to the above, it will at all times be our pleasing duty to accomodate the public in every way, and we beg to solicit a continuation of that support bestowed on our pre-Time-Table : way suffer by the change. * A NTT ANDREW YOUNG. decesaor. HASTWELL, MACARA, & CO.