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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5384, 29 June 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

His Fatal Step.—“ You see/:' said the despondent man, who was sitting on a barrel, addressing the grocer, who was spearing the top of a biscuit case with a cheese knife, ** some people has good luck ami some people has bad luck. Now, I remember once I was walking along the street with Tom Jellied?, and ho went down one side of F and I went down the other. "Wo hadn't gbne mor'n half-way down when he found a pocket-book with £59 in it, and I stepped on a woman’s dress, and so got acquainted with mv present wife. It was always so,"* added he, with « sigh. “ that Tom JelKcks was the luckiest man in the world, and I never had no hide." • A CLEK(iV3t.vN, addressing those who go to church to stare about, and then complain that others stare at them, lately said— 4 'When I was a boy we had a schoolmaster who had odd way of catching idle boy?. Says he, one day, ’ Boys, I must have closer attention to books; the first one of you that sees another boy idle T want you to inform mo, and I will attend to the case.* * Ah,* thought Ito myself, ‘there is Joe Simmons that I don’t like; I’ll watch Idm. and if I see him look off his book I’ll tell ou him.* It was not long before I saw Joe Ipok off his book, and imtue'diately I informed the master. ‘ Indeed,* .said he, how do you know he was idle V * f saw Mm,* was the reply. ‘You did? and were your eyes ou your book when you, saw him V I was caught; but I didn’t watch fo: boys again." HoNEsTy Rbvardkd.-The liberality of some of our wealthy landed proprietors is widely known, but the following notable instance of generosity should not be allowed to be lost to the world. A*squatter residing near Heartburn, and reputed to be worth six Azures, some time back paid a visit to the old country. On one occasion ho employed a railway porter to convey his luggage some short distance, amt he munificently rewarded him for his services with twopence. Now, the olllcial, turning over his two coppers, discovered a half sovereign between them, Hurrying after our lord of the soil, he breathlessly inquired wh athec there = was not some mistake, ov was the gol/dencoin intentionally given t “I was so astoundeyV' (touse M’Hurdle’s own .words),“at the honesty, t!ie downright honesty, of the man, ‘that I immediately gave him another twopence !’* ATust.—A mcck-cyod married man offered as a test at a spiritual seance that the medium name the articles-in Ms wilVa upper bureau drawer. The medium said the spirits would repeat the contents of Webster's dictionary Or any other 1 light talk, but lifo was too'Short to attempt the task : probosid, km the rash proposer was hurried oat of lbs hall.