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Patea Mail, 14 November 1881, Page 4

Horrible slang in society In the printed instructions for playing lawn tennis, wc observe the injunction: “ First hare a good racket.” And this is the game countenanced by our best society. One can’t be too care£ul of firearms. A boy carried a pistol in his coat pocket, and one day last week while he was in swimming, the pistol unexpectedly went off. He has no suspicion as to who took it. . ..... When an illiterate farmer was asked by the Prosecuting Attorney if he was a husbandman, he replied : “ No, but I am to be married next month, and then I shall be.” There is a man in New York who makes his living by turning red noses white. In the same city there are several thousands who make their living by turning white noses red. A seaside belle left her bathing shoes hanging out of her hotel window to dry, and the next day the local paper announced “ that such a hotel had put up a new awning of a unique design.” One hundred head of cattle was the amount involved on the result of a recent texas horse race. This is the largest beef steak known.