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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2164, 24 February 1880, Page 3

Short Editorial. —A country editor lately returned a tailor’s bill endorsed. :i Declined—handwriting illegible.” One From Arran. —ATativc is looking into the parlour, and the maid, who is busy setting the table lor dinner, places a vase of flowers in the centre. ATaliyc —“ Ay, it’s rale bonnie; but, Maggie, wha eats the flowers ?” American Advertising. —An ingenious French painter, who was talking about costume with some foreigners maintained that much of the dignity associated in our .minds with the face and form of Washington was due to the starched cravat about his neck. ‘‘ liemove that, ” he cried, “ and Washington will descend at least ”0 degrees in the eyes of his admirers. “ Camany and Crosset, 25 Ivearney-street, have now on hand unequalled articles for neck wear, so pcrpectly adapted to face and figure that* they bring out the beauty of every man’s individuality.— Californian Paper. Quith llitADvroK Him. — The other day a genuine tramp, with a stomach yearning for a pick-me-up meal undertook to enter a yard on Winder street. A large, fierce dog stood at the gate to give him hostlc, and after vainly trying to propitiate the animal, the tramp called to a lad of 10 who was making a kitc on the verandah: “ Hey,, sonny !” “ Acs, I’m hay,” was the reply. ,l Say, bub, call off yer dog !” “ JXo use —no use, ’ replied the lad. “Even if you got in here ma’s waiting at the kitchen door with a kettle of hot water, Sarah’s working the telephone to get the police, and I’m here to holler ‘ murder !’ and wake up the whole strecr.’k