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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2425, 24 December 1880, Page 4

Couldn't stand it any longer.—A lightning-rod agent was struck by lightning the other day, and the phenomenon can only be accounted for on the theory that the electric lluid got tired of being lied about. Some Philadelphians named their mine the “ Scooper," and the name proved prophetic. They have been scooped. “ Yes, yer reverence, all thim names he called me, an’ sis I, ‘ I wouldn’t domane meself to lose me temper wid such a low blackguard,’ so I jist knocked him over wid the stick and come away.” Horse Factory.—A youngster joyfully assured his mother tho other day that ho had found out where they made horses ; he had seen a man finishing one —“ He was just nailing on his last foot.” The luck of the Beresfords is proverbial. It is not so long since that Lord William, “ Ulundi Beresford,” as he is called, bought the Bend Or ticket in the celebrated Umballa sweep, realising thereby some £IO,OOO or £12,000. Moi e recently he purchased half the share of Robert the Devil for the St. Leger in this same Umballa speculation, and as the sweep was worth between £6OOO and £7OOO the result was another remarkable success.