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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2462, 8 February 1881, Page 4

The " Mount Ida Chronicle ” says:—“ It is stated that Mr Patrick M’Caughan will shortly resign his seat as member for Riverton. He intends to take a trip Home, and will remain a considerable time in his native county, Antrim. May the lovely vales of Antrim prove a ‘ happy valley ’ to the gallant member, and from these shores we sincerely wish him ion voynyr. A reporter calls at a banking house and takes notes and its all right. Along conies another fellow, takes some notes, and gets jugged for five years. This illustrates the privileges enjoyed by the press. A Mobile paper describes a young lady with hair ‘ as black as a raven's,’ The ravens weren’t wearing any hair to speak of last Summer, but wo suppose the style has changed this year. There’s one sort, of ship I always like to keep clear of, said an old bachelor seacaptain, and that’s courtship, cause on that ship there’s always two mates and no captain' ‘ Ella, is your father at home ?’ said a bashful lover to his sweetheart; ‘ I want to propose something very important to him.’ ‘iso, Clarence, papa is not at home ; but I am. Could,nt you propose to me just as well ?’ And he did, with perfect success. “ Is that mule tame ?” asked a farmer of an American dealer in domestic quadrupeds. “ He’s tame enough in front,’ answered the dealer; ‘ but he’s awfully wild behind." An old lady visiting the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh the other day, on inspecting the old weapons very earnestly, and failing to find what she was apparently looking for, asked a visitor if he could tell her whereabouts they kept the Axe of the Apostles.

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