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Southland Times, Issue 1231, 1 April 1870, Page 4

Some idea of what a Scotchman thinks of Paradise is given by the Hobart Town Mercury at the expense of a resident of Tasmania. Our contemporary says: — Some people have singular ideas of perfect happiness. An industrious Scotch settler in this country, who had accumulated a very handsome property, sent to the •* auld conntrie " for his father, with a view that he should share his son's prosperity. One day a friend of the family paid a visit, to the elegant mansion, where the old gentleman was living with his son, and took occasion to compliment the proprietor of the estate on its surpassing loveliness and cosy comfort. The owrier, full of love for his beautiful home, said he looked upon it and its surroundings as "a perfect beaven on earth." * " Heaven on earth!" growled the venerable Scot, "heaven on earth, and no' a thimble fa' o' whuskey i' the haiilhoose!" A clergyman told an Indian he shonld love his enemies. "Me do love 'em," replied the latter. "What enemies do you loVe most ?" " Bum and brandy."