A REMINISCENCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2026, 29 March 1890, Page 2

A REMINISCENCE.

TAE THAE EDITOR. Maister Editor,-—I ha’e lang thocht tae ha e sent ye a few l, nes a b 00 t thae queer loons I ha’e met wi’ in thae days that are langsyne gaen by, an’ sae thae nicht, aifter ha’eing my parriteh, i gat mtae a musing mood. Noo I dae nae ken hoo it is, but I am ave subject tae thae moods aifter a emg me parntch, mair especially when they are unco guid, jist biled tae a wallop. Neo, Bobby Burns made a sang aboout a haggis. Nae doot but a haggis is Tory guid tae them lhat likes them, only it is a vera maisterfu dish tae pree. Gae me a bowl o’ guid parntch, wi plenty o’ warm milk fresh frae thae coo, and jist tapped ower wi’ a weedrappieo’thae real Glen live t, Editor, but it k a dish fit for thae Queen hersel’, puir . a s 1 was sayin’, I gat mtae this dormant state, an’ I am nae sure whether it is thae Glenliyet or thae parntch that is thae cause o’t. 1 aye think it is thae parriteh, but it jist possible that thae Glenliyet may ha e something to do wi’ it tae, an’ dmna ye ken that it is a yera common taut fo auld bodies like mesell taa think ower muckle o’ thae da vs that areganeby. Noo I am exercising my noddle ower a wrastle I ance had wi the minister an the Kirk an’ I -■ will jist tell ye hoo it happened if ye 11 gae me a corner o’ yer valuable paper. It maun be twenty years an’ mair when I feund in the Tammyhauk °, r i 8 1 om c e 1 \ tliel, Paper, a bit notice that a the folks willing tae big a kirk were tae meet at a certain wee bit shanty in thae toun, Weel dae I m i n d hoo I cockit me lug at this, an’ whin thae nicht cam I set oot in thae gloaming, wi me vera best suit o’ claes on, an’ a cudgel in me baud tae keep ofE ony bogles or witches or any ither uncanny critters I might in thae dark forgather' wi. Weel, I gat safe at thae rendevoose, whaur I found fire or sax mair douce bodies like mesell, an* there I gat a vera warm welcome. Eh man, X was pleased ■ an’, tae croon a, 1 was pat on thae managing committee, an’ I can tell ye I thoct nae sma’ beer o’ mesell’. An’ there an’ then we agreed tae big a kirk, an’ tae dae oor share in supporting a minister o oor ain. An’ we a’ ga’e as muckle siller as we thoct was oor share, an we resolved to collect frae every source we could,- an’ we were . ge ting on richt bonnily until oor minister cam’ apan thae scene. Weel as it cam’ tae pass that a’e day as 1 gaed doon thae street, I forgathered wi’ a lang chield in a lang-tailed black coat, an he glowered at me. Nae doot but he spied that I was taking J tent o him. An’ meeting an ae- ; quamtance I speered o’ him “ Wha can ye tell me is that chiel, is he a paekie or wha may he be.” “Whist man,” says he, dmna ye ken that is oor minister, comeap tae see after oor welfare ‘ Weel / 7 eel .” quo’ I, “if that birkie be a minister I ha’e nae mair tae sae,” an I gaed awa’ my ain gait. But he sune cam’ tae oor meetings, -an’ the vera first nicht he cam’ we were deciding amang oorsells what like a - kirk we were gaun tae big, an’ ©’ coorse, he tuk thae chair an’’ ha glowered at us, an’ he delivered a lang haurange fu’ o’ lang jawbrakers. He faund fan t wi’ a’ thing. Naething wad dae him but jist his ain way. An , at last, a e night he gat oor birse Up - wAt 00 0 us tuk a P oor banneta an left thae room; an’ weel pleased am I this day wT mesel’ that I bed fhSfv P ?V5 e daeit J ? Weel > when this birkie had roosted oot a’ wha wad na servily follow him, he than turned a oor plans tapsalterrie, an’ tae see the kirk he bigget! It haed sae money farthingales aboot it that am na able tae describe it. l am fair dumbfoondred, the sam’ as was Bobby 'i r u S -^ ben be tried tae tell boo thae witch Meg danced in the foursome reel in her cutty sark. But there was a lang fu o a’ kinds o’ patchwork (I ha e aye thoct that this minister birkie an his toor were a vera guid * ilkal’-rf 11 th ff ther ® were a win g § 011 sma’ g d abi ar? ta f. Croon a ’> ife baed a A mad 8 5 6 m llk ? corner facing the road. lam making this ower lang, saa I will keep the best o’t for anither insertion. Tour humble semnt Babbie Mactayish.