Paddy Murphy on the Opening of Parliament.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3304, 24 July 1879, Page 3

Paddy Murphy on the Opening of Parliament.

5 FBOM THE SATTJBDAY ADVERTISES. ■ " ' • ' Lambton Kay.

Wellington, July 16th, 1879,

Yell be astonished to hear that I wasn't at the openin'. Sir Herculis sint for me, ar coorse, bat one o' the childher was teethin' that momin', and Molly wouldn't letjme laivethe house, so she wouldn t. His Iscillincy was mighty vexed about SfciiarKe-wanted me to coach him up in ilocushin.' Ay coorse, ye can see be the wbrdin'o* the speech, that it was rote be mci but I don't want this spread abroad, bekaise Sir Gecrge likes to take all the credit to himsilf, bo he lt:dbes;:; No doubt, the tiligraph has tould!'ye'' about the Opposishun cowcass tlial <was held at Maclean's, the other .nigjit. Bedad, ifc was a grate aflair iHtirelyi salt was.; arid Sir William was :esc-ted laidher o' the t'aim. They fancy Mey%'be abie to turn us out ay offis wid the greatest ay aise, but, begorra, they'll find ther mistake, so they will. They've a lot q\. misshinori.es at work on the lobbies^ sthrivin' to make convarshins fo ther ranks, but it won't work, so it won't. The,.prices, aren't high enuff, an' Sir W^liam, wi'U,.have :to: spring up a bit before he can reckon on a majority. An'talkin'o' Sir William, I've a little taste o' news n to tell ye, but mind ye muse keep It as a grate saycrit, an' don't braithe it to a livin' sowl. I happened to be paisin' Maclean's on the night o' the cowcassV whin one o' the boys caught »ight o' me, an' dhragged me in to take a dhrop o' the crayther wid me inimies. Sir William an' mesilf shuk hands as if we were on the best o' terms, an' whin they .filled;; out a cruiskeen for me, Sit>'William ses to the waither, ses he —•• Bring me a taste o' vinegar bitthers," an', at thii same time, he gave the flunkey a^picbdliar wink, as much as to say, "ye know what I mane." Prisintly, the #aittflr returned wid a tumbler half filled wid a ricli brown liquor that looked mighty like me isteemed ould frind, Misther James Hennissy. Ay coorse, I #ditlHH't!f6r a single moment hint that it was,anything, :but vinegar bitthers, but, 'pon me corishihse, it smelt purty strong ; an', ;mo^ ; . be; .token,'. whin Sir William twa&bw'ed it, he got quite jovial.