BRIEF MENTION

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 167, 24 November 1883, Page 14

BRIEF MENTION

;- ; 'vA. : tailor's goose.^-Tlie Washer : ; ' , •V: ■;•-■■• 'liAytfers should Bleej) Well— it is immaterial on ';-■'■■•■;'• "_' '/ ' '"' ''"•'''[ In.Me'xicd cakes 6? soap' aYe used as a medium of eiob&nge. ■ We use soft-soap hero; . ; • i clean: |il>er'- ; , \2fes, ; alcohol will v :^l^iil^%eß^yjerioutoEyour■pQQl:9t. . ,: .-"■■■', •- ' i*<<The'B*own-Cum-Clark faction ", is what they ; call tb^Eovail servants at Balmoral. |! ' : ; " Wh© were the two lads that were making . f «igus to,. thelC. l}, imnajfces. the otjjfir day ? „ 3 . Now n. that Ferry; has, assumed the office of foreign Minister^ ftierewill, of course, bo a " row." That Martini-Henry rifled the pockets of • "thbusahds v , but Was a very good shot for a great many. The French do not find it Soutayble to attack the Chinese at present, but they are'not Bocin(g)h out ©fit. •. ■ ' ' ,= , Some sailors of H.M.S.' Nelson recently did a hornpipe in aid of a church fond. This keats polo and lawn tennis. Hicks Pasha's army is in extremities. There is -no need to Hickspashiato upon the circumstance at present. -Eaglan has been visited by an earthquake It wanted- something of this sort to rouse up the folks a bit. The Melbourne police authorities have stopped the Salvation Army street-marching. Now, then, Mr Supermtendeat Thomson. That man was a true humourist who went "Nap." on Archie, and blew out his brains with a > Martini-Henry, after, the race. „ „ ■.' • "No " said Bloggs, "my missus aihfc one o' the liupper crust, nor the jam-tar fes, nor yet the ice-creams ; , «he's ; th&<jreamo' Tatters." ...V . : :■■? v.The' dances at Coromandel are getting very powlaf with d certain class, sjnee the hostess of a pub. t , fragged poor Pat oat byv ftiteSto6l.^ . /conferred'^iiie Order of the W" Miss 1 A^ice^Chrisp; V-Mad nurse of the S^klanaMospiM'. \. ( Bravo ( ,'the woi^;! \ikijbies3or Thqm&>, jigoing^to dr^ke the AucklaM^MrbGur .for! : Marm&'Anhxtalß: Ganct"* he find any inaß'nT^l^sjpn^herHßrbogrjß^ard ? «7* ■.^r? ! <<*s6hrtoj Bryoa went' itfptric^ ,•,-(>•" i ; :'■: r'^se6 > t ae^ e^'^ aii *^' ''" ,- • .-£: ?«■. Ifcaffrohti'eame'dowh; to, Auck^d..town . ' Without arranging ma<ser|*s ' \ ■ , Couldn't the.H arbour. Boaf&" ; put'*i;hat hybrid <50fll-tendGr ojlon Major Pollar^d^p'riri the/nucleus of ■..•*• fleet if or the Salvation N&vy,? Ut'v "about the only thing will save her. <> •< '■'- "Bravo! well done." ; Well, all sensible people wish this dry. interminable logical game of battledore and shuttlecock, were " done.". "It 'twere done when *ti3 done "—but our readers know the rest. •' You wouldn't take me for a married man, •would you P" asked a bank clerk, of a Queon-street bartimid last week. ' " I rather think I would, if you should asfmeVf-wds^. the response. He is going to buy the oilier* ■•*•*' ' ' Among the atrocities cited against a converted driuikafd in a teetotal organ is that he " once failed to «uthis wife's throat." It adds that since he has blueribb'oned himself he succeeds in every thing he undertakes!'-*'■''■'.'. ':' 1 ,-, ;,/ '*"* The neighbour's cat that haunts our gate, Yells nightly till wehote her ; . A '■ JiJoirie night she'l\ come and iuew till late, ./ . And we shaH mutilate her. •' V So it was a Pakeha-Maori named Mcßeth who letter fethc. Aborigines' Protection Societv Well, : iri khe words of another Macbeth, ". 'Tis a, Jtale tqld by an idiot, full , of sound and fury, signifying uotiiing!" ' "'"' ,''",' „ - . . '-.. Itjis,- said, that when -the, • editor, of ■ a contem-. porary.b.ehold th<?s,e f ''huge and, powerful shears*' on the'Uailway Wharf, he was seized with the same kind of longing that old \Blucher' felt on viewing Paris. .. nWhatjb^arsfpr.clipp^g,!"-, •■.. ; . .-■■■• .'■ ««Eve" warned dress. .when she eat that apple," remarked Simpkins.. "Yes,", snappishly retorted Growler, a marriedmanwitfl 1 eight grown-up daughters, " aiid on- Jtha s^me terms the ; woman, of these days womTKlswWlow an orchard." "'• ' ; . We : ' are lefarning more every day we live. We used to wonder, for instance, why the eldest daughter at Blank-street hash-house thumped at the piano so , ■ itfucai T>ef<We meals.: . Row we 'know -why •it is h^> tyike i).way the boarders' appetites. , . r.' i\ . ; *.« There must have been a wave of disturbance in> the> atmosphere as well as in the ocean," says a . sai>ient contemporary, alluding to the earthquake in the Straits of Sunda. Why, of course, there was. There always is; Bead Judd'on "Volcanoes-" This is the age of novelties. We are nothiDg : Tinless original. The opening of the English Church at Dllerslie is to be followed, not by an old-fashioned tea-and-inuffin, gorge, but polo, lawn-teums, bicycle-ridmg, and croquet. Someone will be giving one better with a negro entertainment next. . The following dialogue took place between two sons of the Emerald Isle at the last hop. " "What was ■ the name of the girl you introduced me too just.npw, 'jack'?" " Shure, I tould you her name was!3pakenmn." ' '*♦ Spiikfeman . bo bio wed ! the divil a word I, could make ' her spake but ' yis ' and • no.' " Captain Armit says :— " The New Gl-uinea ■women will actually suckle young pigs rather.than let '•■ them «rematnrely turn to Sola pork, and in consequence ' -pigs mfii be frequently see| running . after wojaen." Something similar often happens here. Women liave even gone so far as to marry hogs. : Da Capo— rwith a difference (Saturday Night JteheaxsM).— Reader of Cb^>ir (with 1 a weakness for first Toice) : " Now, deal ober.agin, an' dis time de Tenner ■needn't come so close' td de Soapranner; an' Brer Cftwtover, jr.Q, 4<? an -' n ?fs s ° n c ' s° a P-f a k '* tone. Dats too mucK like ebery-day work." , ■ « ■-. qltt ScbtcH" festival^ of 'Hallbw'en w^s, u> -vcelebiatea: tvith igrettt gusto by'a dumber of yi^iui^ . t«en4na.bi»»rding'h,onse-Mi,theiviOXi"ty of the ' Museum. ' ''AbmiaSght one would have,ima|;ine,d w thjßy were v haying their morning bath, judgingftom;i;h;eiraijpare^ instead t. *t^Sbtog?^r«ipples(! ander^the'su^'6l?viiion B of r tlie /Professor. •'''■' '' ■'■ "'y \ THE CTTBTAIN OP MT WEIGHBOUB. ! The9i^rtai»ip|,my. ; fleigh,b&ur , . Is, Tery.gen%, rising; „ a , ;-, ;.- T H .'i '/9!haißßetoome»to taste the air > v y^_ ' j _ 13 ihy fond surmising. - • ' My heart is gauy beating— .5 ■ ' I know she looks to see „ , .-i-.-.JnV'il. *^\ -f; . " .... ,--.'(- ■hi ; ' :^jas^J'aream'.! V'j^ry'fteiglibour.ioves-^ •• ; J....K-! 1 vv- ■ <i {^ockhead, I am, certain; „,.,.j. , f „■••,..;•■■ . -.: .-.t . '.•>{ t.i. ji^'yg nothing but the wind, t .<..<,;.:.■ .•■ ! ' Moves the corner Qf the ourfcai^.,,,, > Thisisthekind.^f.man^tOrfbMpg-.outiUnder the system of free immigration. .An old man, ninetyithr^e; ' years' 1 bt'-flSw'- a' native of Spain, hg,s .^.f^y, yetarned' icom" 1 A&enHaVwhefe Be has'been .^ving jnanxygjira, to his nawiye lind. There is nothing reniarkable about this, biut the piodigious family which" accompanied him iback was certairf.y remarkable, ajt consisted of sixteen < . dauglftters, twenfo-thrae, bot\b, thirtyjfour gTanddffflgh-:.-.-sgfjyTiiioTty-BeYen-'arhm^sdns, forty-five greajj-gx&ncL-dauiv(Ktersi!■*; tibivty-adk^ tredtfgraiiflsons, thref^^eati ■l^ea/^gwuddgujjhterMKid geyen^ydiwg spnq-^n-law ' a4d sam persons^ ■V-*'V*^jjß^J^' 9 ' si 'f- I ,'. ''•: ..:"'„■'/. ,'|-]

1 The : crick"'et"match played on Saturday between the Si ..Mary and Home Bay teams resulted in a drawj and not a vic^bryrfor the Home Bay, as stated m the daily papers. "When the stumps word drawn the St. Mary had scored 40 for the loss of 5 wiefcets in their second innings. The Home Bay v mades7in the , first, and the St. Mary's 23, • „ ■ ' ; • Yes, of course. A sentimental young lady asks:— ','lWhy is sit that two soalsj mated in the ins* penetrablo mystery of their nativity, float by each other on the ocean currents , 0f, ,. existence without oieing. instinctively drawn together, blended and beautified in the assimilated alom bic of ( eternal love ?" It's because butter Hi. bne shilling a pound, and a good sealskin costs as high as £25. ■<• . ■ • ''■ • Mr and Mrs P. Darby, of Ponsonby, celebrated their silver' wedding "on Mpnday , evening by giving a musical "party. There were' a number of ladies aad gentlemen present, who' all seemed to enjoy themselves very much. Mr F. Storatt's singing was very much admired, and Mr E. Ealph contributed: greatly to the amusenient of tlie evening by his pianoforte playing. The Wyndham-street -O-ratiny indulged in a perfect Jeremiad the other day dyer the prospest of certain holy places in Palestine being blotted out by a canal. But what of the scores of equally holy cities that have been buried beneath the sands of the desert, the temples that were 'most sacred ; that" have been destroyed and replaced by Mahommedan mosques ? ,We congratulate Mr Waddell on his election to th# distinguished office of Mayor of Auckland. As the oldest and one of the most zealous and practical Councillors ho has honourably won his spurs. He is likely to provo an able and useful occupant of the civic chair." At' all events, it cannot be said that he is not well-bre(a)d, or that he will not be well-qualified to loolc after the municipal " rolls." ' IST THE BAIN. The sky was dark, and the wind was loud, ■ And wild was the sea ; Tho rain from many a dull grey cloud Pell ceaselessly. An old man tottered along the street, While the rich pnssed by In their carriages ; tottered with weary feet, And a weary eye. Poor, you could see by the look of woe To the poor that clings — We thought, just then, we should liko to know What he thought of things. He told us, too, in a style suave, " 1 think, if you please, 'Twould be well to be in a good dry grave In times lifce tJiese /" Truth says :— " General Booth sent me a bal-ance-sheet of the Army, but I defy anyone to make head or tail of it. I am not prepared to say that the General is a dishonest man; but I should hesitate to certify that he is an h.o n esfc ™ an 30 l° n £ ast he conceals in a tangle of figures his balance-sheet, and does not make it c,lear what; pecuniary profit he and his family derive from the funds which are entrusted to him."

Bertie -was discussing the appointment of Mr Mitchelson with a Queen-street bookseller the other .SJ " The man is a gmnaigser. and has no presence sSd Bertie • " there's a good deal m presence, you know This was told to a well-known wife, and Ins commenT was, " Yes ; there is a great deal ra presence, b.i* it all depends whether the presence is in the head or ;a the stomach." , ' There is a miserable bandicoot at the Thames who. makes a practice of sending us anonymous J»«««sAdding insult to injury, he foi-ets to pay the postage fnd lets us in for the fine It is bad enough to lose by levanting subscribera without this. We .know -toe fellow. He is the same man that used to put > buttons in the plate on Sundays, and who stole his old grandmother'a teeth when she died. ,■• „ •. : >'. ..'(AjfOiUP DEESS % ■? She stood before'ihS mirror tall; -'-■ -■-■ With a smile on her pretty face ; Her new " Cup Dress " she wore, withal, ; \t , vi k Alright wonder ofsilk andlace. .- , . ■ Her husband; with a.ruetul eye, '.'_■ On the wonder gazed and sighed ; . '6f what it costto bujr ' Thiscaprice of his charming bride. But she had little thought of this, As she made him a pretty how, •■ With " Husband mine "—here came a kiss— • .; j -. ••■V7hat4o'you think of me f now ?"'' ■ Hdr smflo a hermit would entice, - And her husband answered, " Sweet, I'm thinking how extremely nice. Toy- woftidloofc.'iH a winding r^U f •' PaterfamiliaV^tkiwi..^ : Tliat little shaverover there on t^(B>4ll .^my^econd child by my. first wife ; and the ono "iflth the light hair, is my wife's first by her second hu#and. The other one, with the spot on his/nose, is my second wife's by her first husband; and we've. gbt;some o|the last batch around soinewhere-but; oh!' it's awfully mufeff; can scarcely keep track of "them. However," we call them all rW.atkins.? ■ l -i ;; \< I' -'' ;\| •% 1 &| ■ Lord Eoseberry is a sorfc'ds Adnjimble'CriohfcQn m his way. He is one of; active and proipinent speculators oii'the' W M he is a distin ff mßhed i Sf.and the aristocratic f ßdp4 of ahVLiberala m the. North But, above all, he is. the Scottish Macffinas iif T.itprature His latest act is the .p.vwchase of the BtSBWJIafc I ,®^ 'M If^el&t' Subscription Library of Edtab'afghF ' -Uis'lokship is a keen, student, of human nature, and he certainly knows how to woo

"' The Paeroa banker arrived from Cambridge all safe,; accompanied by.hig" riewly-made bride. The knot was tied qri $he jPrince of Wales' Birthday, and the' honeymoon spent at iMorrinsville, en route for Paeroa. Cambridge has lost its belle, and the Paeroans have an accession* to their female beauty in Mrs E. '' Sweets to the sweet. Middle-aged party (envious j of the.bello of the ball) : " How admirably your dress- | maker- has altered yonr dress. I declare I hardly, recognised it again." Young party : *' Yes, dear, it s nicely dono; but, by-tbe-by, where did you get .that set of false teeth ? They fit you beautifully ; but I must any your last year's false hair was more becoming that you' wear- now." And now they arc not on speaking terms 1 .: ••"-*' . , : The Gisborne Herald, -which 13 now edited by a Blue, Eibbonjte, says of Mrß Hampson :— " Once, when made an offer of marriage, her reply proved her to be a woman of mind, for she said — : 4 I've no time to attpnd.to the units— The njinionsare'denlaridmg my care/ In Auckland she is destined to play an.importaitt part in connection with the opening of the new Baptist Tabernacle." " ' . •■ The Times, London, whose leader-writers some-; , times pompously castigate other papers for indulging* an" personal gossip and tittle-tattle," is now beginning to " invade the sanctity," &c. The other day, for instance,— besides, of course, the usual "^distressing suicide ; of a publican I *-— the Times, editor informed his feaderstliat the Emperor of Austria had beeu weighed, and was found to turn the scale at fourteen stone three pounds— a fact of no interest whatever except to himself, his wife, and his tailor. A Sydney contemporary, criticising Mrs Dr Potts, sars, ." There are two well-defined Ijnes stretching from' the corners of the nose to the corners of her mouth. Tbese may be marks of thought, or they may be indications of the 1 wear and .tear produced by eating tough bbef. Her voice is clear, yet. when it reaches the lower end of the hall, it sounds like the wail of the grasshopper in the gloaming, or the evening hymn of tho mosquito when the moon silvers the sea. and the burglar begins to prepare for business." Mr J . M. Clark retires from the Mayoralty, after a throe years' term of office, with the reputation of having been unqestionably the most capable, courteous, enterprising, and most liberal mayor Auckland has ever had. We say this in all sincerity, however we may at times have differed from Mr Clark's general political views. That he is deserving of a graceful and fitting recognition at the hands of the citizens no man will deny, and we hope that at no distant date we may see him devoting his talents for the benefit of Auckland in a more extended sphere of usefulness. We have just received an un grammatical and impertinent letter from Mr John Gibbons, of Victoria- street, whose complaint we were good enough to publish last week. His letter concludes with a threat that, if we do not publish in this issue his long and incoherent rigmarole, handed to us just prior to going to press, when our space was fully occupied, " h.e will have it inserted in some other journal." Mr Gibbons may send it to Jericho for aught we care. We may have a word or two more to say next week. Meantime, we have no more space to waste on the subject in the present issue. HEX NAME. She speaks well j has a sharp, quick air; Drops sentences you might compare To shots. But what avails her all her fame. Loaded with such a dreadful name As Potts ?. Were there not other names galoreSmith, Jones, Brown, Eobinson, and more ? Yes, lots ! Yet ritjht into our midst she came Unblushing with the nightmare name Of Potts ! She inculcates morality, And makes a hoty show — does she — Of sots. But what's the use ? Her name will kill As many ns it cures ; it will — This Potts! . Sydney Bulletin. " There was a good attendance at the Service of Song given by the Beresford-street Sunday School last Sabbath «n the Hospital Lawn. The collection (not for. piaho)..ainounted to £2 14s 4d. The Eev. A. Eeid is expected to preside, md Mr Huxtible will arrange for tho choir next Sunday, at half ■ past* two o'clocfc " The contributor of the above gossipy, sparfcliug little par, adds, " And we have specially to request every person to bring Sanfeey and Moody s latest edition." We, go him one better, and advise everyone to bring two. It is a consolation to us in this weary vale of tears to find that the clergy and churchwardens are becoming alive to the inestimablo value of the Observer as an advertising medium, and a means of disseminnting sound Christian doctrine. Virtue has.its own reward. All we ask is a decent funeral when we pass in our checks, anal a tombstone recording our many services to the good cause. Seriously speaking, however, a great denl of credit is due to the ladies and gentlemen who are endeavouring to lighteu and cheer the oxistence of the patients in the hospital. Miss Booth, the daughter of the " General," is posing at Home as a martyr. She was lead—figuratively of course— by her little shell-shaped ear to the borders of the canton of Neuchatel, and then informed, in a whisper, thn.t sbe was too much joy for a < small place, find that the Government was regretfully, compelled to part with her. But she went back, saying that she "obeyed a. higher law than that of the Federal Council." Then she got into just enough of gaol to mal-p a mnrtyr of her. Truth sympathises with horm this fashion:—" The law of a country may be an objectionable one. Be that, however, as it may, if a young lady with a banjo and a drum declines to obey it, she must accept the consequences." We have no doubt she is quite willing to accept them, as they will probably now take the form of condolence collections. It is a paying speculation in these days to suffer for the glory of acause. The apostles were only novices at thegame. If the Intercolonial Conference should bust up, or "O out like a farthing rushlight, it will be owing to the blundering of the Victorian Government. They have actually had the. presumption and hardihood to fall foul of-we say it with bated breath— Mr T. B. Hannaford. A man in an up-country Victorian township ordered a box of his ointment and pills for tho cure of deafness. The box was sent, but retained by the Melbourne Customs authorities, who demanded 8a or 10s duty. A long and vexatious delay occurred, but at length the Customs people opened the box. Then 'they demanded a duty of 75 per cent. A correspondence ensued, but finally the goods were passed duty free, and after threie months delay they reached their destination, greatly injured. In other cases .Mr,Hannaford^has?bcen advised of similar obstructions and of carelessness ofttho nart of the Melbourne Customs which has resnlted jn oamage and losa. This is protection with a vengeance. If this kind,,of policy be persisted in, and the Customs people remain deaf to the great aunculistjs. appeal* for justice, they deserve to los 6 iheir sense? of .hearing altogether. .' • ; ■' ■'■<•' ? •'■ ; swanson's choice. • Mr A. Sannders, ex-M.H.E., of Canterbury, has bejn enlightening- the world on the appointment /of/Mr/Mitchelson to the vacant portfolio. He thinks the . ofacneg lay with Mr Swaason, and adds :— " Mr Swfoson could only choose between a man who could not spook, bvjt was too atupid to know it; and a man who could not speak, and had the sense to know it." Just so. Lot us strike some responsive chord to this, beautiful and elegantly-expreased'. bifc of. SaundW proverbial p|Up'soghy:-' * ? ' £">•■ ' fIJ j He might ihaveohosen— how, absurd ! \ A man who could not speak a word ; Some stupid, puffed-up legislator Who thought himself 'cf (great prator. ; He might select another one ' ■ , -Of .sense, like Mr Mitchelsorf-- ?• : . ..i;.-W. . •' '' A man who could. not Mow and spout, ■ But had the sense tb find it out. , ( He: did not choose— tied/too much: turns— - •■■ , A wirid-bag:.wh& would Bore the House : . ; A- man ytho wastes.the time aud/inannders .•• t ■ \ ["' ■ "In P^'el|f sjpe^ohes, j&ke/A..SRusders I _ i A Sv<lney contemporary says the Ohmemutai Vintim must- take aVbacfcseatf «imde tbfe Times letlooseta SoTati& PaHtj in A&#iqa). ; We think so neithek It,Beem^f#u g sQk<^

(in the fact tKit''Mglerß;sitfcW ; >y/^^A'-?* reaDi in the Yellowstone Park, cateb. trout, avKl .jnthMt, .taking them f roni; the hook, swing across !.ot- the hot springs alongside, where they are cooked. . Bah I what is he giving us? We can beat this .hollow in -New Zea- , land. . Putting aside the transcendental , beauty' of the ivcihines, which any A.C. man would take his affidavit on, Ohinemutu can give points to the worldfotits culinaryw,6ndors. Maori traditions are- f i?ll /: of ihestories of old gourmands who used to frequent the'plipe^>n their maneating excursions, because of the excellence of the cooking, in the -boiling springs. # Thera j* on© fumerole of peculiar ( construction t jntp ,, ,wjngli the residents cast live- >pigß,' 'which into sausage mea.t, to a turn, whjle aweet potatoes growing on tho margin of the lakecan be steamed in five minute* over one of the jets. After tMs^auman can light his?cigar with volcanic fire, and lay down to rosfc, fanned bjr aMaoriHouri. ... .. -w „ -r.i,/, sj\<] ■r , '?' qjrß.PAßspM'fyvj A ' ' Wh& follow Christ with humble feet-, And rarely have enough.to eatj v _ ' .-^l . • , Whd^JOur -Fathers «':6ft«repeal^V * , ■„ ■ Our Parsons. Who like the fishermen of old, _ . Care not for home,- nor^landSj-norxold^ But boldly braVe the damp and cold ?— '..' ; . ' ' ; :? Our.Parsons.. Who preach the gospel to the poor,; I And nurse tho sick and teach the boor ; Who faithful to tho end endure ?— „; , ■ . QuriParsoijs.. Who gave up all for heaven's sake, . . y And no thought for the morrow take ; And daily sacrifices make ?— < •■• Our Parsons.. And who count everything a loss, . . • Except their Lord and Master's cross, And reckon riches as but dross ?— Our Parsons. Tho following description of the dresses won* 1 by the ladies at the Musical Union Ball,'Ta'uranga, came to hand too late for insertion in our "Society " column :— Mrs Morris, black silk, blue and gold, overskirt; Mrs Goldsmith, pink silk body, pink cashmere skirt, white lace overskirt (very pretty) ; Misses Tunks and Ellis, cream dresses ; Miss Vogan, pretty dim, trimmed with lavender silk; Miss , McDonnell, blue aateen ; Miss Mclntosh, green muslin over white ; Miss Sheppard, white silk ; Mrs Simpson, black silk, white' lace trimmings ; Misses Vercoe (3), white muslin (this trio of sisters looked charming) ; Mrs Commons, white silk, cardinal silk trimming : Miss Clarke, blue. sateen; Miss B: Clarke, cream broche ; Miss Smith,' blue sateen; Miss Conroy, a combination of cream and biack silks ; Mis Jordan, do. of grey and black silka ; Mrs Bucklond,. cream nun's veiling, trimmed witb^blue broche; Mis» Buckland, fawn and cardinal; Miss Marley, whit© Indian muslin, white silk ribbon trimming; Mrs W» Jordan, blacfc velvet, bluesilfc.ana.'whijjolace.'tifimimng;; Miss Wyrn, black silk dre'as^ white trimmings .$ Mrs Johnson, black velvet body, .trimmed with crimson silk, black silfc skirt; Miss Menzies, blue silk body^eream • skirt; Miss Barclay, white 'silk j Mrs Spdnceft very handsome dress of blacfc velvet, trimmed, mth; shaded ■ satin and ivy leaves; Miss J. Munro, tasteful dress 01 pale plue sateen, trimmed with cream lace,.tujle7«roses^ and hairbells, bouquet of pinfe and cream roses. Handsome dresses were worn by Mesdames Giudera'/ Vogan, T. Wrigley, Mclntosh, and Mrs Major Clarfce. . ,Eash ladypresent carried pretty and suitable bouquets. When Gr.A.B. was on the stump tlie other ' Sunday evening he solemnly warned his hearere against perusing the Star on Sundays. Some of the womeu, he remarked, considered that species of reading "invigorating," but he considered it .''intoxicating. Evidently Brown has been sampling the mixture, but we didn't know he was so easily knooked over." The only " invigorating " literature for general reading that we know of is The Observes. It licks creation. for invigoration. Leibig'a. extract of meat, hop bitters, ana tricopherous ain't a. scintillation to it. t'We know^ge young lndy who was rapidly losing her golden ■». She had tried everything on earth, and the oIiWSSh was iust about to file his schedule, when, by the merest , accident, the girl nsed the. Observer lor enrr papers. The rage of the guv'ner when he waa disappointed of his cozy evening read was enough' to raiab the roof. But sorrow was turned into joy next morning. The v girl had the most luxuriant head of hair over seen. Shortt, when he saw,, herein, Queen-sl»eet,n«*' day, offered aiabulbhs price M it. but the youite Ja*;^ proof^gainst even his%ltndishmenta. (Memp¥~Tli9 recipe'lias beon patented.) If any paterfamilias finds his Obskrver mysteriously missing, he knows now to account for it. The ptirls have an awful weakness for the paper. There wouldn't be such a thing a 8 a baldheaded man in'ttte world af they If onTt^/allhuy the Obsbbteb. We would have used this infallible recipe long ago ourselves, but, alas !, those words— Too^Jatel We haven't a solitary hatf left to acreWthopafyon fco. This is what comes, of being an experienced morriecL man Every man who marries should lay in a stocJc 01 Observers. There's no knowing when they maj come- - :in handy. If Brown had read the OBsiHTtfß Srjaflarly he would haye|&e§n " invigorated 'Vi£> a TW.save_ smote his opponents hip and thigh m those Conditional Immortality debates. . ■ ' A singular contretemps occurred {in.cpnnpqtioa. with the inspection of the Waiuku Cavalry the dther day. Major Shepherd, District, . .CoHunanding-Omcer, was accompanied on bis tour by Captain Payne, Capt. Dignan* and others, and of course they tooft their uniform, which ,was placed in the luggage van of the tram.. But on arrival at, P»?cefcohe, it was discovered, to;tlieMajor's astonishment, that, his luggage was mussing. The guard thought it might have been sent on to tator Mr Bloxam, of the Telegraph Department, beingone of the party, was requested to telegraph on to the next station to have the Major's luggage intercepted and sent on by a horseman to Waiufcu. But the luggage had not been sent on by the Waifcato train. Here was a pretty predicament.. The Major could not. inspect the cavalry in mufti— he had too much regard for the eternal fitness of things to commit such a breach of military etiquette, so that . the duty devolved on Captain Payne, who, it is needless to say, made a very good deputy, and did credit to tne Majors selection. .After, a very careful .inspection,. Captain Payne complimented the offloers and men of the Waiufcu Cavalry on their fine soldierly appearance, the splendid condition of their arms and appointmentSjana tho esprit d<? corps they, displayed, some of jttfem^.hijhfrng^ , ridden a distance of twelve miles over bad roads t<j ?v attend the parade., The 'froop 1 -certainly showed woffip . derful improvement in all respects since the last annual muster. The xisual exercises and tests of sbiu were then gone through with ; gre^t ieffici#nc| . |i<»««» Major Shepherd beifg one of the judg|Bf]When he returned to town he discoTored that the con-, taining his uniform had beenleft at Otahnhu through, some bungling of the Railway Department. We hear that the matter has been reported- tp-^ Wellington, and we trust the blame, will- fee saddled fssifW:°*;.; shoulders. ' i 1 " 'KW ''*■