A SMART TRICK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 770, 17 May 1881, Page 2

A SMART TRICK.

The ( Sydney Mail tells the following;,, tale of a publican who kept an :hbtel,'itii: thejowe'r town where ,the peculiar; aroma of the Flowerylanders is strong, and ever!.'' present) Ho had small dealings .w'itbJthei'j almondjeyes finding theiniolose, remarkably close, but honest. But on a certain day-hia oonfidenoe was rudely shaken. John faced the bar, and blandly, as usual, requested "two shilling blandy." Itwaa given h|m fa-tf bottle, and the bottle went up his capacious sleeve.:, But as he sought for the money amongst tbe'-myj'lerious folds' of his nether gear.his face grew, blank, j "No^ca'tchee :l mon'eJ f J' l 'iby v by^ i:;!i catchee,money, then oatchee blandy," He put the' bottle—rather 'a botlle-r-Vppti r the bar, and An hour elapsed, and he did 'not up.jthe' bottle, intending, to . return the ■liquor to thebrig'irial-'fl&sk;'butofe 'doinft- ''";: so he applied it to his nose, and then with [>i . !!: '- sundry! strange, murmuririgs.,.c'ast it. oat. |Ha| f. mijraofe/besnT (}'•' wrought or was' John's I sleeve as a ronju* ■■' •?• roVs'-box? The•icontents, i of the r bottle,,,.'.,'. i.riri. i, .'11.1,1 a,', .',! ui In >f±!! jvjßre not even one-star brandy, buttery

Keminiscehces oi wsiiUKUTOK.—inth?. year 18(15 a worthy oitizen plo'acled his fiy? ; "•" • ■'■• .wjthsomediffioultyjthfpug^^epiMd'tlttrjg • •''• to Te Ara Flat-bang veyr's o'peg which had 'been 'driwii at tha '■'■ corner (of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets! Upon this Bpot was'erected a small ■•••'•' house, in whioh a very successful drapery /;•■• business-was :<sarriedfoii:byitw.oj ]fldie§ : of ;.■*#•*• ,; fejnftrkable talent and-energy, wh,6:haye long since retired from the seep to the l nj} 'of theijr birth— ". ! ' ;l< "iland o' the mountain, and the flood, Laid of brown heat hand.abaggy wood. ■ln thelyear into thqjianijs o(..iV>. JtßjAira Swig, welplMehVpftpflet^ "'■ J whogaveto the premise's the appropriate' ' .•'. -.■,- /name if TeAro .'.'■ management business' has steMlrfyo- ■:';'.? grossed with the n"sinaioiW¥ra 6 i%/ • until it length it tHat|aWWeV:' ;• rable e'nlargement was necessary, and the',.-'; resultjffas.Te Aro House, as a.t,present, • .-.• ':"'■ one of! tiie most complete - and r JExtensitß > ■',« . ■■■' Drapery .Establishments in the'colony ; o,;--<;.' : ' 7 New Zealand. The ■JeneralDrrtery;ocou : «;- ''^ amply; sufficient for,aß,Manches»erßoodßj -Pv->r , Fanoyi Bibboni^'iiace^,•■■■^^MWa^s&4^^^ : Ruths' :Olothing Department: measnros - v .;■.;. "fe l etby 14feet,'aridhas.attaohed.iacomljrt^|...< \f abkffttrag.rooin^ furnishingshave^amroilarb|^«* : a: !