EXTINCTION OF THE BUFFALO IN AMERICA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 937, 29 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

EXTINCTION OF THE BUFFALO IN AMERICA.

[The Colonies and India.] It is to be hoped that some steps will be tnkeii to preserve these valn,able aiiiii! :!s in Canada from the fate which is rapidly overtaking them in the United States. The "principal resort of these animals in the .-States is the Yellowstone country, Montana, where last winter, owing to the severity of the weather and'the scarcity of food, they "bunched" themselves in the few valleys .m which pasture could bo found, and were shot down by the so-called " hunters" "by thousands at a time. Jt is'-estimated that in this one district alone over 100,000 buffulos were slaughtered, and, as the average number of hides collected during the last few-years has been under one-fourth of th,e s total, of last winter, the stock must have been reduced to the smallest possible proportions. There is a close .time for moose in the maritime provinces of Canada, and it is high time that there should bo some legislative enactment to preserve the noblest animal of the. prairies of the West, ~. DINNER FOR TWO, Theodore Hook once called' upon an old lady, who pressed him so urgently to stay and dine with her that,., as lie had no engagment, he could not refuse. On sitting down, the servau&.iiiicoverad a dish which cont lined tyro .mutton chops; and the hostess said, "Mr Hook, you see your dinner." " Thank you, ma'am," said he;" but where is yours ]" ; . . . MUCH MORE PLBASUJIxtBLK. Granny (to precocious child, ■ who bus just told " a "You enjoy telling fibs, Mary, "I do believe." Precocious Child : " Yes, Granny, 1 think I do ; but I enjoy seeing'you swallow them, a,great big bit more!" . , TWO GEESE WITH ONE STONE. Two young swells were making fun of a good young curate, The abbe, after standing it pretty well for a while, said; " Allow me to say, gentlemen, that I am not precisely a fop, nor altogether a fool, 'but betwixt the two." The young men departed.

MANOEUVRES.-;. ..-■ First skirmisher (who has long since emptied his flask): " Whew ! Lourd, this is awful! (Meditatively.). I've a guid mind tae faint ." Second ditto (overhearing): " Nae use, Ronald j a tried it ma'sel, but there wasna' a drap in the whole company." THE IMMORAL ROOM. 'lhe joke of the lobbies of the House of Representatives is the setting apart of a second "strangers' room." It appears that some of the teetotal members objected to other members inviting strangers to drink in the room hitherto at their disposal. The House Committee have, therefore, decided to have two rooms. The wags of the House have dubbed one " the moral room," the other" the immoral room." NOT ON THE BOTTLK. A man who didn't fraternise with the members of the temperance corps, suggested to his wife who was in dedicate health, that it would be well to brin" up their infant son on a bottle. «No ! no! Jamie," said she, bursting into tears. " Not on the bottle! Oh. no! Just look at your nose,. James!" and she wept convulsively. THE GIRL HE KISSED. A little pair of gloves that yet Retain the smell of clover, And just a tinge of mignonette; I turn them vaguely over— And marvel how the girl I kissed, That night she promised to be true. Could jam a number seven list Into a paltry number two, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, " Who is the pretty girl with the blond hair and deep blue eyes there in the jaunty hat f asked Alfred, at the lawn party. " "Who 1" replied Annfe," that tallyhaired girl with the tallow-eyes and that night mare of blue rags on hothead! I never saw her.before; nobody we want to know." That is the way different people look at a pretty girl in a pretty hat. VERY MUCH HURT. The minister's man of a certain preacher followed him up one day to close the pulpit door as .usual. There was something wrong with tho lock, and the door would not "siieck." John, losing his patience, said, a I think the deil's in the poopit." J'ist at that moment the minister lifted his bowed head, and turning seriously upon him. said, "surely ye diuna mean me, John?" QUESTIONS THAT WERE UNNECESSARY. ♦ — r-r "You haven't asked me all the questions, Now don't say you lmv.-, for you know you haven't!" said an American citizen to a census official. " No," replied the ' hitter demurely; " I haven't asked you, sir, whether you could read or write, because that would be an insult; I haven't askod you whether you were a negio, because can see that yon sire'-not; J haven't asked yon wheth'-r yniip'tre .lamo m blind or deaf, for ihpaVn'cic.soii j.and 1 haven't asked you whether ymi in-mii idiot, because that was unnecessary."