A PERSISTENT GIMLET MAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 991, 4 February 1882, Page 3

A PERSISTENT GIMLET MAN.

"I should like to.sell you a gimlet," said a care-worn looking iran, as ho walked into au office the other day. "We havo no use for one," replied the cashier. i . " But you should always look into the ) misv future, " went on tho fiend, de- «' mjffely.— ' • " Noxt winter you will want to make holes in your boot heels, so you can got your skates on." " I use club skates—no straps required.' " You may want to screw some boards together sometime. The old fashioned method of driving the screws in with a hammer is pernicious, as it deteriorates the tenacity of the fangs of the eerow, as it were," " Nothing to day, sir." ', " This gimlet also acis as a corkscrew." " I don't want it." " It alto may be used as a tack-hammer, a cigar-holder and a tooth-brush." "Idontwantit." " It hasau eraser, n pen, an ink-stand, a table for computing compound interest, and a lunch box attachment." " I can't help that; I don't want it." " I know you don't; you're one of those mean men that won't buy a gimlet unless it has a restaurant and a* trip to Europe, and au Italian opera company attached. Your'o the kind of nian who would live near an electric light to save a gas bill." And the peddler walked out with his moutal plumage on the perpendicular. Special attention is called to Kapp and Hare's price list, .which will be found on our frontpage. For clothing, hoots, ironmongery, and grocery, they will be found the cheapest and best house in the trade.—Advi. The Spring Fashions tins season aw exceedingly pretty, varied, and chaste. In '■'• Ladies' Dress materials, Millimnj, Mantles, Laces, Mjttions, and Scarf* the choice is unu&ifuly large and elegant. Visitors to •Wellington would do well to pay an early visit to Jama Smith's Te Aro House. The stock of Clothimj for Men'«, Youths' and Boys'wear has been made to specia order for Te Ar,o House. All materials have been carefully-selected and all styles judiciously, chosen..-. Better value it is impossible to obtain. ' Oub great speciality of Te Aro House is the immense variety of Boys' and Ymlh'jjltothmij. Parents and Guwdians shqurUfkee,) this fact in mind when they visit t(wn,-and wend their way to Junes Smith Tp, Aro House, r A trip ft)'tho Empire City may'not only be made pleasurabla.hut profitable, ''"o those who Canlejimbine. business with pleasure, it must oe'."gratifying to inspect the large stocks, of'seasonable D/Yiyjcri/ and Clothing, such as can be seen only in a vast centre of population. like the City ol Wellington, Visitors from the Wairarapa will find one of the largest and best selected at/times Smith's TeAro House.