"GODS SOLD HERE!"

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 14 February 1883, Page 2

"GODS SOLD HERE!"

An establishment in Birmingham; England,,'which manafactures gods, for, the orientals, advertises its warn, thus in a Calcutta paper some time ngo ,':--" Yaraen, the god of the dead,, in tine copper, embossed, and very, tasteful. Uiiondi, the prince of demons, S|)j.en.4idly; designed; the ; giant/' on which' He rides is of ; tf "porfecfc model, atfd' th'e swoi'd is of pattern. Varonijthe jgbd tho sun—a brillidut piece of> art ; his crocodile; is of has a silver tail. ' Souberen, .the god of wealth ; this 'god is of #|)erio'r workmanship—the manufacturers have .their best skill. Also, other small demi-gods and inferior divinities, a-Very large assortment.- -' Credit .will not be giyen,, but a ;(Mount made to cash payHtt'ents,"

Says the Ly ttelton ,Ti m ea, .is now in : full swing throughout Canterbury, ..and, thanks to .most favorable has' progressed: without: in.during ; the week. On Sunday, the : first nOr'-wester of the seafediv occurtedi but it was not suffi.tieiitly. strong to cause.any loss in the ripe crops,, while it would ceftainly .check-tb.e ravages of.rust in' the few- ' pctrasitej' L Tte general prospects there: fore continue .very, favorable, 1 and as : thousands of acres are now being reaped every day, the risk is rapidly growing At present it is difficult to is the. : actual 'result of the harvest aa compared, with'that. of. last ytar, but given fine weather, we do not think the increase will be less than'nine ;or' ten bushels peracre all round. What this means tij our farmers - may easily be gathered from the fact that last' year Canterbury had 357,113 toes in grain crops, and this year there is an increase from 75,000 to 100,000 aci'es in the area devoted to such crops,. Last year 237,015 acres produced 5,047;883 bushels ,of wheat, 17,728 | acres'347,o7s bushels of - barley,'-and' j 102;'370. acres 3,782,008 bushels of |;patsi,' Farm labor still continues very ■SCaCCe. .

' V A'country schoolmaster, who found it rather difficult to make his pupils observe difference in, reading, between a comma and a M point, adopted a plan of his own, which he flattered himself would make them proficients in-the art of punctuation; thus, in reeling, wjun they, came to a cpmma, they were to say tick, and ,read on sto axolon ojr semi-colon, tiok, ; jtick ; > and when # fu'l point) tick, tipki : tick;; .l^ow. 1 iiiisb happened that the worthy dominie receiyed notice that the .parish minister was'to pay a' visit of examination fo his: school,' and as he was desirous tha|' the them an the;day before the examination. " Now," sajd he, addressing biß pupils, .-/' when iyo'u readbefore theminister to-morrow y6li : leave out the ticks, ..'though'you 1 muf)tthink them as you go the sake of elocution." So far-.-.80 -/good. day "came, and with it the minister, ushered into the schoolroom by, dominie,'; who/\ "hoped "that the Gaining of the s?]i6lars wouldmeethiß approval. Now It 'so happened that the first boy. calleji r . the;jreceding day, aniin tie hurry i master-bad forgotten Jto.., give hiui his instructions how to ; aot/ minister aßkedthe boy to read a chapter kthe (MdiTesiajnSft wbiish' ,'pointed out.', Tfo hof Mplied/aid'in' his best ac-' cent began to read—" And the Lord spake, unto Moses, Baying tick, ..speak .unto the'.children of Israel Isajm^/tick,; ;Uck, ahi tlius shalt thou say unto them tick', |tick, tick,''"-''This'iuhfo'rttjnate sally, in his ovra style, acted. lik,e a showerbathonthe pborjdonjinie, whilst, tte.tniriister almosfdied of laughter.