A CANADIAN COURTSHIP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1306, 17 February 1883, Page 3

A CANADIAN COURTSHIP.

A real romance.occured recently,in a hotel in. Montreal. In the. hotel,'tlio road agent of a .respectable .company, boarded while in the City. In • the same hotel an American young \ lady WU domiciled. % ,Th& lady was pleasant and accomplished The young gently man at first viewed the ■ young ,'iady admiringlyjit but too timid to approach! .Day by day his interest grew stronger. Ilehad never-spoken to her or she to him, and so far as.he Was concerned, this was what he most earnestly desired she might do. In this dilemma he applied to a friend for advice. "Do,yon eat at the. same table?"askeditho friend. "Yes was the reply. "Then I would advise you the next.time'you dine to ask the lady to pass the salt.". All right, sighed the love-sick hero. 1, - The following day he intended to-put his'friend's advice into operation, but was most delightfully baulked by t the lady asking him. to "please "pass the salt." From that moment the ice was broke/ till at last the lady asked for the gentleman's card, in order that she might know whom he was conversing-with, The gentleman at once banded'the lady his business card. Matters went on smoothly, all the while, tho couple, enjoying: each Others company at concerts, operas, Ac; At length this- state of matters. was brought to a •; crisis. The lady "was. about to returtfio" the States.; 'The lover was perplexed, and again applied for advicevto his friend, who at once advised him to pop the question, and settle anxiety if . She was willing to become'one with him. The question then.ca.me'when the happy day would be. this'lJJfcgentleman at first demurred, as helad certain business matters to fix. 'She told.bim to leave them alone and.write to, his employers resigning his position, and leave the rest to her. He complied. They were mairied and went to. the States, where the Canadian gentleman learned that he hadmarried a youtig widow worth 250,000d015.. In his happiness he did not forget 'the. friend 'who advised him. He sent that gentleman a cheque for 2000d015,, with a letter of thanks for his kind advice in enabling him to become a rich and happy man through the possession of a handsome and loving woman. The gentleman who tended the advice felt rather dubious as to the reality of the cheque, and did not presont it at the bank for some days. M last he put the matter to the test, and was informed the money, had beeri lying in the bank at his order for some days. And so the romance ended to the satisfactory, of all person! interested,

Count Ignatieff, having so long shepherded Sussiah's political flocks, has turned his attention now to the rearing of veritable flocks of sheep on the' great southern steppes, In the district of Bawhmut, in the province of Ekaterinoslaflj.he has an estate of 60,000 acres, purchased some years ago by Jus wife at a bankrupt auction. It had long been abandoned, and was in a «• dilapidated condition. But the Count has restored the mansion and grounds, and put upon thegrassy plains a tenantry of 18,000 choice merino sheep. He supervises the estate in person,' and enjoys .jrobusfc; healtd—a welcome change for his former semi-invalid condition. Ee .does not-let agriculture dethrone diplomacy in his mind, how-, ever, but keeps, up a lively intrest in foreign politics, in token of which he has given the J name of "Bismarck" to the biggest and/most belligerent ram in the flock. The Union (Borne) publishes a pontificial circular on Nov. 25. issued in connection?with the .action of Signor Hartinucir against the Papal Majordomo, before the court of Appeal, which confirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance that the jurisdiction of of the Italian tribunal extended within the walls of Vatican.' The circular declares that the sentenoe of the Koman tribunal is in violation of the extraterritoral oharaoter of the Vatican, and an insult, to the Pope.