WHY THE REV DR. MUDGE STOPPED HIS PAPER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 6 February 1884, Page 2

WHY THE REV DR. MUDGE STOPPED HIS PAPER.

.: — ——*-. ——' Some years ago, when the writer was a reporter, it devolved on him to write for the same edition an account of the presentation of a gold-headed cane to the Rev Doctor Mudge, the clergyman of the place, and a new hog-killirig .machine that had just been put in operation at the factory; Now, what made the Rev. Mr Mudge mad was this.:—The inconsiderate compositor who made up the formes got the two accounts mixed up in a frightful mannor, and when tne formes went to press, something like this was the appalling result : Mudge'a friends called on him yesterday, and after a brief consultation, the unsuspecting hog was seized by the hind legs and slid along the beam until it reached' the hot water tank. His friends explained the object of their visit, and presented him with a handsome gold-headed butcher, who grabbed him by tho tail and swung him round, and' in less than a minute the carcase.wasJnthe.water, .Therefore became forward and said there were times when the feelings overpowered one, .and; for that reason ;he could do no more than attempt to thank those- around him for the manner in which such an animal was cut' in fragments; .was astonishing, the.doctor concluded Ms remarks, the machine seized,him, ;and,-iti:less time thanlit takes to write it/ the hog was .cut intci fragments and worked into .delicioussausages, The occasion .will

,be remembered by the doctor's friends as one of the most delightful- of their lives, The best piece can be obtained for 7d a pound, and we are, sure those who sat under his ministry will rejoice to hear that ho has been so handsomely treated." Mad! Well, about nine o'clock ■ that morning the office had been abandoned by every man but the advertising clerk, and he ascended to the roof, so that. he could see the clergyman tearing down the street with hia. congregatioh, v all bearing. the .panoply of war and carrying stout cudgels and other things. : The next day- we apologised, but the doctor stopped his paper. ■ "