The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 November 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884.

A 'geberal. members.'of' the Wairarapa Caledonian Society takeß.place this evening at the Empire'flotel, _:.Eialit tended wore received for •erect- . ing the new fence round'the Park oval; and'the ground- committee; accepted' Mr F. ChapnWs which was at the rate of 23s per chain. A telegram ..from the Hutt course announces the following even! :-—Railway Plate: Minerva .1, Pasha 2, Ugly Buck 3. Hucdlej .: Liability wou. .easily. The othefa fell Our local contemporary in a sub-leader yesterday reviled Mr McGregor, the late Couiiiy Chairman, and extolled Mr Mackay, his successor. We fancy that Mr Maokay wonld have preferred, that our contemporary should have' disparaged him also, as he would then have felt that he was in honest company. The Mastertou Christy Minstrels, who have again come to the front lo aassist a family in distress, placed an exceptionally good entertainment before ihe public.of Masterton last evening, As anticipated the Theatre was well filled, and on this occasion, as a comic minstrel remarked, there were no empty seats, to address. Before the heroes of the evening appeared the Maßtnrion Band played a few choice selections in front of ihe building. The first part was commenced by the String Band playing an operatio selection with their well-known brilliancy, Mr Mansell introduced the serenades with " Wait till the Olouds Roll by," and with the assistance .of "Our Boast," the String Band came .off, in. line style. The. undoubtable gems in this part were '■ The old cottage gale," (Mr T. Thompson), " Angels Whisper," (Mr Wickerson), and " Send for, Mother, Birdie's Dying," (Mr J, Thompson) 1 In the comic line, Mr Devonshire (Tambo) made himself a favorite wiih "I had but eighteen-pence" and " Get Thee Gone, Gal" being encored for each of these marvellous ditties, Mr Mills'" Razors in the' air," also greatly assisted in this line. The concluding part " Poses Platique," was a combination of eccentricities, inoliiding "The Boulder. Keel" aud a drive at the "youthful speculators." The voices in the choruses blended beautifully, and with this feature and the splendid accompaniment which consisted ot Messrs Lundqvist (violm), lieisenberg (piano),. Tiernev (cornoi), Papwoith (clanonette) and Pearson (voiiin solo), the" obair" business was a genuine treat." A slump speech, iniroduoed the Beoond part, the subject being " Quartz" ind the orator Mr Devonshire. Being of a local description and intermixed with "hard knocks", and the free and easy manner in whioh it was rendered, caused even the " dupes" to forgive it and indulge in the general humor, " Warrior Bold," a selection by Mr Wickerson, followed. A step dance by Mr Mills gained an encore. Then came a stranger on the soene (Mr A, Martiu) in the guise of an antiquated sermonist, who gave the audience an exemplary lesson from the well known" Mrs Hubbard who went to the Cupboard, etc." The recitative powers coupled with the droll humors of the piece, was so good iliat it was impossible io maintain an unrelaxed countenance. Assisted by his ventriloquial powers, Mr Martin executed a change and appeared a fao simile of " Waggoner Charley," (a local celebrety) and it the audience had not known any different, they would have imagined "Charley" in proper person was before them, as not only his gait and i funnyisins, but his voice was mimicked in asurprisingmanner. D urin g this char ac tor sketch the performer gave an exhibition of bis ventriloquial powers and also a song. .Mr Mansell concluded with

•'Dearlybeloved Brethren." The third part, " A Bowiled House" was in charge uf Mesara Mills and Devonshire, who wound up one of the best rendered minstrel entortiinmeuta we have seen lor some time back, Too much credit caiinot be g»en to Mr Keisenberg, on whom the lion's share of getting Hp the entertainment devolved. Mr G. Ooker also gave valuable assistance by lending his piano for the occasion, The following was ihe test of the stump speech which brought down the houseDis atn de year ob jubilee; dis here year will be remembered down de vista ot de long forgotten past as de golden "era," when de Parsons, and de musiciau, and du ham sandwiches of Mftsterton went) ravin.' De gold fever oam# 'poi) dgm in de shape of Leslie McKenna and Ted Perry, two Ion? coons wid a marry' twinkle in de corner ob deir eye. Dey were men ob quarts I Dey' nebef drink beer by de pints, dey went for quarts, and sometimes gallons, but dey was no fools! —dey knew won quarts was quart?, and when dey held de quartz up between de finger and de thumb, down went Fergus O'Connor, de iukam pompous man ob c|e Star, and de beary Parson, and de smoked hum, an'de musician dat bloes dehorn, an' a lot ob udder worshippers, inkludin 1 de' tobacconist at de corner who alwaa ories l not for George' when -de Salvation Band comes round—down dey went oti deir knees and prayed. as dey neber prayed before, for a share in de grate gold reef. Night and day dey beseiged MoKenna and Perry, oryin' 1 gib us a show,' and dey i>ib 'um a show bymakin 1 a show ob dern. Quartz was ebery where—dey seemed to reign triumpant. Du public houses drove a roarin 1 trade, De worshippers tore deir hair and wept in joyful 'expectations, and grew thin likeloonatica. Dey neglected deir food and left off deir ord'nary occupations. De printer turned his type into pie, and despised jobbing, do tobacoouist refused to smoke an' would not let de barber out his hair, de Parson could not brew his Bermons an' left off hatchin 1 salmon eggs, an' do man dat blows de liorp forgot to dun his longwinded friends. It geeiped as if de centre ob grabitation was upset for de prospectors, an' all de world outside de worshippers larfed so much dat dere wag suddenly a great rush for stays. De tent maker arrove from Wellington, picks an' sh«vels an 1 tin dishes seemed to multiply in de stores like de sand ob de sea, an' dere was great joy particularly in de house of Perry where dey nightly sang and larfed and larfed, and talked quartz till morning, Dat was de comedy but de tragedy come when de quartz was shewnto R- M. He shook his head and Justice Eenall larfed De bearded lawyer -jvho j[ believe had a finger in de pie, and was one pb de Amen men, said he could not aeo de pipjt pl> de joke, De quartz was in de Court, but where ps do quartz in the country and den Fergus nji'e pieman, and de Star ninsician Hornblow dey exploded de whole affair, and wept as dey told de bench how dey was dragged frout>li de mire and supple jacks and bush lawyers, and den dey found dat dey had grasped an' prayed an' screamed an' gone dancing mad, and paid a £IOO for de petrified heart ob'an old aborigine whioh Joe Freeth, de Clark ob de Court says was turned into stone for disobeying de unju notions ob his great gran'-mother by 'fusing to eat his mother. Dere is a moral in dis sermon, my brudders let de Parson stick to his prayers, and de foornr blower to musio, and de pieman to his catsmaat, but ray beloved brudders and sisters, don't oalch de gold fever andabove all don't put your faith in quartz and feel dein run down in company with my friend obw da way, Mr Thompson'.

Warii.g Taylor has been committed for trial. A novel cricket match. Churchmen v Wesloyana is boi tig arranged foß"Satiirday noxt,. y . Cr William •■.Booth; • was. unanimously reelected ChairinarhiE • the'Weet-Ooanty Council ta-day, . . Meißts 'R ■ It,' Mebilith' and VHinry Richardson Eldor'.liava been''nominated fot.the.vacant.Beat in No of. the.Oastldpoint Road District; 1 ; :The poll" is for Saturday; December Gib.

Ndtaihstiona. for the Hawkes Bay Jockey Club. Boxing-Day meeting close on Tuesday, ,2nd December, ut eight o'clock'

The past week lias been fine, cloudy in the day time but fine and somewhat.cold, at nights. Very little rain has Men in our neighborhood, but. jadgins? from, appearance a good deal has fallen on the ranges. Total rainfall for the week ,315 parts of an inch, The mean reading for ihe barometer is 29 54 inches, and fpr the thermometer it is. GO' Full. The wind has been strnnu from the West and light from other points of the compass,

The Rev C. S, Ogg will preach at the Presbyterian Church, Maßterton,. to 1 morrow at 11 am,and? p,m. and will open the new Dreyerton Church on the .Opaki at 8 p.m. The police have received information that the body of a Kan, respectably clad, was found lying on the roadside on the Mungapakeha by Mr Burgess, The man bad apparently, been dead some hours. He was lying on a Bpead out oil cloth, his unrolled tent and Bwag was near by, and an empty spirit flask waß found on him.. It is surmised he died from, exposure or ■suffocation. Mr Burgess, vdio found the body, is the contractor metalling the Mungapakeha road, and the roadman's whare is some short distance' the Masterton side of where he was found near Taplin's place about ten miles from Tinui. No information has yet been received as to who the deceased was nor where, he came from.—Since writing the above we ■learn from Mr Burgess that the whole affair is a hoax, some of the men told the well known waggon driver ' Old Charlie' the yarn with the object of inducing him to go Bomewhat out of his road to see the supposed body, instead of that he came" on to Masterton and gave the information to the police, The police had communicaied with the Taueru and gone to a great deal of trouble and expense in trying to get reliable information before the arrival of Mr Burgesathis morning, Porcelain fingerings in different colors are one of the latest Parisian fancies,

There are now in England forty-four ladies duly elected as guardians of the poor,

Tho yearly eooaumpiion rf beer in Munich is 470 quarts to each man, woman and child.

Migratory birds have not appeared at Marseilles or Toulon since tho outbreak of the cholera in those places.

~M Honigmann, of Aix-la-Ohapelle, propels a locomotive without wood'and without coal by means of caustio acid, ThevLartigue balance railway, the locomotive for which is an eleotrodynamio apparatus, supplied with electricity from a fixed yenorator, is a simple, single rail, elevated arrangement from both sides of which (he carriages are suspended. A few men oan build several hundred yards a day. This railway has been very serviceable in Africa, Mr John Watt, Bookseller, Masterto'n, has now on view a larcre assortment of photographs, Christmas cards, consisting of Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Chriatchurch, and Fiji views, all at the uniform price of one shilling. --'"Mr John Watt invites one and all to com? and look at this interesting and attractive collection,—(advt.) We havo just landed and are opemngup a splendid lot of Meni l , Boys, and Youths, Clothing, Shirts, Scarfs, Boots and Shoes, which we are marking to si H everybody. No puff see for yourselves, ADTT.—

Wo would recommend anyone requiring a aood pound of pure black China Tea in packets of J lb and I lb to call at Bapp and Hare's Emporium.—(advt.) After several years experience in supplying watches for the colonial market, Littlejohn and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed'"the need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for suoh watches. It is only bj the judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we are enabltd to meet this want, We have now the pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever. This watch, being simple in design durable, highly finished, and accurate,fulfils, all the requirements of a pocket timekeeper, A written guaranteß'for two years' will be given with each' Sent' by post, securely packed, on receipt of Post' Office order or cneQuo.—(Advtl