"THE VERY BEST."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1946, 23 March 1885, Page 2

"THE VERY BEST."

The following Btory rwcliwns from Got bung-not,- Cobari^omo'twelve months or so ago, a Boniface who hails from that' vicinity, paid a visit to Melbourne for the purpose of replenishing his stores ; with Warrenheip gin and : wnisky.' : ''Dur-. the Go-bunjj pulton' struck up ah acquaintance with Mr M—, a commercial ■' traveller for S, and 8., softgoods ware- ■ lpusomen. The acquaintance ripened ifcto"friendship, snd when the friends were; bidding each other adieu over a couple of • > bottles of Moet, the Go-bung man extend- •. ' ed a hearty invitation to Ms friend the . ; bagman should he ever pay a visit to Ids-. locality, Time rolled on, and business pnrsnits took the commercial traveller- . to within fifty miles of Go-bung. : Thik- • ' i ing nothing of the distance, but enlat with hope and gladness at the expectation" os meeting an old friend, he invited two '" neighbouring squatters to share his trap. < i and accompany him on a visit to the Go- : '• * bung hostelry. Arriving at their destination acquaintance was renewed, and pro-. .. fuse apologies made by Bonifrce for the laok in his cellar of the bess alcoholic erages owing to the continued drough™ ano the consequent dfficulty in replenishing hiß stock. 'Never mind, ole boy,'said the bagman, 'bring us the vary best yoo've got in the crib.' No sooner said than done/' 1 ; Three glasses, each one third full of liquor* : were placed on the table, and the thirst^' ! v ones proceeded to sample them simultane: ;■ ously. Violent fits of . coughing ensued,' but when the. commercial had reebverea '' 1 his speech, he Wanted to kowfrom the - pudlican what the Beelzebub he . meant,,! ; by putting such stuff as that before'them? ' 'Well' said Boniface, 'you needn't be so • condemned particular. I've given yw:< <; the best stuff 1 have—Frank Weston's> Wizarb Oil! Why, they are. drinking '' ' Rowe's Embrocation and Mustang Lini- r . . ment at a bob a Head iu the bar, and the ' sixpenny customers have to put up with kerosine. You mustn't putofi any. city style of Go-bung, I tell you,