TITFORTAT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2552, 19 March 1887, Page 2

TITFORTAT.

There is in extraordinary iustance of naval spirit pceaerv&S -iii * travels, iu. North* America,'', published in 1775. -Captain St. Leo, commander of an Eaglish toaa of. war 'lying in Boa' ton, was taken jnto custody for walking. ou tho Lords Day, Ou Monday he was'carried before a" Justice and fined. Refusing to pay ho was senteacfld lo ait' in the stodki - ono boar during the-time in"change," " This sen* executed. Whilst the captaiuaatm'durance,.the Magistrates .admonished bin. to' respect in iutiire the wholesome laws, of the, Frovinoe,. and he was farther exhorted for ever after to reverence and keep holy the Sabbath Day.: At the expiration ot the hour he was liberated., . On regaining the use; of his.. stood and expressed.himself as, Really edified by the lesson-he hai learned, and declared-himself;.so thoroughly converted as to rejoice the hearts of the Boston saints; ■ He acted, Jjis part bo well that be hecarae extremely popular among the godly folks, who;:b« the day fixed for the sailing of; the ship accepted hi 3 invitation-'«to • dine with him on board, 'j'tTe gave them a capital dinner; them with bowls and bottles, and in a short time the whole ship'resounded with their roaring merriment, ,On a sudden a. body of sailors bin'abinto'.tlie cabin,. laid bold of the sainkJ'audl pinioned them, then dragged -th'ejH; on deck, where they wero stripped" and tied up. How.irony lashes the'boatswain and his mates dealt theta is ;ribt. stated j but the story goes .that " when they had suffered the whole of the discipline, which Imd flayed them from the nape, of the reck to- thb-iaiys, % captain took a .polite leave; earnestly begged thera to'remember Tii'rn in their prayers. Ihey were, then letdown into the boat that; was "waiting „for them, the crew saluted tliera with.thjjeo cheers and Captain St Loe made This fairly comes under the heading.oi what Wordsworth calls" the good-old plan." W. C. Russell's Sea Yarns,. AN AUDACIOUS SWINDLE.

_■ Madame Pafcti has escitoi'-'i furore ib Boston, Philadelphia,'' Chicago, and other cities,' Her name has.'itjso been used for a bigbly-irigonibiiV fraud. .'lt B&sojs (aaya Truth) received froor-New York tb«t Patti proposed- to give eciMerl!} Moxicp in vf'auuiiry; Some individual, hoaritig'of this, jourpoyed to Mexico, 'tayibwi : hiij)B«l(. : ;tg the brother, of .Mr., Marcus. Mayer (Mr Abbey's agent in advaacfi, v/wbo, it appears, has no.brother),> aiicl opened a subscript ion Tor- tbo 'rolled m wlhiu'r conple. of days. [lOvernor 9mQlt"'a rit, and'"" insisted . on, tbo' tnan; > banking the money. •H9.jirtte(}' : ip- i do.fio, but < really only' .-j;Ho then gaify " little ' total of - £s,2os'as " tliofestrlfc j>f two *' v : clear away, while tbe r<3«i Mr yaH so o wecl'o p-jp &, trsiu .bet<vepu CiubinattiJtt'nd.dhieavgo, and • was', unable t&gelat-hiin. Mr Mayer.Vftelegram of eighty-fib; words in tbo hope of catching the individual.' wjpm he. not utifalvly as d ; " mental rascal was " well sprinkled vjrith ' ' able -bodied 'adjectives," Mexican credulity is evidently, no matclvfy Yankee emartneea,/- '• ' "Spme boysijn £arif'Eafs, "London, mi iecent|y engaged in a livelyiort of , pajjfomo called " Jack Ketch.".One ; being operated upon,' bijt ion.' diijr .twliffd others leqviii# swinging biMtjap. round tl\ejiieck. sa, wasi;,ultimately/out. dovyiij •butf only lingered for a few days. V "