BREVITIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3468, 25 March 1890, Page 2

BREVITIES.

Cold. ; 'p Wintry,••••:• •: Thermometer last' night, 10, Fail."' .Extremely cold for season ; "LaGrippo" baa made its appear-, 'racein Mastetton,.''■ Aus t ral ibn Blond in int Master ton this week.' 1 Doctors a63ec|> that'. aULpuglf tagious.it is "not dangerous,''.' .Claviiirtoi) leading jnlh'9 matter of

artesian wells. -Trial wfilla torbo ■ „ sunk.' ■ _ j The sergeant who recently inwr* viewed Colonel Hume in Masterton ; complains of the opposition in -the " soft goods" line established by our contemporary. _ j' Mangaone Eivor Board invited • tenders for three contracts for . improvement to Similar tenders to tie- called in . Maßtorton:,..for j to: whisky neM. ' I J ' \ - ThoHoneoofljoi*ds J v withoUt'g(Sin"^'' to a division, agreed that the of The Times Parnell Commission "V should bo entered in the joarnala of thoHouso. , The following unique love epistle was picked up in the street the other day—"Dear Bill,—The reason I did'nt luff when you laft at ine in the post office yesterday was because I lrnvo a bilo on my face, and I c&n't laff, if I laff, she'll bust. But 1 lovo you Bill, bile or no bile, laff or no laff." ; f He blush'd a fiery red; Her heart went pit-a-pat; : Sue gently hung her head, And look'd down at the mat. Ho trembled in his speech, He rose from where ho sat, And phouted with a screetch, - ."You'ro sitting on my hat." . ■We know an engaged young lady who has a pcroquet which has learned to aiake a noiso like, the smack of a kiss. How it learned it ie a mystery. Indistinct but Reliable,—Borrowit (in Chineso laundry)—" Why do yon say' Fliday, John, when you ma®., ,■ Friday causo I iheari Flitlay j' riot like"' "" f ~ Mclican man, who Bay Fliday and come to pay me week after next," No, sir," faid the old tramp, sadly, . "I can't get co work at my trade, I've tried hard, but it ain't use." Philanthropist: " Your trade 1 Why, have you a Wof Tramp*(tearfully) \ , "/Sea,sir, sPmawinter Iwditer jat a i siiinmor i'efeort hotel."" v