MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 408, 24 December 1874, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A lib -ml member of the Hiuse of Coi»«wn« th« other ni/hf wmtax-d with hating u«ed the tolluwin^ »*li : — " T ie 0 inse rvitire p*r»r wi'ip he on Hie benches opposite.* A nidst mvi' i latuhter lie exoMa*.!. tliat *»* u .d sai i» " no* ihb b J ncliet oppo-nte " " '■ *' - " D irn it !" exrlai ned a B >ston girrfefa^ 1'"1 '" day to some of hnr "om ani<»ns. " why can't we dv *^"«*» qo j • m tie weild ?" T<e remark was ■m^eetive, an i ?.« g'rU will w>m .-sNbluh as.ck darning factory f<rTue -iiei}ißp*of u »nen(r lefs voiing bic olora. "* . " Whut are you aoing lo do abtrit it?" awked D*fV" ° r • fi-ienrl who had bvti miia-hed up in a railro«d di*asiiT»Jj*. terribly i"jmed. " Well," ga-ped the hopeful sufferer?-"" ' firsth, I shall ao in for repairs; »eooudly, i shall go in lor l-unazed.' A c.-rtam P-riian ..rincf'arxmi-w for polyg* »y ia amu*ii»< und original. Shaking o< £ iglis i ladirs, lie said, "W* lail • iir.\ are freilier and inure ion \j a/.er forty thin out wo ueii iro at fwi»ntv-flre one Biigna'i wmunU *inili. at • 'ast ten Per-ian-*, hikl a> we t ik<* q iintitj io in>»ke u,j lor jui'iiy. Hftl w• E it;iidt* vti>in**n ten one «oul<J aißcv." Nucule u w«s niie il » v si-are iin^t for a buok in Hie library it Mtlinaidiin, und at last ducor.-r^d it on a shelt «»nie>vhiit bivrliH r acli. Mirslial i\l.>nr<-\, who was presen — >nir >f i lie tiille-t men in fie grmv — ateppnil fi>.-«arl aitiii 1 - Permit, me, <ire j I<m Innhi-r than \our mnj st>." * You ne ion^r, mmwli'il," giul tne eui|iernr, with « friun. The G-.-inmn G vernmetM *<o \>o mritu * Bi 1 p ovid n£ Uir the einb >iinn»-nt. in i in- time ot nur of nil MDie-hoiel men no lunger mclii leil in the line, tne r, servt-, ur ihe Luiil-wi-lir. They are to foun a separate force, call el th» Li 11dturiu anl wil brf «urn Lionel on yin c-i-m nf ne.e.l Pi->-bahly the oteu.ly increa-e ot tie F<e to i and R mna trim ••, either of wh en is likeh to oiitnun.ber lh>- G- rumn ten >ear» lienc.'. *n_Be-«te I ille n-vr me<wur«. Air Williau Siubbt, ot Kifk/.SL-otp, n^ar W il»tirImmptoii, lias now in opt-ra'ton a nnulnno of mih otvn invention, wkici lie liv-< reojntlj patenied, lor Uia (UiiiiutHcture ut brii-kn. Tis mac line » by steuiu-poMer. A bi'iel d'-cri),ti >n ot' tne mau un<* nity inter ot many oi o'li 1 r. a lers. Ti ati Miioikur 19 pr 8 nted a revolving norzxilal labie, on w 11m) art) iiiil *ix dies lor completing the rlxy. On one *i Ie ol the tible sran>ld a nun who tills fn-\ die wiin c'av, md on t ia o. <ier sule ot the tab c is ain.tlier 11 an who reim<Te» to" ela} »|ter II IciS been com|>re»se 1. Kai-h die is fine I wild a innsjel 111 or co\er, ttn<i ■ s.ulirn; boijom, and v* the tuble rerolrns lirt* die parses under u Uxe.l plate, «|nu. comprctHt^ 1110 clay. Tne clay l- dehvt-red lifa . olumi lown an m.-hn-* fiOin the .pu^-uiiil, 1i id is cut into bi >ak* oi tiie -reg nrwil t>ite b mean<oi wnv.t by me inn w !■• iills ilih dies. Fno m.L 1 iirif is capable oi c juipivssing 15)0 nn.-k-i an lim-, or 120U0 in a diy.ot ei^nr >«O'kiiu >i >u •* B. it •ridlriplicatiin •( dies, tne p<o>luutnn woul 1 br* cons U ailf in rjase I. jAt no >n >e-iteriJa\ a final) hoy winked into tin oiß>:e (the Inelson ColonUtjrinifi tjra/fly depu-iie 1 a In lie picture and a!• tlei o>i me ununtfr. He raid lie had bVen lot 1 to I rave tifcm. We t loughb we knew wtmr the .et.er wits about, but wt were d übilui rispectiiig the content-* of the pu> kige. ijierelore we piou. eded 10 exinnne 11. o<i Liking ott fh« ouisule wra,pei we luand a pen box, ami w-* inrnedia'ely conclude. l thai oometio <y i>a 1 » m n* a rich specimen from Analon or ■>niif other pl.n-e. W-11, we open d the b»x, an.-i we f und a HjiecMien, tmi Dii.it, specimen wain'i h pi.o« ul qmnz, nor did it come from i. N • sooner di Iwe mt Ihe lid ott ihe pen box than the "pecnncn darte.! Irantiualiy u,i our editorial sleeve, and cnttrgvd atrai« it in Cue duection ot our right i ur. In Iff* than nail a, minute w» could feel the speuiuiiii try in,' energetically to b re a hoi* through our should, r b a.ie. We protested, and in doing su tore otf' our garments luriou*ly. Tnat " ipein'rien" wu about Ibe large-t ueuMpcde it haa been our lot to en^a^e 111 buttle with tor io ne /ears. Tne rrptile wm nxceedingly atleuiiou ite, and a ui-k lo v-> like a glue-,.0t. We in'iua^e I, however, to gtiake linn oil, mi.i he is now ut large 8/newJiere on the preuiiscs. ile wus seen gom; in the direction of the prinnug-mac nne, and it id a reuiiiknb'e lact that ettrjOuiiy u.mn cie.i with tins journal gnes I hat machi.ie a ver\ wiile bert'i. A »li ttuger cvi ne into tne oIIL-e laa* nignt 10 arrau^e auout mum udi-ueids w iu-!i he wmCed, an I wo got him to lean against the machine, in the hope that the " sptCiint-n " wouiii la-. • 11 011 .■nn, md that 11 »«ul ■ there* by be earned a a\. Wu don't tnmk it worked, 4»o*v»er, lor, althoUtili oitr "d>vd " lo iowu. tne stranger lor nearly * nine, in oruer to tie w .emer he w»s 111 any trouble, n« uamebick without any good ue>«i. Juicing by ouro*n experience, wo tnink 11 la s;» c to Biv t iat tint si auger wou.d ntn t hiivo waikei m ojuipun with tii tipecun-u for an nour vti.hout peiaoiial inconvenience. Any ut our readers wuo a • oiteiestcd in specimens are quite at liberty t<> have tne tun ol tnu utlice it tne^ tnink 1 uey ca<i cuptur* tins one, uiiu no aid to their uiu* urns. The letter wincn accompanied Hie package was Ironi a scieut.tic countr* g.-n-tieinau, wuo wisned 10 mow wiift ie> we 1 10U4 it sauti a large cvnupide was a uuti-e 01 N^a Z aland, or whet ter it nod been introduced Iro n Australia In reply, we uare only t > siy tiiut we ueiuit-r kn >>v nor care ; but w» thinlc tiidl tne sj uier it q ills our oifijd tie b tt-r. rfj 11 -> o( our readei« ure somew.ott slow in paying up, and, therefore, generally itpeakiug, we aie ttianKfui to receive a "cent" of unj kma ; but if nilsi we can get another description of cent., we Uon't nunt to hire anything to do wit.i uuuJradlegged uues. We don't like them.