MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 424, 4 February 1875, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A rflfl rr i pr-niiar application (mhj st ! c Pall Mall Gazette) w«f» mft'lp (h*> mhir Hhv «t Y rk. At me Cii> Btd*\liji Sep-ions jjs, M' La«Bon a; p ed for a license for a pV'lik lioiipp on tlie fXi'iens n'onno 1 of i's close p>oxinnty to\tlit» cpmpiery. •' Tnere wan," it wa« stated," 'at pre^ertAno plupe for person* to t»o to fur a stimulant when depressed oy i»rip< at tlip g'avesides of their friends." The request wab o ldl enough, supported by the chapim of the cemeten, and on better grounds perhaps, and even qjpre earnesth by the lodgekeepet . X' 1P latter, indeed, fppmed lr- have urged it B8 a personal favor to lumeelf. "At pregfnt," he said, " thpsp depressed per.-ons come to hie lodge, and he had to L'ivi' them his own biand}' ; lor he would be fined if he sold \* to tlit-m." The magistrates, liowever, weie hard-hearted enough to refui-e the application. It seems hard indeed tl'at this generous and tender hearted lodg^keeper should continue to have his litile ( .rivate store ofv b,r§pdy so cruelly drawn on by thepe depivss-ed creatures, especially as it niHV not occur to them, after their depression hap passed away, to make it up to him in kind. Mr Robert Chamber* tells the following story which he lmd fr^rn the E.v W. \ 'Gregor, Stu ling ;—M' Fmla\ son, town <krk ol Stirliny, in the larter^rt ut the seventeenth century, whs note«l for t lie niarvelloue iA conversation. He Wh» on a vi*it to the Earl of -MonteithVnd Airth, in his castle of TalLt, in the Lake of^MonteitV and was about t»k\np lea\e, when he was asked fey the lE&rl whether he had seen the sailing cherry tree P '♦'No," said Finlayeon j »" what sort of thing is it "?" l< It is," iV)\ied the Earl, '• a tree that has grown out ol a goose's mouth from n etone the goose has ew allowed, and which she bears about with her in her voyages round the loch. It is now in full fruit of the most exquisite flavor But, Finlayson,"he added, " can jou with all your powers of meinor\ «nd fancy match my story of the cherry tree?" Perh.jp3 I cm," said Fmlajson, clearing his t.hroat and adding :—": — " When Oliver Cromwell wa" at Airth, one of his cannons sent a ball to Stirling, and it lodged in the mouth of a trumpet which one of the troojers in thp cast le was m the act of sounding." Was the tiumpeter killed ?" said the earl. "No, my lord," replied Fmlavson ; ''he ?le« the ball back, and killed the artilleryman who had fired it ?"