ENTRE NOUS

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1370, 12 April 1881, Page 3

ENTRE NOUS

— I.ahould advise' Mr- to wear a great coat and' a glouch hat .when watching among "the furze bushes the next time. 1 ' ' ' i '

— He will not then stand such a chance of being "spotted."

— The latest invention in posting letters is to pin the mi&sive on the baize door of the person to whom it is addressed.

— This plan has, at any rate, the merit of economy.

— A young friend of mine, v^hp is a farmer, has just got a lucky windfall.

— And, in the fulness of hi 3 gratitude,

intended giving a champagne supper.

— But, on serious reflection during the night watches, he has abandoned the idea.

— And, by way of compromising with his conscience, will shout for the first friend he meets on his next visit to his postal town.

— The Premier of the Debating Club and his colleagues may expect a tremendous wigging from the Opposition chiefs when the session opens, on account of the lengthened period taken up by the recess.

— The Rev. Mr has greatly imE roved his equestrian appearance since he as mounted his thoroughbred. How he was so long content with " Joey " is a marvel.

— A certain dignitary of the Good Templars made a remarkable blunder some days ago. „ ,

— But it is only just to say that it was through pure inadvertence. — A well - known hotelkeeper was having his house photographed, and he asked the gentleman referred to above, who is a personal friend of his, to make one in the happy group in the foreground. —He consented, and the effect is naturally very amusing. — However, a moral tone is imported into the picture which had else been wanting. — A fancy dress or calico ball, at Hamilton, is on the tapis. — A comprehensive general committee has been appointed to carry out the arrangements, and the event will take place some time in May. — It is intended, I hear, that the invitation list shall include the names of residents in ail parts of Waikato.

— While the costumes are to embrace everything in that line from the time of the Ancient Britons past the present day, and on to the period which shall be occupied by Lytton's "Coming Race."

—If invited, I shall go in my natural character.

— Minus the tail, of course.

— I am much obliged to Mr Trewheellar for his courteous answer, through the Editor, to my query last week.

— For obvious reasons I have not responded to the invitation.

— But I see no reason why those interested in the resuscitation^) fthe Hamilton Library should not take my place and make enquiry.

— The books are useless ,to Mr Trewheellar for trade purposes, and he would gladly rid himself of them,

— I understand that Councillor Henry intends moving at the mexfc meoting of the Waikato County Council, that in future the meetings of that body be held atJHuntley, ,

— The •• Bong Tong " used to cultivate a moustache, but his facial Vortex is no longer shadowed by what was thair. '

— His upper lip now resembles the barrel of a musical box, with nine-tenths

of the teeth missing.

—A. 0. F. has been out exploring : and I hear he expresses himself satisfied with the prospect.

— Verily a little goes a long way.

— The Home papers by the last mail teem with stories about Carlyle — "the philosopher of Chelsea."

— I have two from " Atlas :"

— ■ One is that, after having passed sleepless nights owing to -the horrible noise made by a Cochin-China cock in a neighbouring garden, .Carlyle interviewed the proprietor of the fowl, and expostulated. , The owner,' a woman, did not think Mr Carlyle had hiuch cause for complaint; the cock only crew three or four times in 'the night. "Eh, but, woman," said the unfortunate philosopher, "if you only" knew what I suffered waitiitff/or Mm to crow I" ' * ' " '

— The other is one which Dickens used to tell inimitably, the scene occurring &\ a dinner held, I( think, a^-Proc-tors, where were present, sioiong othersj Carlyle and, the well-known Editor t>f the ■: — Review, The last nani^d had enunciated some weighty opinion pn the, subject under discussion — as Dickens used say, "treating it in the usual Review manner, wrapping it up in a jsmall .parcel ana rayingi'tbyvonthe shelf aVdon| wath for ever" — and a dfead silence ensuedY^ This sileric&ivasfcfo" the'Astbiiißhthent of , all,, broken by Carlyle,, who was seated immediately Ji '6p|>6site- tKe Editot/ looking across at him; m a ,dre^mv a?d s*y^ ing, as though to himself, but in perfectly audible tones," 1 . «■«.' Eh,* but you're a puip creetur, a puir, wratched, meeiemble oreetor I" then, with a slghphe relapsed into silence. f . J<r v.*. u .*. 1 — ■ The conduct 'bf-'ibS^lristr mempers has so disgasted all right-thiokini? people, thStrthVpof&ibility -of aisfrSflSWlling; 1 t)^e balJ^iltjje^Effleril^^e-aiiob^gicagain disoqssed in^more than one quarter. fThe favourite, argument" of the dWrancWeSbJri^tfsE.i&o& w^sb^&aceaffor li^n*f««3ths^toe^rD!«jKDi|«mn«too f nt, DisfranoMaement,^^ K^4j)icJ^D^iB drawn, from ji oqnapariSQn^ Oniegj'^oi!; jecHon^bja^ jftjs."/^*^?'/® "oodkney 1 : lairl" I^ondqn, ifeis'gaia^ot tine Cliivf "bnt ihafe