GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1752, 27 September 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

" Wnnv (l id Creoigc Washington die ?'' asked an Austin teacher, of a large boj\ " Is lid dead :-" w»8 the n-tomshed leply. " Wliy, it is not mpie tluin six ■ months ago lliat the}- we 10 colcbi tiling his biitli d.iy, ,uid now lie h do id. It's a ,bad year dn chiltlreii., I icclvon his folkb let him eat bomcthing'l hat didn't 'agice with hiiii."

Two Fifers were one day discussing tho merits of thuir rebpectne towiio. •'A)', hut," s-ud one from tho East Ncilk, '•we've a I'lowiol and < oonud in 001 loon. "What! a /"/'■ Piovost ? ' asked fie olhoi mri editions. "Ay, «'i rale Piovost. Nane o' yei Chief M.igistiates." " What— win.i di.uu lomul hia neck?' "N.i, nn, oor I'iovosfc gn 'f/s loan.''' Tiic Ifx.NDsojm.M' Man in Ni,\\ York. -A male inoh%sional le.uityi^on e\lul)ition in an upper Bi midway bhow window, lie is of the blonde type, with light hau culling clo^e to bi^ sh.ipely in ad, the mo^L legular of featuies, a oom plexion as pink and white <is a gul'a, e^es of dawn guy, and the foi in of an .itldote. Tho women ciowd up to the plate glass that alone pi otects him fiom being grabbed. Jie is employed in making cmdy, and it sells tast, piobably because the fair admiicis want to know, which is sweetest, he or it.

Tin: Italian colony in New York is perhtips as iiilliuiily, though less dangerous, than the liish contingent. A free fight occured in " Little Italy " a short while ago, and two Italians named Joseph Quinii and John Ross, were arrested They could not speak a word of Kiii^hsh, and how tlioy c.uno by their naiiu'S nobody seems to Know. At all cents, they had a fisiht, and <m inter pielei witli a bushy liead, appealed for both. " I Low long lui\e \un been in the country?" .i&Ucd the ]inluo of the intei])idui. "Ten yens" he lephed. "JLneyou combed 3 our hur .since >ou iunt been lieie? ' i\o, 81 ,"' huiuphtd, ,ni<l tho judge lined liis clv nfc> live doll. us

apiece SiM'W l)i vim; Till) L )\uo\ Smsov. — 'I'lit 1 id ow in;,' l\li ict fi()iii l> Sl. St(|)!'(M i (« i/i'tlc ' shows iiow the .uis'o. ia<\ of I'Jiil,!,ui'l spi nd 1 1 10 Sunday win nin London dm ing tin 1 season : — The liot we.ithei oi tin; past foi tni<,'bt has si nt tlic uoi Id to the 'J'li.nm -, md ihcM '•Liiion i » r.t its height, B/'iltu's Look List Suinl.iy was a i -a'iic ol indeseubablo confusio'i boiw ecu e!o\ en and one. Kp c or si\ times miming two oi tlucc launches uicl twenty H>c oi moic boit-> won 1 ' looked' together, and the ciy was ' still they come.' The passage of thiee baigcsdul not mend inattci&, noi the fact that cc j \ciy one was in such a dc-poiate huiry. Many lioats had to wait neatly two houisto get thiough, hut tlieie wa& plenty to attiact the eye in iaco and diess. Society, I\uliame»t, and the sta<re weie fully repiesented. The Gum (Is liad an eight out in the afternoon On a steam launch stood Mis Cot nwallis West, serenely handsome ; that launch contains Lad^ Suit! suid he i 1 pretty d.uightois. A stalw ait I liidi (lsmail sculls Mis Clunles llsun ; tlieie Mr Holton, M I., enteitains a latgi* p.n ly <>n a luuuli ; hole is Loul 0 viiir.in, Iku-Mis-jcs Wilton and Violet Cntncion; futthei 1 on M^i Conw.iy, la/i!,') j.'.i/an^ at lieauty at the In hn ("lose l)y, two f.m ladies piddle then own canoe, while on the other side passes Mr llainineislcy s gondola, piopellid hy aiidtnt 1 of Vciiiec. Rkindles-, undei new managiMiieiit, Deacon's at Kayimud, the ' l'\ ii > ' at CoolJiam, .ue all ciowdod, and their piopiietois uaping then .sli.jtt out ik.li liiii\cst. Many continue the journey to Medmcnham Ahl.ey and Ileiile^, but the niaiotity ba^k unilu Cliveden Woods and cntioise llun follow nun and women. It is a l,ri<jht and bus'liny scene, but the quiet ot I'anyboiuiie is piefoiablc. Next iSunday the Pi nice may be expected on the n\er dining the ailemoon At some liou.sc-. ou the banks of the Thames they hiuu.uldod to the attiaction ot Sunday .lite) noon paitica tin pastime of d.inemu, law li tennis and boitnig not pioung sullieii'iit ( \ei tion. It is to Ijc doubted w ht'tiici the Knglish iSund \) , as comp.ued %utli the Fiench, it. &o dull as .some would make out."

Cm l'Vi'uw (' wn 1, — Hi re we aie back again to the pine foitihul heu'o cattle Seen fioni the \\ ye, the place looks like elifls crowned by a keep and defended by tow ois descending to the watui's edge The uholi 1 tinny hcuns not to ha\e been built, but to ha\cyiown. The hour for •seeing Chepstow i-., to my fancy, tlic tad, late afternoon, when calm, bio id sunshine floods all tin 1 an and .>iene with peaceful, if somewhat melancholy -still - in fn, and theiich tulnc^i of tho mellow hidit when that light li about to fade out of the wtaiy day. Each place has an hour, and a light that suits it best. A ltei noon, late afternoon, for me at ('hep-stow. Cher and .iiound the sin ill remains of a Noiman castle, built by Fit/, Osbcm, Kail of JTcrefoul, in the eleventh centuiy, the mass and bulk of C'hepstew has been built in the tunes of the tin cc Ed wauls. The castle passed fioin the Fit/C-Osberns to tho Clues ; it then became the piopcity of the Herboi ts, and eventually fell into the hands of the piesent owneis— the Someisets. In one tower, on the left as you enter, Ifeniy Mai ten was confined for twenty ycais. JMaitcn was one of the legieides, and his n ime appeal*, on the deathless " Death Waii.int '' w hieh condemned to the block " (Jhai les Steuait, King of England >! Dinanee ishaid, but is easy compandto the fate which befell other ot the legicide-- under ('hat les 11. The Castle was taken and ictak.cn in the Civil Wai*., and Ciomwell himself nppeated befoie it in pei son ; although the gicat I'iotoetoi had to yo to Pembroke, to (juell the nisinicction theie, and left the scitrc to Colonel Ewer. Taken by assault in KM3, Chepstow was again besieged in 1 (J IS. It was ultimately bestowed by Piuhamunb upon Ciomwell, but was icstored to the old family by Chailes 11. The giand old place is still highly pictuiefeCjue, and its site is very lovely. Chepstow has comparatively little " histoiy" around its massive remains; but an artist may well select a place so striking and so old for pictoiial illustiation. — Fioin " Ttctttui,(juo Mwopo" for December.

a m v: or ciilss. The wise man thinks liefoie lie speaks, And winds of wisdom fnnn him fa.ll : Thi* fool .spei'k > lii.st, then haply tlunlcs, Oi nin^bo does not think ill all. Ho m the roy.\\ pne of choss, The nilo of lifo ih btill tlio sime : Folly i>nts foith a hasty luuid, But v isdoni playtt a cautions game.

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Lipk in thk Basil— Thkn and Now.— It is generally supposed thnt'in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and -privations in the shape of food Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. B. Hri.r., who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned meats bis Colonial Sauck give's to them a most delectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most cr.jwyabje, and instead as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Improved Colonial Raking Powder makes'tlie very Jbest bread, scones^ cakes, and pastry far] superior and more wholesome; t^an or leaven. Sold by alj 4 stprekcepcrs wfio.'can ob-i tain it from any merchant in Auckland.' ' i

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