"PADDY McGINNITY" ON THE SOD TURNING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1995, 21 April 1885, Page 3

"PADDY McGINNITY" ON THE SOD TURNING.

Misther Ediiiu it,— Sur, me and Biddy kern up from Okland to take part in the grate ockashun o' turnm the flight sad o' the long raloway, and a rale long wav it wan from Okland. i seen Mother Shtout in town, and se/. bo to me, "Paddy, nlannah, the sareuumy wud not be complato widoiit ye," and wid that ho gpinmo a fusht klasj tikett fur meself and Biddy. When i got to Tay AiunU the flight thing i neon was the bould dehndhem dhmwu up m an llligint line. Me attinshun wai tuk wid wane' thim lookm' an bould »s brans and sithin an his war pony at if he had swallied a ramrod and it didn't agree wid him. Ho had a goold meddle ghtherin an his cote, and sc/< 1 to a man " hoo is that fom« lookm olicar wid the bcutiful meddle; slnno ho musbt have got it in the Crnr.jya, n-> lesi " "Arrah, ye bosthoon," be/ he, "that imi t an oncer at all, and he didn't get the meddle in the Crimaya ; he got it for a foiced march from timple bar to diapecide. Whin we wiut to the nvei, Wahanewi and Raywhy met me and tuk me to the tint. Misther Shtout kein up and tould me 1 win to shtand neur him at the thiyin inomint When he kern to the p.ut whne there was to be no wliiHhkey in the mown counthry, Wahuncwi turned pail and laned an me for import, and wan gintlrman collected wid a newspaper gemmc his back big to hoiild. Sez he, "Sargent niager McCtuHin is lukm nutey haul at me bag. He knows me propmsities and may be its lnkin inside o it he'd bo ; liould it fur me paddy ah.igui, he'll niver suspect ye." Ould Walmnew i *e/ to me, "Paddy dailint keep close, to me wid the bag, its killed wid the dhrooth I am, and whin tho •pacllCH in all o»er we'll nmHyvoo (he <-|>.ike.« flinch as well us he does irish) in a potaty hole," but the newspaper man was too quick fin him, fur whin tho apaches wan over, he tuk hio durty bag acrass the *thr«mie widouteven asinine if I had a month an me, and poor onld Wahunowi dyin for a, din ink. The ould boy ac/ to me, " Paddy a\ ick whin I «ed the ithrame o' frps.li watber w<m to be tho boundhary to hhtop the whishkey, I niont it was to -slitap the sperrits goin acrabs to the patcyhas fur faith its sich an illigmt dhrink that the mowns will want it all fui themselves, and as fur tliratm me hkt- a s-lnld, be me conshens" sty he, lukin round an the beuttful ladies " I wiidrnt mind being mushed bo wan o thim, only I'm afeared i'd be too hevy to h<mld long an htM noc. Have ye got ero a dhropwidye." " Iha\o,"' sez i, "illgneye s\mj o Kin.ihiin's dhrops fnr halt di-uisr.'' " <ii\e it hi'ic, ' ie/. he, " i'm near dod wid it, so 1 am." IVdad he impties tho bottle, .and hcz he, " Til till it agin fi.i ye in K.iy Kay to-night. 1 Ay course i «mt to tho ball, and thin *pint the remaindlipr o Ihe nite .vid the paity, anrl in comuunriibhmi o the e\int i send ye some poetluy. Och, taic an ages, T end fill tin pages Wid the goins an o' Shtout «o bould. And king T.iwhay Will cuiiie the day Ould Hay why gov him the showldhor cow Id. The day wnh dhry, | And so was I, The divil a dhrop o' the crathui was thoie, For the sons o' titnppiancc (Juit like their impi-rence) Sez to puen the nagurs it isn't fare. Sez Shtout to me, 41 l\it, hei-o's a sproc, I'm praching abshtainin wid all me mite ; But cum to the ball At the Kay Kay hall An I'll tind a dhrap •»' whuskey the nicbt.' The chafe Wahanew i He/. " Paddy, kanewi, Me likee the wbihkey, 'tis wcly nice." Sez Raywhy, wid a grin, " Bedad I like gin, And I'll throw ye for dhrmki«, Stout, ay yell get m the dice." The dice they wor brawt (Tlnoth, its little I thawt I'd be thiowin for dhnnkh wid nuch company tine), And Townewi ho big Danced an illigint jig, And thin got blind dhrunk an colonial wine. Se/- Shtout, " thih i« crewel, Townewi, me jewel, The tipple so sthrong has got into ycr hod." Thin six mm so hthiong I )ul take him along. And lade him out dacent an (Jeorgo's betht bed. To .sing " Sweet by-and bye," We all thin did tin y, J fwas an llligint finish to the fun n the d.iy. Wahanewi ho nate Sez I'll bht.md wan more thratc, Me wely big chafe, hhine me open raleway." Pw>m M\oinxit\, Parnel, April 17th, 18«"».

Five hkllow h —Magistrates. Too Eaki-y for MiviuhK. -A newlymarried couple ruling in a carriage weie overturned, wheieiipon a bystander said it was • a shocking sight ' ' Yes,' said the gentleman, ' to Hce those just wedded fall out so soon.'