LARRIKINISM AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2016, 9 June 1885, Page 2

LARRIKIN ISM AT CAMBRIDGE.

Or late it wnuM serin l.mikini'-ni his boon making homous headway in Cambridge. A few days ago wo drciv attention to a dastardly net in tlio shape of u practical joke, and which to the perpetrators no doubt i\asa\ery enjoyable joko too. On that occasion tho ln>r>e of a re^poctabio Bi'ttli'r had ins t.ul and mane clipped, making the animal altoguther valueless «o far as appearance goes. One of the stirrup irons and tho budlo wero also removed. Tliu c\ iduncu tho police {mi-mom, it would kpoiii, is not siifliciuiitly conclusive to connet tlio gentlemen upon whom suspicion has duwihed, but no doubt the deed will bo whoeUd homo boforo long. On Satnid,i> night Into, or onily on Sunday morning, a fuw congenial spirit-", not boys by nny me.uw, but giown up men principally, adjourned to tho to tho back pi onuses of the National Hotel to celebrate tlie incoming week m a fitting manner. The landloid and his tenants had long bcfoie lotirod to bed. Tho happy band succeeded in gaining tho bedroom of Mr CJillctt's m.ilo Hervantu, when the fun commenced in earnest. ]iotli men were pullod out of bed, and ono of them, a man named Adain.s, got a blow on tho eye, and in tho disorder fell down Htairs, mistaining a wncro shaking. An unfortunate dog ire\t felt across tlic maraudeis' path, and after aomowhat rough handling, during which the ponr bruto uiado the night huloouH witli Jiis yells, he was rolinrfuiHhed in favour of » hor.se, the pn>i>erty of IVIr (Jillett. Tho horse, :w well as tho dog, was clipped in a most unsightly m.innor and olhciwi«c unighly used. Tho conduct of tho mob generally is descnbed as both dnoideily and abusive. Mv (Jillett at this statue appeared on tho scone, .vnd the ji.irty, including N. H. Luiiimloii, ])a\id Xoigmvo, Ham Jolmson nnd others, wore obliged to bring their operations to a close.. Lumpen, it will be teincinbured, made his bow some slioit tnno ago to tho local Magistrate, Xono of tho others have yet boon honomed with an interview with ajii'<tico, but they will bo accommodated on Friday no \t. Anolhoi incident of an outi.igooi.a character took placo lately on the publ o load. The police aro lit present in-vo-,tik',iting it, mil no doubt will ero long unoaith the offenders.

As fl)f l) you B!\y tliat yon arc innocent of the charge of stealing a rooster from Mr Jones?" askod an Arkansaw judge of a meek-looking prisoner. " Yea, sir, I am innocent as a child." "You aie confident that you did not steal thn roostor from Mr Jonos ?" " Ye?, sir, and I enn prove it." "How can you prove it?" "I can prove that I didn't steal Mr Jones's rooster. Judge, because I stoictwo hons from Mr Gladstone the can • ni^ht, and Jones lives five imlm from Ciladatone's." " The proof is conclusive," oaiel the judge. " Discharge the pi iHoncr."— Arkansaw Traveller. 1 lir W ukato Cheese and Bacon Factory Co., uniips tenders for Swedish turnips delivered at the factory. Icn«l< r% for dmi *■;- work? on Afr Knorpp's <»<t itc , Homtiu, are nti cd by Mr Ti G. Sandcs, H.in*ilton.