TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2043, 11 August 1885, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

WIIKN a pm-on, a-. >\Lueiis Cl.ulc was wont tos»y, wntis ,1 go-.sippmg lettoi it ought t-i be wntten with such gladdening l iffli t nev, s 1 ,1-, to catch the leadei's glauc", «' l(1( l let.im it until it iuss-s horn the end (if the volatile composition light up to the top of it, to ie penise it again uitli compound meniment for the pleasant effoit "f its second leading. Whatever fun it may awaken, let it be the ninth of innoccnc>. As Coibott Ls Bicton, tin 1 Dimu of Jeis»v, and father of Mis Luin'iy, lepeatedly sud to us boys, " Wnte .vll yom letteis, my lad*, w) th.it your mothei-, ni.iv lead them, and not blush foi thi'ii sons that vviote them." But sentiment 1-1 cieipmgin, and, though caiessiug VMtli a genlle hand, ih uiteifeiing with the business of wilting a letter for bieul and butter pioduung medium, which l.itlur i> neeessaiy foi reasohs, e\eiy mio of which my leaders will feelingly and intuitively sanction. Oil! well! to 1 etui 11 to our "muttons," sciaggv and timupy.it that, lam moved to say that tho peoplo of this place, and and Other places too, especially thoso of them, wlxko instinct* aro commeicial, analv»>e and practically apply the word credit, tlmsly. — C corny, X legulaily, X every, 1) day, I'll, Tti u&t. Although this appeal sto be the " treino dela ci(sine"of then tiadmg creed, they antidotally lectify then ljelief with the following blistering application of the vvoid dobt : ]3 dun, 11 eveiy, 15 body, T tiemendously. They dun vigorously, but, alas ! in somi cas.-s their dunning subsides into a mournful knell for the disappearance ot their debited commodities, which aie swallowed up in the evor gaping maw of credit, while the balances 011 the debit side of their double entries, foi evoi and evei, 01, as long as the too confiding creditor Ins eyesight to con them, lulHe then tcinpei* and make them bocomo so untable that all tuthiu the kin of their relationship, and out of it too, unchristianly wish they, that is, the ruffled and irritated, weie dunned by that eveilasting cieditor, the old man with the scythe, and asked to pay up piomptly o\en unto tho uttermost docimal of their' final gasp. But, why, waste any 11101 c powder VWh.it I hie at is too fragile foi the bombaidment. Let thought step 111, expostulate with folly and lomedy the foolMmov-j, The time appointed for tho complimentaiy benefit to bandmaster Sibley is coming on. A inetting will be called ne\t Monday evening for loutinc business, Lady nnd gontloin,ui amatems aro going to bmpri/.e and gladden Te Awamutu with theii dramatic gemus. " Cecilia " by her singing drew .111 angel down from heaven, hut local " warblers" although not as|>inng bo divinely, lutend to bung tho " h«m->o down," Tho "diamatis persono-," but bother Latin, so actors and acti esses inste id, aie going, weather ecetera " volente," to perfoim •' Tho Winning Ha/aid" and i>n tbo hazard of the die I prophesy " applauded success," At a meeting of tho " cracks" of the district it was proposed to play " The Aiea Belle." Auckland did not possess the "Aiea, Belle" neither did Kihikihi, but it was known to be in Alexandra. Alexandra in her biliousness, refused to Jond it to 1101 bister To Avvamutu, Shallow Alexandia'.J not to allow your " Aiea Belle" to gladden \n with the humour of her liveliness. The loss 18 OUIS, but what a. dcseived repusal it would be if your " Area, Bolle" lured you into a coppei loaded the lid to keep you there a/nd bojlecl you down until your unoharltiiblo toughness was changed by the process to goodmtmed neighbonily tenderness. But lor ? she would have to boil you forever to accomplish that end, and the give up tho A«geaij ta»k in despair. Bilu.

Ik there is one tune more than another when a woman should '-c lotfc entirely alone, it is when a full line of clothes, which sho has juat washed and living out to diy, comes uqwii \n the mud.