PADDY MAGINNITY ON THE ECLIPSE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2059, 17 September 1885, Page 2

PADDY MAGINNITY ON THE ECLIPSE.

Misnirii Em rum, —Sir, I suppose its tiieil ye are waitin' for mo report o' the aclips, hut I'm not foigettin' me promise to ye, so I'm not. I'loc-tnur and inesclf mod ariangemints to ob»iii\u the Ruin's on o'the mvi .md moon. Accoidin'ly wo tuk the tlir.un foi T.iv Amewta, and put up at Misther Lewi-.' lllogant new hotel. Aftlici t.iy the professor and inesolf *at down to a littles game o' spile-fho wid Misthei Lewi- .md a, newspaper gintlennn (.1 couritlirym.ui o' me own, for he'd din ink like a ro.ich). The wln>kv was grand (some u Powoi's), and Mistlicr Lewis sed hi' had a quaithei of a c.ishk ay it in his collar, so the asttironoinei, the newspaper giutleman, •wid moM'lf agioud to whtop up till mm niu* for fear wo'd overshleop oumolvg-.. The aelips kom otf all lite, accordin' to advertisement, and tuk place in Misther Lewis' hack pailour. Be tins time the asthronmnci was piuty full, so we got him posted fnrneiist the big looking-glass, wid his <>bsarwn'gl.i 1-*1 -* ieady, whin wan o' the other two (I won't --ay which) consulted to play sun —troth, hi-> face w.is shining beautiful — *u ho stood in fiont »' the glass, and the othei s\ an got a burnt cork and began to blacken his face shlow and llligant. 1 had me notf-book teady, and Piocthur called "fiidht contact at an angle a\ (185,000 degrees from the hormen." " l'.iddj'," nes he, sp.ikm wild, "begor this is an illigint gl.isH o' mm« so it is, bad look to me if I don't see the man in thn moon laltin tit the sun ; och yer sow 1 to Kalbnggin ay I was near yo, ye xpilpeon, its mesfilf wood t.icho J'e betthei ni.inncis. Holy Petliei, its drmkin he is, be me conshcin ; th.it settles tho qnostion o' the nuinn bein inhabited. Haniui an dhiaul, innfoituno ih nied." Jio this tnno Misther Low— (throth I wai near telling that tune), the gentleman's face was nicely blacked, lavin only the betitiful sinning tip ay his nose to be seen. Muthci I'locthiu hes " holy motliei, sure tlieie'"< n In ile, m the middle o' the moon, for faith I can sue the sun shinin thioujfli it." Wid that ho gcv mo a long itluitigo' tlggoiff. Afther I tuk thirn down, we carried him off to bed, and washed the achpi off o' the Him w id a wet sponge, and thin the sun and moon and nieself got daccntly di link whin the bisness was orer. We brought au ty a gnod Hupply <>' Hpirits wid us, and|\vhin that m done tho calkebtionai will be mod up, m> make yer mind asy till then. Ace rd m to our calkel.itions »o far, thn ne\t ft' Up. will t.ike place w hin Mistlier Lewis get another cashk (»' Tower's whwlikoy.— l lemain your f i iend. Patuuiok MAfiiNNin. Ocklnnd, Wth September, 1885.