PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2

PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR AT CAMBRIDGE.

Tfce bazaar in connection with Tiiinty I'renbytoriau Cluucli opened m tlio I'uhhc Hall, O.unbndgo, on Thursday afternoon. Two o'clock was \\w hour lixoil for tho opening, jitid •*li<>illv iiftm tliodoois npniit'ri thoHm. W. Km.ii- .«m-«-.l<locl «ll« pitiful In Thorn w.is iv f.ni .iltoml men of (ho puMie froni all pvrtH nf tln\ ilhliiol, (lio limlion of tho church with Ihoh »«HiHl;ints hoina in attoniinnroiit tlion ii'Mpiv ti\o h( \\U. I'lio I{iu'. Mi I'iN.iiim, tit ilwliuuiK tlt»> bnxmu upon for biiMintiss icfnnml to tltn moat prr[tanitunis wlucli tlio ludioi of llm congreg.ttion h:ul buiui niiikiiiK for tho pil^t twol\o ni<mtl)i. Onco liiimiik umioi taken tho task, they hud m:ido up thoir inimN that nothing nhm\ld bu w.uttuiß un thoir part to oninro Hiicoe^s, nnd whut tht\y miw tltdt day before them— the crowded nsituro of thii stalls, tho excellence nnd v.irtoty of tho work, it* useful as well as 01 ii.tmniit.tl nature — was vory conclusive audonca that thoy had Huccecded. This, poihaps, was the bost reward that tlu'ir effoits could haro met with ; but there was still something more wanting, and that was tho response of a liberal public. Judging from tho f.icen he naw around him, and knowing tho CTer-ieadincss of tho Oambiidgo public to lesponjj in a good cause — and wh.it bettor chubs could there bo than this ?— ho had no doubt that nothing should bo wanting in this respect. Indeed, tho excellent pieces of work to bo mot with on the vari oqa stalls was sufficient to tempt the most

miserly to bo profuse. People could not go away and say they they could not get what they wanted, f»r they could pet everything that they wanted. There v, as an abundant choio" for the mo«>t fastidious. Tho rev. gentleman then referred in felicitious toims to the long injf husbands who, ho had no doubt, would be happy to see their hom—> free from the toil and worry of bazaar piepmations. Mr Evans concluded a very happy little nddros-. by dccl u ing the b 1/ \ai duly open for the dcspitch of business. The fs.itii>n.vl Anthem was then londeit'd by the m"!inb"r> of the Chor.d Society and the c >mp:my present. The interior of tln> hill pu-sents a, m >st attivitnc and muting upectaclo, the Roods on th" \.uious >ttllh bom? displayed to the be-.t .vd vantage. X». 1 still, which is on the light r>n entering the lonn, is conducted by Mesdanic-. W. Evans, J. P. Th-mison, R. \V. Sargent, Cameron and the Misses Evans. Here we hue a great array of almost everything requisite to tho comfoit of the individual, as well as to tli3 hon^hold. There is a nic littlo (iipsy tahle, handsomely worked ; domestic liven is in great alumrlanc-, and everything that could possibly milve a married man hhed tears and a bachelor floo Avith terror is displayed in tempting abundance. There aro also two hands nnely worked leather frames, from the inside, of which we arc greeted with tho hippy faces of the paator and hii wife. No better memorials of the bazaar could be offeied, and we have no doubt by this time they ha\e met with leady purchasers. Sofa sto >l->, neatly worked, and copies abound Passing <,u to No. 2 st ill, th • affan ■% j of which .ire administered by Mesd.unos tTno. llally and R Kirkwood, and Mis-.es S >utter, Ounpb'll, and Alexander. The affaus of this stall were a\ idenMy ariansfcd to conduce to siiigle blessedness. Mlost in-\sriii(ici"iit sm)!^!!)^ cai>s abound, together with th >so s"rMceahlo nicknacks which, when projiorly displayed, show off a bichploi's letreit to so great advantage. The bichelor who coutd leue this stall without making a purchase cm buely claim to de-erve c\i-t°nee. Tliere was a well-worked display of New Zealand ferns, richly worked sofa cushions, smoking cips, and an abundance of bibyw.ire; aUo. a choice variety of wool work, such as pors, ke No. 3tibleis pre~id»d o\rr by Mesdamcs Broo'c>, Kincaid, Shiirp, Misses L Young and L Soutt t. Here we line the bride, the gnat feitnre of p\erv wellregulated ba/a.ir, and whit a handiomrly-dres^i-d, ro-v eh •eked bmle it k, and such eyes' In addition to tho bnde, we have likewise a collection, of les« notice ible figures of the same creition. .Sofa stools, <iiitimicas-.\rs, smoking c.i|»-«, hosieiy, and ornament il wool and other work ab >nnd. There is also a neat boy's saddle and bridle, presented by Mi Bates, and a jusenile, poikei is ensconced in a cage, the admired of all \isitor«. The refie-hment table is presided o\ er by M>sdames H. Ferguson and Watson, and is abundantly supplied with every leqmsite in that lino. Mi (Jeo. Neill has opened a phrenological studio in a comei of the loom, where, foi the trifling chai go of one shilling the visitor may have his or hor head thoroughly penised and duly lepated upon. Mr Neill, since the opening of the baia.u, h.is done a turning business. The baziar will close to-night, whfn the biluic* of the stock will be disposed of by Mr Buckland.