PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR, CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2100, 22 December 1885, Page 3

PRESBYTERIAN BAZAAR, CAMBRIDGE.

Tiik Presbyterian Baziar closed at Cambudge on Satin day nitfht .t f tor <i most siic-oe-»-ful turm. Indetsd, f« ly\/*.ux ever hold m Cuiibridge hive boi-n m >ro fortunate in the nmoii'it of p.itron ige which they conmiand''d. Notwitlntnuding tho hud time-, tin; gross procods mnouuted to £VM <h 8.1, or m round numb ji>, say, £200 It is very fi.tr 1 to concave th.it in the-o Mhiim of depression «uch a large sum of money is at.ulable for bi//».ir-t, or nnythini; eNo fur that in ittti. Oil Saturday mjrht tlio ladies .it tho \.uiou-t stalls plied their pciMUMve powers to grJtt a h.tn f age, and fislnn(f »p tlio bicli % loin and t\w benodicts, l.ui'Jcd them hi','h and dry withthi allunn^ but at tht-ir disj) isvl. In f. vet, it is not on reeotil tli.it any <me gentlemen, iiiamcd <>r ■"ingli 1 , h.id tlie ni mil cjur.igo to h.iv " No." The Kc\. Mi Kvtins c inducted the bu»inesi with his usual tact and energy, and picsided o\cr the destinies of that haimless and entert'i iiii^ I,'iui', "The devil ainoiiß tho t.ulo's." Tlii-, in fact, was one of the great attractions <,f tho biz.iar, and quito eclipsed th" t mi"r pa->tinie-> usually found on lacecour-iei, hiich as '"Aunt Sally," "Under and Ovm," "Black and Red," and tho " Marqui-. of Lorni I .'' Mr Thomas Archibald Simius i)re-.ickd over tho destinies of th". .shooting gallery, and succeeded m scoring a good pui id -Mr lieo. Neal did ii roaring biininesa all day in his pluenological btudio, and gave great watisf action t > his patrons. Not only thin, but Mr Neil's studio figured largely in tin- takings of tho ba/aar. About ten o'clock Mr nuckland ascended the tables, and auctioned off the remainder of tho stock. Dining tin sile the fun ran vorv high at tunes, and many jokos wi;ri» ciackod to the great discomfi tnr*i of soinu t>f tlw i>uicUawv->.