A SPARKLING BILL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2170, 5 June 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

A SPARKLING BILL.

The following bill and letter has been received by a young man from the father of the girl whom he hat been courting.' The communication explains itself !-*- Feb. 27, 183*. Mr John James Smith, Dr. to Hesekiah Blodgers: — £ 8. d. To three months' use of parlour, Thursday and Sunday evenings ■ 3 0 0 To gas and coal used for your comfort, at Is a night, which is very reasonable l M 6 0 To old lady's trouble in keeping the children out of the parlour while you were with Maria... 0 10 6 To broken rocking chair— what I paid for it being mended ... 0 3 6 To suppers at various times ... 1 7 6 To springs and upholstering damagned on lounge where Maria and you used to sit together—call it 0 15 0 Which adds up 7 2 0 Sir, —I want you to understand that if Maria, my daughter,has given you themitten, I haven't, and won't do so until you've paid for your pleasure. You can't come fooling around my house two nights a week and using the parlour as if it were your own, without paying for the luxury, and the bill I have made out is very reasonable, But that's neither here nor there, and what I have got to say is that you've got to pay for your fun. If you don't I shan't set the lawyers on yout or sue you in court, but I'll thrash the life out of you. You hear me? — Yours, Hezekiah Blodgirs.

The Japanese are patting their houie in order for the great experiment of a Parliament elected by the people, which is to meet in 1890, If all men were to bring their misfortunes together in one place, roost wduld be glad to take their own home again, rather than take a portion out of the common atock.