PAPERSPAST

HELENSVILLE HOT COCKLES.

There is some talk of backing, a local publicanr to run Malone, the Australasian flyer. . The farmer from India and secretary ■ from Waigoro, now live a gay bacholor life in Ford-street- So nice you know of a winter's evening to talk of bygone splendour as we warm our feet at the candle. Oh», for an heiress; . . . The ball was a success* H. amused everyone with his eccentricities. The spread was mediocre, the ham being very salt; and there being more waiters than fowls. The dancing of a volatile -lady in a sweet jacket and without gloves was — cr — admired, - , . f A general laugh pervaded the township theother morning whoa the particulars of an incident that occurred on the evening before became known. It appears that the churchwarden, choirmaster, and organist, feeling thirsty, after their devotions, and remembering the words of .Holy Writ, 'Take a. little wine for thy stomach's * sake>' agreed amongst themselves that a mild Burton could do them no harm and therefore at the close of the doxolqgy adjourned to a neighbouring pub., and, snugly ensconced in the private parlour, were enjoying a 'm'6de3t quencher - when a constable appeared on the scene and nabbed them 'in flagrante delicto.' One gentleman endeavoured to cover his pison wish his hat, with the result that half of it was spilled, , and another tremulousindividual lost his 'bolt' of his glass, ©n recovering their equanimity, they declared they had met to transact business in connection with the late ball (!!!) but the man in blue was inexorable, and informed the terrorstricken churchmen that the police court was the only place to make any explanations. If ' Ivo ' had visited this place a week later, he could have embodied this incident in his lecture, Prayer. Praise, Poverty, and Profanity. ..■/>

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