The Intelligent Vagrant.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1013, 28 May 1878, Page 5

The Intelligent Vagrant.

" Quis sciton adjiciant hodietnce crattina summet tempora di Saperi" — Horace. A spontaneous tribute to the success of Dr Somerville's mission may be recorded. When the train which was to convey Dr Somervilie and his son to Milton was about leaving the Dunedin Railway Station it may be remembered that there was rather an interesting scene. Just as the last notes of « The Sweet By-and-bye " had. ceased, a sailor-man (a passenger by the train) put his heat) out of the window and said to a mat* on the platform " We're going to have a high old time of it this trip, anyhow." Th» sailor-man used an adjective before the wont

": " High "■** ' wfciohV might^^ r JMem " oMecewarily strong mtlu^nirwtibn, and which opuld be only applicable in the ducourse of some one convinoed of his own righteousness, and doubtful about that of a good many of his ' fellow cniatures. -"' ' - v> ' r ' '"■" ■ T " ; '"' ■''■''" ' ■. '^ r Tfie^ ! manfieir in which lam occasionally injformla^"tne"iest Wing in S &e^orld for your cpluma" is quite refreshing. One time 'it is^Mr^^arritchbf tfe Cauid'kail Road r v.- Board, who ia a burst of generosity: treats r me to a pihch/of anuff and then proceeds :tf telT^ae^ an ffieddoteV^which if Repeated by iWii gstif to^CnTcre^r oftfr %rii» ' and .- 'would A? bring .jwnfusipnxm Jus, enemies. Another : tu^e^t is; Mr, S.wiper\yho asks me 'what I will have to drink," and proceeds to narrate something to^he detmient ■Pf some ■■■•■* ©ne whom MrSwipier hates. In nearly all ■ -<ma^^ti!^p^ !^ 1 apbcrypKaHiM the are d^rious.:' .Tfie^flarratorS-- want itb *''*"'. ■Taarprath i eir|^le tomaliawlra the expense ot my axe. Let me give, a gentle though firm hint in respect to these matters. There • j; ' is ho room on the grindstone. I have omitted one feature in connection with the^above matter, which maybe noticed. Those who come to tell me the stories I have been writing of, generally say, " Oh, I - can give you' the funniest thing you ever ; heard of.'' And 1 when the f excruciatingly comic story is told, it generally turns 'out to - & : W" productive of mirili" as W 'brand new hearse with fresh plumes on One resident of Balclutha, Dr Snaith, has admitted, I believe, that he spent 8a 6d in to Dr Sbmerville'a committee, at itiltbn^ ( with the 'object of "^Uing the pnachW'to' pffeir special prayeri i for the gentlemen who _ were so solicitous about. Dr. t- Smith's not ' compromising himself in connection with theinqueßt bn the fire at the I^wniatke^Hpteir r "" ; : .' : . r " '•"'■" ■''"^^''lpi^ng^r'^by. .the- late train on the <Que^n ; s got out at'^aihola, and refresnedhimaelf. I should rather say that, he additionally refreshed himself. The guard called* to him while lie was standing on '■- ; - tb^ plktforin, ■]tefbre/*tffe : 'lirMn :: _sl^e3 > , and ■ ' ' saia^7 F Nbw%en, m£ ; ta£e : yow . placed'" to whicli tke i passenger replied, |'My_ man, you ... make your whiskey too quid, or your, ■■■—.' - carriages hoo much alilre} r I canna- tell •^wbiclf, bufc'l dinlna ken Tiny place?' Upon "^ Being put into Vcarnage, ' he smiled on the ' " "ottfer pasaQugersf and said, wad think that drucken men travelled wi' thae' trains." I deßire to secure immortality for a gentleman' who recently wrote a letter to the Manager of the Bbuce Heraid. The letter •was as follows -52^ l5ear Sir,— l intended^tb' - pay you ifty acco.un^ ; when . I should happen to j eome^down coiintry myself. The rivers are up, however, and I do not know now when. that /will be. ' do not know how mucFT r; owe!youi ? but enclose yoii £5 by post, and if^ ' - tHat is'iijo a much^' ! flace' the balance to niy^: ' crediti'' cbrrespondent of this rare nature deserves the fame whioh is • •■ - '■ . v v'P ! O^ v ' -i'-. --! ' '•' :-i hereby conferred upon mm. j Ido not know what kind of weather they. had in 'Dmiedin J oa "the Queen's Birthday, "but the gentleman who described . that which we had -here as "moist," waß decidedly correct;. It was 'in the midst of this moist weather that a gentleman came up from town to "spend his holiday in Milton. '. A : 'friend riet lixm as he was on his way to .the; station at half-past six o'clock in the everiH ing; tb go back to town. He was /asked , how r n©h^ 'enjoyed 'himself, arid he said . '.'.fine." -He was asked what he had been doing for amusement; and he said, "A. B. 0/and T played^ All Pours ' "for prinks ': all day." After all, enjoyment ia purely a ; matter of taste^ and if this' gentleman found " AiriFours," as played at Milton, a fascinating game, why should he be denied -liis'. pleasure? ; ;