TRAPPING A TOPER.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 79, 13 January 1876, Page 3

TRAPPING A TOPER.

gotiin avcask of whisky^ .was busy engag;ejl f 4njth^^ liquor, by means of a pump; to His own; . barrels! Assisting bitoV in this opera 4 tion was hisVman John, whosevmottfm was watering;^ air time at tha (sQielk r of f the/spirit; -ie liked , so, weM The, hoteV-kbeper Vreeeiyed ' aM ftojSj this good .speak^tosome, gentleman who desireit to see^him ; aha,hein^ifraid"t6; trtist? John alone in tiieVpresehceiof .such;ai rgreat jtemptatibn^as the pump presented^ he at .e_gt_ h'itiipbn^ _ae J bxpedierft pi chalking John's $ps with thevpiece o£ chalk used, .in, scoring ...the,, number o£ gallons; John" was f ; quits l^gteeablej and at once held upxhis^lips tp bel ' chalk'e_.;' ; The mastery however, merely made a pretence^pf doing sb/ by ..draw-ting-his-thumb^cri-Ss.vJphnV v atiol the^Vmattjxbolieyi^ ell f fair,;vatyoncei ibegan pumping away^ with^a* vir'tuoua vigor .. that deemed Vproof^agai^stj all temptation, while„the masl»r>w:eht up • stairs.. V^hen he returned; in .tan coursa of a half an'hbur? Jofifi wa£ eve.. .vOftcourse^heluid }' never tasted. Va; "drop""-"" but "".the curious "thing %a_ Ith'at hi. '' lip_ : were ndvri tce'r^ carefully chalked!: .-. v r :,-■•'. *y : .' ...,.<.' .-*.., .VV" ih.x- .the ,^imp_TE ; pr,SoLqMpW , ! Ah ancient^ Persian manuscript, ,'re> lating to the 'temple' and'fen^Jtdlise, gives, Va deseriptipn,; y Qf Solomon. Well'might^t^^ Sheba f exclaim";: ;">._Jhefhalf7 was" never told oie." jThe sides of the throne wera OT^-.e ff^a;\feUid!Mihi-^fßa.t;j of it ; weria eraeraWsVand. .pearls. The . throne had seven steps'. **Xsk bach .iffe were delineated orchards- full of trees, i tha branches o| , whi% were of; precious • scones, representing ripe and -^unripep fruit. On the tops t>f tne trees fowls of Vthe ifcost heautiful .plumage wef® repr^s;ent^~these^efeVl_iiljaw within, and tnk-e' t'o^utter r sou_ds .tffa thousand melodious tones- ~Qn the first step were vine branches^ With bunches of grapes, composed- -of precious stqnes, arr^^ji mvsucb^a mantras to, give . t the, _j^nt|^^J^l^ i.dj: :sO-w , tp -■ repres^ntlvlha^ frjftit;i^itßjyarip^s.stages ( from green, "to , ripe. .On the ! s_cbnd i -tep ,, were - libb. of pure'igold,! 'a'ndll terrible^ aspept, as lafgelasilife 0 T : . I^he jprbperties oftho throne were such that 'whei. ! *Solbii_oa put his foot on the first step," the . lipns extended .jibheir paws; pn the second step, and the birds spread " : t-.ir wings and made' sa'5 a' -.uttewnginq^ in the. air; ,on ;reaching the third step, the whole assembly rep¥ai-»H ' r -_e^_ame of the Deity ;-when._he..arriyed on the fburth^step- mccs r .^ersf :ie,ar4 j v a^^ssj_g "him. thus: " Son of David, be" grateful fos the blessings~"*th- ~- Almighty hathN ■ _estbwe(J' : ifpOg '[thee,f ap^l .the ( same was repeated on his reaching 1 the-^fth step y" _hd bn ' _7i_" -'touehing .the, -fiixth bt_p allthe^childrensang praises ; on his reaching whole tnfohe becahYe ifi Ji -tibtSbii^ f jsnd? ceased not uti til he/had:taken^his f .,Beat, when all the lions, birds, ahcl 'animals," by secret' 1 spring discharged! a. .-ishower of , dblfdafe-pern.mesAottVthe7king, and two of the - !birdsv:deseefl;dedr apd - placed a goldenvcuown on . Before the throne was a column of burnished gold, on the top oFwfiielTWas a golden dove,' whi-h r h_d--' its rbeaH f a a> ro)yi- bound!* in silver. In t_us.„_pll_were written the Psalms ofr, Davio! ? ; „ the .doy.e presented the roll to the" _i_£,' '' J He V read ;a-portion ofit toiM^peopYe of Israel. On-the .pproa'ch^p^ic^^Jpe^onV to the throne for Judgment, tne lions : •up-« •terrible.-roaring and lashed their ■tails; Wbwd^^ "fedthejfs/ and i tihe t) ,wtp}et,, assemb|jr^set; ' up such loud cries that for fear 5 ort_e__ person would dare . be.- guilty) of • falsehood; 7 :t but tl w6uldt'!ijonfess their ,*cnib : e^. ''Such-Was thfr.throne of Solo-*^ :1 _>_S_RUC*IOF'OF t 'v--ROINIA OPT Y j ' . Tjjj_ "^r__t calamity of 'the month has be^ the ''destrdcliton^ofs.Virginia city. Here aW situated the. celebrated BonanI s^'|_itfe'si^<vfT_je': <wprkg connectioa with the Opyr,po|is,Qlidated Virginia, and California mines' "co.t' Millions in theiV constfiicti-fl^ All these^have been destroyedb- Two thirds of the city have been swept away completely, and thousands, rendered houseless anddestitute. ! i_dlire ! ol^Me BUfik of California was an !r r_htmportant event compared with t^is ; .calamifcyTlJecause muoh ofthe prospmty r '6flhtf Sta(fe''Vdepe_dßi7uppji hec ancl'^#il' $ the?exte^j.?f> .works 'rieedwd^foi^^tij^f^ crying baa be erected the|^^n be'no returhll A The totial value oi tti^roperty d.s^r6yed ia }Vjrginra7jai^et4eishort.ofjehjmi-_b The Sk v s6.vice r wSSlveryrdefejQ^ the water supply-even more so. There } wlßirft^h^riiwe losspf Ufevapd a great numWof accidents. r The c N_#^Sandl Insuranc. Company had -tor tunanely no ittrYitrgini^ia^li^ h*t ail-^a^o^cbmp^

quotations. ." Best bullocks realised Lll to Ll_ each ; do ..cows,;Lß .to Lll,' or equal to fully 35s per lpOlbs T for prime quahfcy, and 27s to 30s medium. At ithe yard! we sold 40 _e_d, onTaccount of various' owners,: aod have* placed 150 head privately during the ,week. ' VPat CALVES. 7-Only few penned. We quote best vealers at 35s to 60s, according to weight. 'Fat SheeTp.^- Only 500ibf various -sorts were penned, and being considerably short V of our Vequiremehts sold readily at very considerable advance' on late rates.* Best cross-breds realised from 12s 6d to. 16s, shorn, pr equal to 2fd to 3d per lb, This short.supply however can only be temporary, arid we anticipate that prices will recede to our former quotations. At the yards and privately, we sold during, the week 1500 merinos and cross-breds, •!'./'.' ' Fat Lambs;— About 20b penned, all' of which found buyers at from 10s to 14s 3d. At the yards we sold 75 at quotations.

. Stoke Cattle are much wanted for paddock grazing ; indeed a large quantity of grass is going to _ waste owing to the- impossibility, of getting suitable cattle...; Well-grown quiet bullocks are saleable at from L 6 10s to L 8 10s; do cows, L4 los to L 6.

S,tobe Sheep. —4 and 6 tooth cross-breds are saleable at from 9s to 9s 6d ; 4 , and 6 tooth merino wethers at'Ss to 5s 6d ; do fuU-lriouthed, 3s 6d to 4s. Merino ewes, 2, 4, and 6 tooth, 6s to 6s 9d ; do full mouthed," 3s to 3s 6d. During the week we have sold, of various, sorts, at above rates, 4500.

Woo_;WWe have no latter news to report from European markets. At our weekly auction we, disposed of a small catalogue of farmer's lots afc prices slightly in advance oa last week's sale. "We have more buyers on the market;, evidencing that there are more orders to purchase iv this market than was' anticipated, and it rest with' growers if they will meet these orders in a fair spirit, or risk their clips to the uncerfcanity of the London market. The- prices realised do not show scarcely so great a reduction on last year's prices^ theLondon account sales to hand show; - - "s— • : ;'

Sheepskins.-^ We catalogued about 800, chiefly dry skins. Cross-breds, •4s 6d to 5s 7d ;' merinos, 4s 2d to 5a ld ; lambs, 9d to ls 4d ;i pelts, 2d to 4d. V '• Hides.— Our sales consisted of green butchers which sold from 18s 3d to 22s ; damaged, 14s 3d ; calfeskins, 2s to 3s 9d. :

Tallow.— We offered several 1 lots of country rendered, which sold at'22s to 283. GrßArN.— There is very little change to note in the grain market. Wheat is in fair demand, both for milling and export. We placed, during the week . 1500 bags Northern wheat (F. 0.8 .) ,: for London, at 4s' 6d per bushel. Very choice milling is saleable up to 4s Bd. Oats are more in demand at a slight advance— 2B 2d to, 2s 3d for good feed. ; , , .• " "yy - \