BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 122, 21 May 1909, Page 5

BRIEF MENTION.

"A little nonsense now and then, iff '< relished by,-. th.e> wisest. men." The under dog; isn't entitled to sympathy if he' starts the fight, i ' Light emptj T, minds are like blad- ' ders, blown up. with anything; Mayv 21—New Zealand proclaimed: a British colony; 1840.; "'<■"■'.. Born: Francis Egerton, Duke ofi Bridgewater, promoter of canal navigation in England, 1736; John,; x Lord Lyndhurst, Chancellor of England, 1772. • Died: Cornelius Tromp, Dutch-Ad- '• miral, 1691; Sir John Hawkins, author of "A History of Music,"----178 9; Dr. Thomas Warton, poet, Professor of Poetry, Oxford, 1790.,. On May 21, 1382,' -"There was &' great earthquake in England; at nine* of the clock, fearing the : hearts of. many; but in Kent.it was most velie--ment, •niliere it %sunk;some fcliurckefe ~' and threw them down to the,earth."—Stone's Chronicles, j ''r; •"■■■'"''

A song written at the1 time upbii this earthquake has- been preserved.: / .It treats the matter .warn- ;.' ing to an over-careless /people;. .• •■ Ant :.-;• extract: — , /. .' ■,■■-. f • ■': *'"<■' h':,-, -~. '"■■ '■ .' ' "Bi&kerly I da^e well \ say, ''"■ ' _ ) In such, a plight this world is in,. Mony for winning .would betray • Father and mother and- all his kin^ Now it were high time to begin ~ ; To amend our lives alid well to ■'' fare; ■. . ''■•.■'■ . ,;■' ■•■ '."V ■- ' '.';.■./.' Our bag hangeth ; bri;a 'slipper pin, .^ ■ / But we of this waruling beware.',' A New, Englandi iiew'spape'r,'6!f'i727! announces that -'a considerable tqwa iir this province has been -s6 awakened by the afrful "providence' in thee^rth- S , : \,: quake, that tne. women have genetallvj; . 'i laid aside ijheir hoop-piettieoat-s." 1;i ; ]•, :- <■:<{'■■■- Many of us who recollect: the days ', I ; : . of the hoop-petticoat would"probajbly be glad to M;and;a shock^of not im-*-" ■' '■■;X i moderate violence if; it would prevent1 •: that unsightly ; and iinconvenient \ .article of feminine atiire coniingf '.;,■■■'.■: again;. into fdshioh:' ••■ '■■■:'^v':->'^^';-;{):f-±'L-'^ A large number of unemployedi^ ■/: farm labourers are offering their ■ ser-j' ( L . to : , settlers' • ;iu ;; ' the.; Dannevirkei-1;-" '-:■■■ 1 .distinct/ ;'; '- ''''■::;; / {'''-^ ''■\-:l::::':'':^ :i:t'[:'yJ-:" I-.':- "You look! bright and Chappy" ■this- *':" morning;; Wilfie.'^:' 'tYes/' v miss; ;oun:'• V;V school was burned down- lalstoiight." J i v "Naturalist and •; traiiler of ,'i antsy i. fleas, bees, etc,'' wa^ the.: .clescripiipnj.'. \ : a. manVg'ave' Of .himself at 'the '•"••- London; Police Court.:, -f,; ; -,i ; ! _: V.,: "I am a vieetotaller,'-/ a rnanT de- ;;^ y clared , yin Court/■..■''"I1 Yhave^hacl: : ';ho»^^}\ beer, for twelve; years/;. -Iv only; • drink:: :+M whisky;""' : 'li>.-i:'^^'C\^\:^ : n^'-. ' ■':: :' ry^hat', j^ • ; am;^goiiig.;:.to.^slay:. iis':theH^' A';■;■', ■ truth--^I ■■am':n9t^aV,s6licitp^,'.';.la; 'rwQ-^-^'l' man declared at" the-^Crbydpn'Policei'J■'. •■; fi, ' GbiTrti4; ■{);-:'■;■,'..\ , \ ■■, ;•■v,:.v*.c ■;''■ h (':'.:''/.■■■■ ■ '*■■'- ■'•■;; '■■ ■ ybir" ?rntike^ quite :•• aslv we^v^as;- ■•'jovmC^ i ■mother^ Oised vtO'fmake ;''iti'.^"'J,She- r -;5 ■■'■- • ■"Wha^w^^that^^^HeHf^rpuble.^'■ V. ■: \ "I :wiil 'do,'■'i^y/:^iMos^-^to' y'-'tainperi-^":i''-: with justice, an^ ,#fercy,'^ }:ss§ ,the '■:[ ; - concluding sentence f of Van: l fkddress ~ '■-' ■':■• \giyen'i by a newlyj-apppihted|justicei Off :i ' the"pfeace?: ; /;;' .}'.':.':i\ ■'P:S-:.>-?X! i::'^'> .)■"' .-';'.NJu'V^

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