A SIDELIGHT ON SAUSAGES.

NZ Truth, Issue 105, 22 June 1907, Page 6

A SIDELIGHT ON SAUSAGES.

What Thompson Took.

Wonderful the number of persons who make jokes about sausages eat 'em just the same. They like them. Boyd Thompson likes them. The public take them on trust. Boyd Thompson took some without asking anybody. He lives m Christchurch, and has a i-ed nose. The other night he had occasion to go into the back room, or kitchen, of Blanke Petrie for something, and lit on a lot of sausages linked together m, bonds of affection. Eight •: whole pounds of them. He ■■ -coveted-- these mysteries, and he took 'em— yes he took 'em, and soon discovered that he had no use for them. It was a cheeky bit of bushranging, because only a big house requires any such amount of minced meat. Probably he had a picnic m his mind's" '-eye, but that idea was quickly dissipated when a police minion had him. m two shakes, or two growls, whichever you will. There may have been a lot of dog about those sausages, and Thompson thought he would probably obtain, by chemical analysis, the quality of its bark. He turned up at Court next morning when lie was charged with -wilfully and wantonly prigging those sausages. After saying "Yes," he put on a little theatrical touch, and started to- sob like the devil. It was his second offence, according to the cruel police record, and he was mulct m a quid or a week.. As it was stated that one of Thompson's assets was a prime thirst, and that he usually smelt of stalo heer, a prohfb order was ma-dc against the gentleman.-