MISCELLANEOUS.

Oamaru Mail, 13 March 1877, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

dy:un:; :roi:.-.-v.. The dyeing of animals i-s said to !■,- epiite common in Paris. A Inly in tia" city recently drove four le>r:;.s dyed a brilliant magenta. LOoROn! I";: v. >:;.;;. lb is stated by the ir.dr.'..- <;'"■ >."./.,■;.■'"•.•/ that tho "'hangman" wa-> r o udy >•<■:•■' Cttted Woodgate In'..:' ;:.i-i iv • i t'u■-■•, and is looking for a job. i >ur o-;ii. sup->i-.;-y r - marks :—" We are thankful t'- «\y tha'there are not many w:.o v. set !;.'.. i i::_r in this- district f.l:<>st■ ■: i [ip:; ably o .: '>•,- two mdividiials mi d't b ' s'aua.; ;i;> v;i.u ab Vantage. Wo could name a fe'v v.:<> •••-,i.:vt *more rope,' and onght ti> bo aednnnocfated." TBffi eßAtmts a\p nc;; crrutvi* an.-*. At a meeting of the V;eh<>r;au Anxdiary of the London Mission .S>aiety, held in Melbourne the other work, it was stated fey a clergyman that a learn, d I'-raSuuin. who-liad been visiting Melbourne, w;y so shocked at tin? wickedness of ir..-t iriii;vl>itants,. that when ho return-d to Fmba, he made an appeal to his eo-rebgiouba'-s on taholf pi tho beni ;hi'.ed heat-iou whom to had visited. His apnea! was s ~; 11 ~•.■ s.'ut that ,£«(<)(> was at mm ' .:;i 3 ~-.i-.;-i.! .--(I, and t.io missionaries may bo expe< fc d shoddy. JItODEH r>i? K.Vi-'U",: .-loy. A corresponderi t in a Wellington paper •ays: —" E am, desirous of <[isci:.-',--.iu ;• the merit* of Messrs. Hutchison and Tii',v. r« as candidates for the city from a point of view obliev than the political one. On pttrelygranuiiatioal grounds the supedn; t y o£ hia-Worship tin; Mayor 1* at i>m:o apparent- Mr. Travers says in iiu addri-ss : * I will otter myself.' The- Mayor s:iy:.< : 'I shall bo a candidate.' Mi". d'ravers ■whisper, dear. Did you never hoax of the Irish gentleman who foil into a tank full of Water, and unintentionally kept hia servants from saving him by crying out, * E will drown,, nobody shall save ma.' 3PSPW or,o.".rNii. **iEgle*" in tlm Aii.<( i ritJit,4in:.v>ri\:e* : **A few Sundays back an lion, ttu rubor of the Legislative Assembly residing at St.. KiMa,. waa> informed by the parlour-maid that seven or eight gentlemen were in the drawing-room- waiting to see him. Sanuewhat surprised at a visit upon the day of rest, li« hastenei-t to a-suuiTain its «an.-?o; Bi» surprise was that his-visitors wore persons with whom hiaacr|;naintan-ue was of tho sii.clitt-st doSflription. Aft«r some uommonplaco intorchangys oi civilities ho asked to what lie Was-iWabted for the c-omnliui'ant of a eall. *Thefact is,.' said tlie man he know bast, •Mr- „ yoit voted for the Sim..Fay closing o$ pubtio-honsi.'M. We wa.ntea a andi we thoucht that tho least yon Cott.'d &* tinder the circtnnstarices would fe« to< lut r.s- liavo t!i-' refreshment you hav« debarred ns from buying.' Am I that Wtak-minded M. LA. aeeommodated hiin*»lf to. the situation. This, indeed, U Ottly ©ne of many instances of t'a.e exlrome : •ttavityet" legislators m mteiupiatruganoiht t t&row in for the i'arlianiuutary ataJius.'''