DISCOVERY OF COAL IN THE CARDRONA VALLEY

Otago Witness, Issue 659, 16 July 1864, Page 7

DISCOVERY OF COAL IN THE CARDRONA VALLEY

A thick seam of excellent coal has been discovered in the Oardrona, and it is " believed by competent authority can be traced through tha range as far as the Kvwarau. Three or four seams of excellent lignite have long been known, and made use ot by the miners. It burns well, without unpleasant odor, and much resembles ia appearance the far-famed canuel coal.

Some years ago a well-known hunting character was met by a friend whom he had not seen for a long time, who apostrophised him thus : — " w hy, you are married at last, old boy 1 • What made you marry?— you were jo determined a bachelor !"— " True, my dear fellow," replied the Nlnuod. " The fact is, my wife is a charming woman with a good fortune, and she fc so like a fox !" A blind beggar was one day accosted by clergy, man, at whose request he detailed the circumstance under which he had lost his sight—accidental exposure to the blasting of a rock by gunpowder. The reverend querist, after listening, said very feelingly, " Well, my poor man, I pity you, and could drop a tear over your misfortune," at the same time offering him nothing. " Thank you, sir," replied the beggar ; " but I'd rather you'd drop a shilling into my hat."

Auber, tlfe great composer, once had a housekeeper, so old, that her place was necessarily a sinecure, which, however, did not prevent her* complaining daily to her master that it was a terrible thing for an old woman, at her tirrie of life, to have to work for her bread. " But look at me, madam," said Auber one day; "I am very old also, yet I have to work."— " Oh, your, work! What is that? A little music— anybody could compose that ! Besides, you can do you/ work, sitting down."

A planter wished a negro to saw off the limb of a high tree, which seemed in danger of falling. ' Pose, massa;you hire Irishman to do dat 'ere job ?"— " Why so Pete ? "Why should I hire an Irishman when you can do it?"— " Why, masaa ifdu nigger falls and breaks his neck you lose fifteen hundred dollara : but if you give Irishman a dollar, and if he breaks his neck 'taint nothia 1 to nobody."

Cooks the tragedian, once performing • in a country town, became indebted to a tailor for s suit of clothes. Shears ofiered to give him a receipt in full if he would allow him to play Catesby to his Richard. Cooke assented. In the tent scene, Richard started from hjskn.ees, and shouted " Who's time V Shears rushed on, determined to make a hit j but Cooke looked so fiercely, that Shears was frightened, and began Ins anawer. unfortunately, ny the middle, stammering out, fisL my lord; the early tillage cock/*' when the audience was in a roar. ' Cooke. surveyed the speechless offender for some' time," as' if enjoyine wwmy.andgiwW out in an- audible 'tone, " Why in the name of mischief, don't you crow! then?" , i ;'- ** *