Wit and Wisdom

Otago Witness, Issue 1442, 12 July 1879, Page 21

Wit and Wisdom

A popular serial. — Wheat. A pressing- necessity. — A flat iron. A poor relation. — A story badly told.

Suits to the sweet. — Bridal troußseaur. When gamblers fail to agree, they pour Hovle on the troubled waters.

Vessels are considered of the feminine gender because they run each other down. Obstinate juryman ( licenced victualler ) " What ! Gie a vardict agyea Mr. M - Luahy ? Not if I sit here a' nicht. I'll see ye a' starved first ! He's ane o' tho finest gentlemen i' the toon, an' comes to ma billiard table every nicht an' a' nichts whiles ! "

No first-class reporter will ever forget to add at the end of an unsuccessful burglary item that the fellows overlooked a box containing one thousand dollars in cash. This always makes the burglars mad enough to shoot themselves.

We look back along a line of companions with whom we have walked and worked. We remember how easy it ever was to love those who wove garlands of kind words about our life and who sought not to say mean and bitter things that cut even as does the blast of winter. We can remember with much pleasure all the men wo ever work ed for who gave us words that kindled hope and gave encouragement. And we remember men who never tried to be kind of speech or of action to those abaut them ; whose word and sentences were hard carping ; who always took delight when inflicting pain. How we almoß t hated such men J And how the heart clrsei of its' own Gcd-given accord against tho3e who seek to freeze rather thrn to thaw, as we olose the doors and batten the windows to keep out the chilly air tnat makes us feel bad and uncomortable, — Briok Pameroy.