A GOOD PRACTICAL JOKE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1286, 1 April 1881, Page 2

A GOOD PRACTICAL JOKE.

The humorous contributor to the Sydney Mail has the following in a recent issue : — lt was a good practical joke, of which the principal constituents were a bucket of liquid whiting', and an ordinary whitewash brash, and the locality was somewhere on the southern coast There was an agricultural show or a race meeting, which was followed by a dinner, to which all the leading men of the district had come. To further enliven the proceedings, a circus troupe was in the town. The leading men for the greater part came to the feast on horses, and these,., special permission having been obtained, were turned into a good paddock. There were bays, browns, and blacks, and these, while the owners were feasting, by the aid of the whitewash before mentioned, some wag converted into pie and skew balds. Midnight had come before the last toast was responded to, and all hands sought their horses to take fight. The paddock was reached, and in the dim light each man with bridle on arm, sought his trusty fctccd. So many hard words were never before uttered in the district when the universal verdict was declared, the circus men had let out the residents' horsea and turned in their own. The owner of the paddock, who was one of the banqueters, was more irate than any of the lot, and warmly seconded the motion that every horse of the lot should be put in pound — •and pounded they were. Daylight brought headaches and misgivings, and never were pound fees paid with less cheerfulness. The general desire now in that district is to learn who is the local Laadseer.