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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2297, 14 April 1875, Page 2

How She Gathered Mushrooms. — That "the course of true love seldom does run smooth," was exemplified in the following amusing manner at Queenstown: — On one particular morning in the early part of last week, a young lady left her home at the hour of 7 a.m. for the ostensible purpose, as alleged, of gathering mushrooms, promising to be back in time to prepare her father's breakfast. However good might have been her intentions, she nevertheless tarried on her way, as about half an horn* later she was discovered in company Avith a female friend on one side, and a prepossessing young gentleman on the other, standing before the desk of the District Registrar, where the usual formalities which unite man and woman in the solemn obligations of matrimony were being duly entered into. The newly-married couple afterwards separated, the bride to gather mushrooms, and the bridegroom to the pursuit of his ordinary avocations. The next morning a meeting at an even 1 earlier hour took place, as by previous arrangement, the necessity of collecting the mushrooms with the early morning dew fresh upon them having been particularly impressed upon the still unsuspecting and confiding father. At 6.30 a.m. the happy couple were seated before a well-sowed breakfast, in the cabin of the 'Antrim' steamer, joyously awaiting her departure for Kingston, which was v to take place at 7 a.m. sharp, when they would be speeding over the waters of Lake Wakatip, on their wedding tour to Southland, where it was intended the honeymoon should be spent. But this blissful state of existence was suddenly aud alarmingly, interrupted, as, (discovering his loss and how he had been deceived), the euraged father of the bride suddenly burst into the cabin, and demanded the restoration of his daughter to her parental but desolated home. Then ensued a scene. The fatheiywhose wrath was wrought up to boiling over; bj' a point blank refusal on both sides, was about lo slay the man who had robbed him of his child. At this terrible juncture the bride fainted away, and the parent only stayed his uplifted arm and was appeased, by the production of the marriage certificate, when his anger, which previously knew no bounds, collapsed, and he cheerfully fraternised with his son-in-law. Afterbestowiug his parental forgiveness, he left the happy pair to proceed on their way rejoicing, which tuny did, to the intense satisfaction of all parties, who loudly cheered the departing Bteamer as she slowly moved away from Messrs. Robertson's wharf. Worth Knowing. — A correspondent writes to a London paper as follows : — One of the questions put by the Board of Trade examiners to the caudidates for certificates of competency as mates iv the merchant service is the following: — "What would you do in order to allay thirst with nothing but sea water at hand ?'■ Answer : " Keep the clothes, especially the shirt, soaked with sen water." This question has for many years been one of the most prominent put to each officer after he bus passed the earlier portion of the examination in navigation and nautical astronomy. Vet at tho present moineut, inrtuy tbouaauds of our sea-going- population" know nothing of this simple (but truly 'scientific) remedy for one of the most terrible agonies the shipwrecked Bailor has to endure. The action is not due to "filtration,"' for then the crystalline salts would pass iv. with the water iv solution. It is in all probability an example (aud au extremely bauitiful oue) of "dialyais."