Notabilia

Observer, Volume 2, Issue 35, 14 May 1881, Page 378

Notabilia

— Messrs Tonics and Co. will sell, on Mondaynext, 163 .acres of land at Papakura. — " The potato is only half done, my dear,"' said he, crossly. "Then only eat half of it, my love/* answered she affectionately. — The sensations of joy felt on approachingthehonie of a beloved one is like the twilight, of morning before the sun has become visible ; but the sensations derivable from smoking Partridge and Woollam'scigarette tobacco are not to be realised unless experienced. — Oyster shells seven feet long have been unearthed in Kansas. The man who tackled "a dozen raw " in ye olden days had a job before him. — Mr. John Ford, of Queen-street, nrast he a good man ; for, although he has now a " Payne " always in front of him, he still benefits mankind by correcting their bad habits, fis those well know who have their clothes made by him, and as Goldsmith says : " The naked every day he clad when he put on his clothes." — Private hansoms are the rage. The Princeof Wales has one, and so have several other lesser lights in the world of " swells." — Good Queen Bess had a dress for every day in the year, and so have Blunro and Mulligan in their establishment in the Karangahaj>3 Road, and these dresses are obtainable by all classes on the weekly payment system. — Some enterprising searcher after painful realities tells us that the* cucumber was cultivated 3000 years ago. The inference is probably drawn from the fact that many bodies at that eai-ly date were interred in a sitting- posture, as if doubled up with cramp. — The reason the Earl of Essex could not send the ring- to Queen Elizabeth wns that he had lent it to his uncle. Sir. Singleton, the well-known jeweller, of Victoria-street, has rings far superior copied from that identical ring. Inspection invited from those well lip in English history. — Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of mankind pass by, We don't care abont port. A drop of Harry Richmond's good old whisky and you'll lie able to pass by your greatest creditor with defiance in both eyes. — Care to our cofim adds a nail no doubt, and every laugh so merry draws one out. But you need have no care if yon study Coffin's Guide to Health, all the remedies mentioned therein being procurable at Mr. Hudson's, chemist, Victoria-street, whose wellknown baking powder is in everyone's niouth. — A physician being called to see a dying landlord in Ireland, entered the Mom with a cheerful smile, aud rubbing his hands in glee, remarked that it was certainly a matter for congratulation in these days when a man "died quietly in his bed instead of being shot by his tenants. —"If the Hill will not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the Hill." So if Mr. Hill, the well-known chemist, of Queen-street, cannot go to the ill, why the ill can go to him ; for he is back again in. his old place of business, where he intends to remain for his own good and also that of his friends and enstonaersq — The Emperor of Austria is said to play the violin superbly. This is why the Empress so frequently requires change of air. — Never a truer saying than this : "Man maybe the head of a family ; but, better than that, woman is the heart of it." Yes, and a man may have on a good suit of clothes ; but if his boot are badly made ho cannot look properly dressed. Try Garrett Bros., in Wakefieldstreet, and if they don't suit you no one else can.