PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 4, Issue 99, 5 August 1882, Page 326

PERSONAL

Of course L. went to see dear Miss C. off to Wellington. We fear he is a gone coon. d-eorge Williams intends entering his mare Barefoot for the Hunt Club Cup. Who was caught pocketing bonbons at the Commodore's Ball ? , Mr Tyler intends to see that his dog is carefully " tyled " at the ancestral" lodge." Old P., of Epsom, is quite delighted at the prospect of becoming a grandpapa. Professor Eobertson is now on the war-path. Bourne beware ? Mr Eoberb Graham has returned from Wellington. Sam Eobinson has departed for the South. "Ohmiserie!" Miss Blanche Churton left for Wellington by the Eingarooina on Thursday last. The " sable man" at Hamilton wishes to know all about the joke on Collins and the Dead-house. Annie says that now Geordy Grey has left Waikato she intends cooking the big pumpkin. ' Governor Sir William Eobinson, brother of Sir Hercules, is said to be deeply imbued with the principles of Orangeism. What were the gay Lothario and the grass widow of the North Shore doing at Ponsonby last Thursday afternoon ? " Boz " has obtained a billet at the Union Sash Company, and the whole company enjoy it greatly. Fred Earl is at Gisborne at the Native Land Court. We expect him to return the owner of a hundred thousand acres at least. We venture to predict that there will be some fearful mashing in Napier should Miss Kelly, of Monganui, remove to that town with her father. She is said to be very beautiful. Geo. A. Brown says, " Spiritualism is Orthodoxy run to seed." That may be, but continuing the analogy, Conditional Immortality can scarcely be regarded, as in the " sprouting " stage yet. When David Nathan desired the City Council to fix up the doorstep of his warehouse, and wanted to know who was to pay for it, the latter said, like Nathan to David, "Thou art the man." Who is the short-sighted old gentleman of Ponsonby, who is paying attentions to an interesting widow in that classic suburb, and what is the operating cause ? . Filthy lucre. Eh ! Little Tommy Weston, the member for the West Coast, is said to be a Tower of Babel, with " the confusion of tongues " thrown in. Happy Davy has three sweethearts to work, consequently Monty is very jealous, and harks back every five minutes to hi 3 family pedigree. Keep cool, Monty. " Tommy," the new landlord of The Barrel, at Parnell, has imported a " brunette," and the consequence is that all the old Parnell roosters flock there. - Colonel Nugent, who takes command of the Engineers in the Egyptian campaign, is father of the Mr William Nugent well known in Auckland, who lately distinguished himself at Parihaka. Great excitement in Chapel-street, because E. Cash has got a son and heir. The neighbours declare they never saw such a lovely child, and the delighted father looks at least two feet taller. It was amusing to see John Smith, the wellknown draper of Queen-street taking round the hat for jjhe poor hurdy-gurdy man. After all the kindly sympathy of man for fellow man is not quite extinguished. George Eaynes expects the Government ought to erect a Money Order and Savings Bank Office, also a Telegraph Office, in Parnell ; and wants to know why Mr Moss does not look after Parnell like Billy Swanson did Newton. Bravo George ! Bishop Selwyn, of Melanesia, discoursed to the St. Thomasites the other night from the text, " Fear not ; henceforth ye shall catch men." It is to be hoped so, for hitherto they have caught some very " queer fish." Billy Lee, late of Williamson's troup, has started in business at Parnell in the Stewart Island oyster line, and has purchased an 'owe vich vill not go. It has lived on gin and pepper entirely of late . It is surprising what a number of old women help him when the square is about. Mrs Kitchener, who has lately lost her husband and four children by the disastrous fire at Dunedin, is the daughter of Thomas Land, Barrister, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, trother-in-law to the late' James Coates, one of our earliest settlers, whose widow, with her family, now reside at Parnell. The milk and water champion of Conditional Immortality said last Sunday night, in his lecture at the Opera House, against Spiritualism, that " he could impress the minds of men thousands of miles away." If so, how is it he made so poor an impression on " the pit " that one dissentient got tip and gave him " a bit of his mind ?" 'At a- recent Borough Council meeting at Tauranga the chairman was reading one of W. C. Stewart's effusions when he came to the signature " W." C. Stewart, Burglar, etc." The whole council broke into a broad grin. After minute examination " burgher " proved to have been the .word used by Mr Stewart. Jhn Philson, our popular yoimg auctioneer, whilst selling last week was so intent on "wool" that^ whilst addressing- a large porker, he said — "Now, gentlemen, what shall we say for this splendid sheep ?" Of course Mangare Eobertson put his oar in and suggested "an electric light." Jim quietly extinguished him. ' ' Miss Craig, mistress of the Waipawa school, has been presented by her pupils with a handsome travelling bag and a complimentary address on the' eve of her departure for Auckland. The travelling bag contained also a sum of money, with which/a handsome silver locket and" necklet were purchased. -

Mr Spurgeon was ci trumpeting " the ofclier Sunday morning — tliough .not by any means in an elephantine style— on the text about " the trumpet blowing no uncertain sound." He expressed his belief in the exposition that it was a sacred duty on the part of everyone to blow his or her own trumpet." You speak for yourself, Tommy. Geordy Grey has arrived from Waikato, and leaves for Gisborne on Thursday, where he intends settling on his new run, having purchased lately an interest in a large station. George will be an acquisition to the musical profession, as only those know who have heard him sing. His favourite ballad is " Alice, where art thou "; chorus, "Why -at Onehunga, George." By the mail news it appears that a Mr Cropper, a member of the British Parliament, desires the Imperial Government to act as a " friendly medium " between the Colonial authorities and Te Whiti. The public were always under the impression that Te Whiti had got " a cropper " at Parihaka, but it appears that he has got an- j other in the House of Commons. Who is the flint hearted " Fred Brown, or Washer" who refuses to listen to the pleadings of the heart-broken Nelly ? It appears from the advertisement in the Herald that the faithless Brown has broken his promises in regard to certain presents given to him. In other words poor Nelly has been done Brown by the gay deceiver. " Brown, or Washer," your conduct won't wash, and the sooner you toe the mark the better. We are sorry to hear that Mr J. Cosgrave intends to retire from business and leave Auckland. He has been a useful and an enterprising citizen, and one whom we can ill-afford to lose. However, after his many years of close attention to business, and faithful performance of public duties, he has earned rest and retirement. He ■ will carry with him the best wishes of a very great number of the citizens of Auckland wherever he goes. __________________