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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 524, 5 January 1889, Page 17

HOKITIKA.

The O.M. wont out the Hospital Road on .Sunday and was surprised to se<3 <iuite :i number of vouiijr ladies doing a solo along Iho road. ilnh'o wore Misses; L.R., E.JO., J.W., L.C., L.K., 11, M.K., of Bealy-street., J. 8., D.8., L.P., B. MI)., A.M.D., MD., E. 8., A.P., P.A., L.S., N.M.Q., 0.1)., J. 0., and her sister, \ .tt. and E.K., and yet they did not sec the O.M. Pity a poor blind man. 1 must not forget the spoony couples. Did not I A. cut a dadi with Mis-s D. ?...J.E..

from Bimu, and S.H. thought themselves a few... O.M. lias made a calculation that ii ! there were four people as big as they thought themselves, the rest of us would be crowded into the sea, and have to swim for it...A.H. looked so happy with L.II. and .T.W. How much of him belongs to J. W., and how much to L.H ; J ... Two gentlemen, E. 8. and A.8., did the greatest bit of mashing 1 the O.M. ever saw on Sunday night; first they went home wiih .T.J. and L.J., then they wont home with J. If. ;md M.H., and last but not least, they went homo witli K.%\ and M.K., of Hamndeustreet...l say 5 what right has M.B. to walk the street with M.R.H...W110 were tho soven dressmakers standing" at Mrs O.s door tlie other night ? Were they (here to see the volunteers, or to bo soon ?... The O.M. went to tho concert and dance given by the Wandering Minstrels at TCfuncn. I muss give the palm for dancing 1 to Mrs H. For dross, T. 8., from town, take 3 first place. ..D.H. was doing- a quiet little mash with E.M.F. In who?-.e interest was he working? ..W.M. looked very well dancing a hornpipe, so did M.G...J.M. looked best, thong]), dancing the Highland fling, only ho should have been put on the tablo to dance... Wlmt a nice bit oi ! spooning 1 G.O. and T. 13. did going home. ..Who was the young lady that slapped the masher in the face while riding in the car.., A. has taken up the running with J.C. She has stopped singing ' You Will Never Miss Your Mother Till She's Gone. '...G. A. and Miss S. were doing a nice little mash the other night : ono oi the Ai-ore tars and Miss D. were not far behind them. ..Miss X.MD. is back again. ..CN. dou : t leave your true love ..The O.M. took his usual walk through L'evell-streefc on Saturday night, and he saw 1). andMisa K.R., W. and V.R.. J.M. and IMiss C. J.K. and JJ\.. J.N. and B.C.', J.L. and D.JJ., W.P. and L.N.,' .T.L. and M.K. mai clung v]) and dovrn the street ..By- the- bye I nearly forgot to tell you how generous .T.L. was at tho conceit. The O.M. asked him to lend him a shilling, ai.d ho lent him two ; he was asked to sing a sonx, and he sung it twice ; he must have been 011 the doublo. for when ho went to chiingf) his boots he tried to get both i'oot in one boot, and would not have it that there wais oiily cue boot, there.