NELSON.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 525, 12 January 1889, Page 17

NELSON.

O.M. No. •! oueo more steps upon the scone to take his part of this world's play, while doing so lie take;* the liberty of wishing yon one and ail a prosperous Now Ye:<r...Oh, Miss W. brick to your native elomont. the bird has flown from the bootphop to Wellington ; what sad things do occur... The O.M. had pleasure in receiving a cake for a Christmas box from His baker. Now then, you, nowly married couple, hurry up and forward your' share on at once... Rumour hath it that G. L. is learning the art of bottie-vd.shing. Can it l>e true?... A second-hand bicycle for sale the property of a well-known fidcUe-pliycr. All can see it any evening from 8 till 11 in Bridge-street, for further particulars apply W.T., or ring the be11...J.D. is getting qnite ' Irelandish ' now pince he has commenced to take Miss I. home of a Sunday night. Wonder what M. will think ? Nothing' too good for M...Miss P. is wandering far from the Ilarmy. Actually leaving off that fashionable uniform which is quite becoming to all right-minded people. So say 1... J.H. is thinking of learning' the ait of courting; to [Richmond with Miss M.B, arm-and-arm together. What must it bo to be there. ..W.K. heard last singing ' Home Sweet Home.' To which place he has gone for pastures new... F. A. does not walk with M.E. now. la it because J.H. has jumped his claim ? Surely not F., you have found a brighter track this time.. .ll. G. is getting quite a masher of late with the What's the attraction H ? ...O.M. No. 5, £s,n entirely new scribe, bursts upon the evil-doeva of Nelson. The Assembly at the Port Hall lias again revived and seems to draw immensely. Of course it is be ' cass ' J.C. ig M.C. You see H.L. is musical professor, and all the girls are in love with him and his dear music... X.W. was there on the opening night, and ' ward ' ing off many applicants, she accepted J. PI. for the Lancers. * Truly a ' Hart 'y laugh had the O.M. at the contrast... A. B. was there, and determined to be a ' bachelor ' no longer, he thought he would just ' hike ' around a bit. What about Miss W., A.8.?...M^s M.B. was present, hue where, oh where was W.N.J.? Surely he doesn't whistle ' Come into the Garden, Maude,' now?... That chain of G.K.s must have fetched. Never mind, he 'piot' on a nice girl to take home...W.M.C. and Miss S.B. were there, and as spoony as ever. About time that one of the jewellers sold a ring isn't it "... Was the O.M. in that ever memorable Motueka trip ? why certainly, but he wasn't sick, oh no, he had something' else in view. It was a pleasant day, but P.O.R. didn't think so. He was the first to offer the herrings a feed, and all credit is due to him. Sail had to be shortened by the time he had done, on account of ballast lost. P.O.F. soon followed suit. A ' friend ' indeed is a ' friend,' with his head hanging over the side. Wasn't that an awful bile-stirring tune he gave us afterwards ?...The O.M. regrets his inability to sketch. What a lovely picture J.R.s boots would have made, as he lay there in the stern sheets, half dead ..Poor H.L. was suffering a severe attack of mal de mer, the result I believe of pork sausages for breakfast. In fact, he was completely 'Lamb-ed down. ..Who said that T.B. feathered his oar the wrong way ? Why that is the latest tip from Buswick. Never mind, T., that B. bottle of yours came in handy, didn't it?...P.0.L., who was dressed to kill in his oldest uniform, got that long beer down in pure style, without even ' ltikin ' so see if the O.M. was dry or not. By the bye it would have been hard to find a dry spot on the O.M. on the return trip... Miss E.D. was on the wharf on the look out for a very nice young bandsman, that didn't go over however.

Poor E. sho should have ' eller ' tongue and not told her little sister to make enquiries... But wasn't C.A. in it next Sunday. Sho didn't give him time to go to the pub to see his comrades oven...H.G. is still absorbed in his fancy 'for shells,' and I say, the O.M. hasn't had a bit of wedding 1 cake ior some time. ..Old S.S. is looking awfully down on it, lately, why dont you button up your coat and start and look for the defunct No 4.