MERCER.

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 784, 13 January 1894, Page 21

MERCER.

It made the O.M. think of the days when he waß young when he heard the hoys tincanning W.L. Good boys, don't spare any one of them.... They say love is blind, and so must the y oung couples be that drove away from the picnic with their horse half harnessed.. ..E.B. says she likes the Sydney boys and yet she likes tho Mercer one better.... The genial E. is pretty canning, he doesn't let the O.M. see him much ; bat I hear he was doing the heavy with the girls at Pukekoh«....Who is the young lady that can be beard singing * I am lonely to-night, B. without you. '...The school picnic was a great success, the weather being beautiful, the children enjoying themselves and some of the older children doing the same. Great interest was centered in the ' big' girls race, F.E. winning in fine style. Query: why was J.S. not numbered amongst the competitors. Had the dear one's absence anything to do with it P...The little girl was on the job when serving the refreshments, and it was a hard hearted person who could refuse when asked by her to eat....C.T.E. when amongst the children seeemed to be in his element.... Ask H.McF. which room in a house should be furnished first ?.. B. McE. was all there at the picnic playing rounders with the girls. ..The genial B. is in great glee because of bis dear girl's return after a long absence.... Too bad to cut the rope in preliminary tug-of-war.... The girl from the Valley has arrived, and she oaunot be persuaded to stay j many a breast will have an aching void in Mercer. ...M.K. Bays he knows the O.M. — his cleverness is simply astonishing, as he is the only one who has located that individual....The two couples appeared to enjoy their drive, and by the way the driver handled the ribbons he proved himself no new chum, bnt why does G.H. prefer a back seat ?...Why does D.H. come over the river.. ..Is it to promenade the lover's walk with the young lady?... The O.M. wishes you all a very happy New Tear.