Miscellaneous.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2026, 4 February 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Miscellaneous.

Carl Prctei’s Kith' a.\ imjiuent of Tin: (■itisAin:. Front acrossder rifer. at broke of lay. Bihtgin to flio Mold Seidt fteslt dismay, Fer news vns s"iit by Jlcssing dnm Dot dor vimmen of tier demphranz crew Would been dhere ofer, in a day or tivo, To empty der keeks of beer and vine ily Pretzel’s place, yoost cross the llhinc, Fnd vilder earned dem rumors too, Till Dutch excitement wondrous grew. But Pretzel, sliword of dot voman's crew Vas coined of his place to worry tnid sinew. He'd Jock out derpishness, ttnd been ready to shdarf, In two sheep tail vags. Mit a horse and cart, boost den corned a breeze from J’.ridport town, Dot (tiled der country for miles around Mit such ashmcll, by chinks, it heat Der mem'ry of der oldest man you'd meet. But mit inshtincktifnoss rare, der Pretzel know Dot a sick vind, pooty gwiek would surely blow, Soho made up his mind to shdart pooty soon, Und lock oud der pislmess, an hour behind noon.

Dhen gwiek could be heard some rumpling sound. Like barrels und vine kegs mooflin round. But soon all vas ready, and piled on der cart. 1 nd Pretzel was ready in aseckontto shdart But not a minnoot too soon for in two minnoois more Der l 'r.'wsadcrs vas dhere, on der front of der shdorc. Mat Pretzel was gone, und ho didn’t giv a cent I ioh ray bo vas dooken, or der ray dot he vent. But dem horses knew a road—dc roughest in town Ofer economized shtreets. yoost nord loading down Across by der park vhore der toombstoncs vas gtew, Dem horses und driver now fairly flew Der Dutchmen veil slmokcii, ofer der mountain road Gif vent to his feelings, as onward be rode He half turn around und lalliingly say. ” (loot bye you old romans. 1 vas one mile avav.”

Mit shpced dot vas litenie. doin horses vas 50 Till der vhitc shwealy vas-cr, all ufor cm show

Kteiy niinnoot, dhey travillo vas faster und faster (’■■cau-e dnev vas hired of some odder inastCT; Shti 11 dot make Hotting tifTerence to Pretzel because Ue dond like pretty veil to got in domple rent/ claws, Efen der old voomans’foiees vas yet in his car

To come hackrait dem and gif ah der beer, l!at I’retzcl couldn’t see dot, hut dhus he vas

say “• Voost come baekyourself; I vas dwo miles avay.” I'nder der vaggon, on der low sandy road

Voost like a shmall crook dot merrily (lowed, This dot whole of dor shtock, from barrels and

kecks \ at had sltlowMly shpiit, und drained to her

dregs. Divas der rumphj und jarrin, der terrible pilchin Dot gif dem old barrolsder St. Vitus's itehin, Dut Pretzel didn't know dot, but va- happy und gay. To dink dot he now vas yo. - t dhrcc miles avay.

.\ow der fery lirst ting, dot der Dnle’.nnan shby \ lien he jumped dor earl 03, end look mil liis eye. Nas der redreading shtream 01 l>cer..nud o f vine

\ oust ad down dc road, in an unei’eii dlligl I.ike der hack of a camels, mit der hump on

his slivan;;. I'nd <lcm f-ry barrel'. obey seem toshp..ke " \\ (; bold del; fast. dill her hoopscs br. !;■■. 1 Vbile dor Dutchman schworo, in langwage.

Hut con [cried himself, on dor identickh. shpot. Hurrah, hurrah 1 fur tier barrels drue

Hurrah, hurrah I for do cooper too ; fnd vhen dltcir images, moulded in slit. me. \as placed nb on high, und dheir features shone Yoosl let der knowledges, efer been known Hot it vas dor cooper, und dev barrels, dot day. V icli confertod t'rolr.el. when life miles avay.

Two Pictures.

An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on each side; A bright eyed boy. who looks from out Tile door with woodbine wreathed about* And wishes his one thought all day : “ Oh, if I could hut My away From this did! spot the world' to see, How happy, happy, happy. How happy I should he ! Amid the city’s ronstan! din, A man who round the world lias been, \\ ho. ’mid the tumuli and the tin. my. Is thinking, thinking all day long : " Oh, einild I only tread ..in'.: m uy The litl t path to the farmhouse door, The old green meadow could I sec. How, happy, happy, hai.i",. How happy I should be’.'’ Dark Complexions for PhotosColored people are more successfully photgraphed, us a rule, than white people are, says an experienced photographer. (Im medium mulatto making the liiiest j ’autograph in the world. Light complexions are I hardest, to fake. It is inipos-ibic to photo* grapli a diamond, as it looks like a pebble or a tish-scale. In taking pictures of animals the instantaneous process is best. Cats are the best sillers. Teak Timber-— of all the woods grown in the Mast, teak limber is the niosi valuable, ll is neither too heavy nor too hard : it does not warp or split under exposure to heal and dampness : it contains an essential oil which prevents its rotting under wet condition*, and at Hie same time acts as a preservative to iron and repels the destructive white ants ; it. is, withal, a hands..me wood, of several varieties ;if Color and grain, and takes a good polish. Unfortunate Gentlewomen-—' hll ”P has recentlv been opened in London for the praiseworthy object of ••assisting young gentlewomen by instructing them in higbclass millinery.” Honestly condueled. such a charity is deserving of Ibe highest prai-e. One Person in every thirty-live in Lngland and Wales is a pauper. The Emperor of (.'ermany does not like the piano, but he was exceedingly complimentary the other day to the piani.-t who oecompanied the distinguished violinist. Sarasati. The pianist knew of the Lmj.erors aversion to his instrument, and played exceedingly soft. “ Yon.” said His Majesty. “ at least, know how to play well; I scarcely heard the piano while you were accompanying the violinist.” To render corks airtight an anonymous writer in the r /'.'ffv.vy prop"s.es to soak them tor tome hours in a solution of 15 [.arts of gelatine and ill parts of glycerine to 500 parts of water at from 1 (•(,’ to 4sd’ and thin to dry them. If they are fo resist acids, they are introduced into a mixture of two purls ot vaseline and seven parts ot par affin at 10 C. I