Good Stories.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2076, 3 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Good Stories.

Some Buffalo gif ', atai;:;.: pa.ty. recently, g't up a i.'-w i.rcT. and w.-aed t" initiate the vmag men m’ ■ its my»toiif». They took [--s- -?-:■• n -t the fruit pirMr and eh sed the f , hr..- i . .i.g ■n.•f tu ir number ‘-n g :ar •. 1 i:e g-art.eaten found one youth had 'li-ap'.-'-arod. and w.-ndored what hai fee ■me of ijc'. The hdc being in realiti'-S? f r lab-, unc ot the young men was ■ -ru d him im. r "Ui. He fount four oluihinc n..t : i n? <tand ng in a r-'W in a comer of ihe r - un \v th a eha r in front of them. Up r. th..-h was ? ated I blindfolded. and (!.■ n :• id that "lie • f tic girls Wo lid k'-s him. If he cull guess h-.r name he woe ■ i he o.;vi :g-d Tor a • u' the os.-uia t; n (i: ■ :i- .. n..Ue a mi-e;a'i i.: fail rou b:t i ■ iwir.g a; owed t. r •‘.re. i.e was c :r; t - '-"ipy a --a; on th. "pp - s' tr hj: ■I ' •• r- '.ti, d ;-t i magi no h'? !■ -Img?, w’rrn ;1, n v v.. ;im w..s icd in and had i. n pr' pare 1 t r the sacrifice. t<> see the m : s- t.g i-'cribs? L«>y :i-e up, g-hostiikv. fr-n; ho', n 1 :h 'girl?, imi r.ut a good. ?• and la c'; -a t, e u - if: 1 aed eX-oo tant lips of tae can I: lav. .;r : d Tv n d <lgc back t-> his place "f e-.r.' :. m One after another l. ■ y-iurg m- n w re vh 'iuiuel. The fun of it wan •■■■ j.-b. - ■ h- ar ? me of them d-. mr.n 1 n; r- t an Hai bef 're th*- removal of the h’odw;:.i.*-' ae. a wt’.l-known phy*'..an, i; t i ng c nu nt with less than three ki-e v. He was i-n'liu-iastio over tie ir as he saw the bey salute his successor on the throne of mystery. Dr- Thompson ;he late Master of Trinity, did not enjoy t..e revenues of his pr- dcCessor. The privilege ot having dinner f. r twelve Bent daily fr in the college kitchen was commuted, an 1 the quest; m wbeth- i hj;. aliudc was ti.e Masvi s L'dge iz Ihe <•• lien's caused .a very nre ty q .ar-'! on a curiam occasion. wh.n the judg. ? came oil qrciiit and asserted tl.-ir tigh’ » lie .r own a'g.v s! him of wl;..ra >i iv y S .'!■ 1 .ai 1 'ha* •• Sib vc was bis forte, an t. mni.ri nc ■ ir- ai .” hail there ira< m mil left r:g:q- and p::vi leces attaching (•• h;s c-.viah.’e ..ffic- which Dr. Term;.= 01 i.a u-.e I f.,nd 1. IL reBunted f.e p-'Wu* «• c.ferr. 1 upeti the junior fellows by the new regular, ns, concerning which an cxc-.,>r.t story is told illustrative of his s .lj-acid s’yi*. •• D Is p *?sihlc.” he said at a college mv.'.ing when tnines were going again s t ids wishes. "•o •< th' )/■■«/).</- "f «.< (o ntah a Once, on a bill r I, Id Eight, a man was hastening acres IP-in •’. ainiou. with his overcoat buttoned up t" hi. ne-k. He was rather anxious t • ku .w what lime it was. but he was to la/y to unbutton his coat in order to get at hr, watch. Just then ho saw a man of well dre.- d appearance coming in the distance. He perceived that the stranger was buttoned up just as he was. When he came up. th" man who wanted to know the time touched ins hat politely and said : - Sir do you know what time it is Tii- stranger paused, removed his right glove, unbuttoned his cat from t. pto both'in. unb.it! nc 1 his under-cat, and finally pulled out hi* watch, while the Cold wind beat against him. Holding up the watch he scrutinized it an instant, and sai 1 : ■■ Vos I” and passed on in •ilcnce. He bad evid nliy hooked on. Of all the que r devici? pcitaining to a seafaring life, the queerest G the automatic fog-bell that used to ling *>u Kacc Point, t.’ape tod. There was a big bell, with a clock-work teat would mournfully toll it whenever it was «• t a-g ung. The hell was under cover, but pr.-jeciing from the Louse was a long, nicely balanced lever with a big sponge on the outer end. There was a little roof over the sponge, to ke j> the rain off. but when a fog came on the i.i usture would saturate the sponge, an i the weight bearing the lever down w. ild start the niarhin ■ and set the he'd ! . t-.lling. If the f"g cn disappeared. tlie sponge dried out. and th. lever stopps I the i'i.ll. ready fur the next fog ; but if the fog h- U on. the machine eventually ran down, an 1 had to be woun 1 up again. An estimable o'l =hcep-rai?"r of Riverina. t:i"'.;u a church member and a deacon, was *ad;y addicted to the ardent. He was induced by tin lef'.rm committee of the church to take the abstaining pledge, subject only to ihe sheqi-washiug periods, during which tasking times it was deemed essential to allow of *crae stimulant. But matters did not seem to mend with the worthy deacon very iinnh and the committee paid another remon-trating vi-it after a while, when they found him in a woeful stale of intoxication. •• Vo :- e that ere sheep !” be asked, pointing »■> a tlejecie 1 looking Cotswold f ■•that's hie c'.f.anc.'t sheep in Rivcrina: wash him cveiy fifteen minutes.” The young man with bangs isn’t always as idi.-tic a.- he l-'o.-.s (says tin (Voy .V, '/■,<), The .-on ,f a w rty (.’tu-ag an had jest returned fran co’li-ig , Th-, father was a bra? Pc, mat! r- f-f i--t m;.a, and he noticed with s arow that iis,? 'U return'.-1 with hangs at. 1 v.ul •i- ■ -ih. r insignia of du-iedom, Tae old g- aticaain -;iv v . 1 aim critically when he a: ~ no i :a la- ■ fficc. an 1 ihcn blurr- J . ; ■■ V . . )a,;n. v.,n 1 -k like a f:*.l. ’ tu-- a; that m a: av'an I befoie the young a. j, : ... i • a , • i.-.k. a ('ting reply, a fr. ai •• : . I ::i. “\\ ay, i; \\ . Gc-rgc. have v ,< i ".O' ll' b- r.-k* I:■h ,w m ich you r-'s. a,a y r 'V-. ■• y. h- ha- ia*t be- nt• a.,ag ac ' o a ;• i th ■ y uta. 1a; old man L’nna ‘. Every time L - XV. w.'i- iimringi forty of.l ■ 1 win ■ f I:;: Lin i;,.|;.|..*!isabL part 'T the mij havava. It i- I rue the king never 'bank on -a ■ w-.:.'-.*. while his court!' r? inv.vi.v !j 1 s!i!i heir loyalty by t' s-;ng ■ IT C' |.ious daugh;* t . the health ffti-.r i• yai tna-ter. l'i; dev. hj c.vevcr. Lou’s, f 'lag I iv'y. -ou lira xv.ctedly ca le 1 f r a vla-s of wine. A f.-otmati stated, in LT -at a arm. D ,* th re was none left. *• Were n f ify “c’ ? ! rough* tv.rh c* today, as as ,'h -I.’') v-o V. :r aa : .-ty . but they ai . al <b i.k. t; u m future,” quietly r 1 the L : ng. - tak; i .'ily-ono b-'ttl.s. ? it’.at ther-' may be at least: ne left f r mo I” A Bos'on girl- the other day, said to a Southern fricii i. wo w,„ vl-it.i.g her, as two men i-* :t a car to civ th m seats : • Oli, I wl-h they w.ui, Int do it.” “ Why not? I think ■: Is veiy ni . f them.” said her friend, settling . rscil totafortably. • Ve«. but ■ can’t 1 i niik tliem. j*.u know, and it is , awkward. ' •'Uink thank them ! Why net ' ' '■ Why. v-.i vv.-uW not Mr ak to t strange man. would y-*u . ’ said the Boston maid* n, to :he as'.oni-hiiivnr ■■{ h*.r Southern friend. A gentleman"!: hjr’• promised t) meet his Wife in a iaige •- .■■li-htn* nt where all sorts of thing- ate - I -a? crowding his way through the thi ug ■; "men. Porced to pause foi a monc ik n ar a c-'iinter behind which stoi>l a pr--:: S' .-woiuandic h.lurtc 1 out: “is there anything •n . arth that Woi.l t reconcile a man to ?:eb a crowd as ibis ?" •• Ves, sir.” wa.- il.. -m.'-k r.ply ; '• belonging to the firm.’ Some very i*: ,|, > uiphnuntsbav'.' been paid, ace >v I;n g r nu lan j iitriial. to Mine Patti by iii?tingid-hi 1 inu-h ian,, ■■( which the record is found in 1■ r album. Hero is a seat one sign,d • IL B-. 1 1 G.u " : •■Opp ut'd pati.” I.atiui-t- Dan-lal - 110- pr Vuiuj (bus —“Suffering i? ineviiable ” : the monks Apportez. le pate ” : the fucii h- of music,“ll Boos faut la Balti.” The winter of KH was ,|>- i.f exceptional fverity. which may be inferred by the answer made t , tie P.Dbop of London by bis Fiilh,.’'i pa* ieii'T. Th>- night had been cold : • t«h, rr* ’ c id . rro cold, indeed, my lord—five di "r •■ l l wN . . Canon Venables -uj- g. k late Bishop of Wiberforcc. i is : ft : hj , 1 ceeded to the c-tato’ of 1..-.vl:,*gr<*i.. wa? greeted bv r. LI r, i vgb •• V. V.Mbvrforce, y.'Ud ■be .:■ n! ' ■ N i.” was the pr. mw »■ jdy. a ■ p; so p 1 !