COLONIAL COURTING OR A HUNT AT COURT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 512, 22 January 1869, Page 2

COLONIAL COURTING OR A HUNT AT COURT.

knox v. Hunt. , Mrs. Hulk Messenger, in ber evidence, asaid 'Miss'Knoxsat on a chair beside Mr Hunt, with her head upon ' his shoulder, and their h-;nds joined,; together ; tha ( t was after tea, and in j this way they passed the, evening. ( At the parting moment I put 'their { hands together, and kissed them * both and blessed them." , ■ . (Set to music by the Wandering Minstrel.)' f , My pretty little chirminsr Knox, J Come, sit upon a chair beside me,; ' i Upon my shoulder rest thy locks— 1 The eolden locks where love can hide thee. ' " Come let our hands nnd hearts combine, And let-ns .whisper sweets .together. My voice will'well assort with thine, ! In summer time or winter weather. My pretty little charming Knox, I My lmsy Vee with plume and feather ; A Hunt iOmt to fill thy box ' V\ ith thirteen hundred pounds together. ' Come let us drink the cups of tea I "With which Love's Messenger provides us, 1 here's lots of sugar, love with thee,, \\ Ivy need what else betides us? If we want more,- we have a Hulk -,- To kis«, and a warmer blessing; With her, there's age—with thee there's Youth— With both, there'll be enough caressing. And I will provethat every Hunt Should woik the mines of- gilded leather, j That you and I with golden punt I May join our hands and hearts. together. Oh ! charming party where a Can join a Hunt with mo ; Can warm a damsel up to truth, . \ And ki<=s between when love is faggy ! Who would not have a Messenger To warm ~us when a Hunt is cooling, To give incline to timorous love, And animate a man that's fooling; My prettj' little charming Knox, You've thirteen hundred pounds together, When love and lawyers make the box, AVhy need wc hunt for fairer? —Wairarapa Mercury. < The Evening Post, says that {Mr Tonic's tender for the lease of the Wellington whaif for twelve months has been accepted by the Provincial Government. . An Advertisement appears ip^thei Times of October-7l7th,.which.-has attracted considerable attention in the literary circles at home. It announces the forthroming .piib.licafiori of a first-class daily paper, "same size ns the Times,", in which the special feature is to be the ment of the anonymous system. A 111 the leading articles are to bear the signatures of the.writers. ; Tlie new undertaking is believed to be a project, of the contest party, wlio hfive j an organ at present in the Fortnightly Review.; • V A Josn Billings ok the Mosquito j Question.--We' are told that tharo wantennething maid in vain. This is sum so, but I .hey-thought that the time spent in manufackturing! mu.sketoze .must have been wasted if the muske'toze 'want. How they ware.put together; I never could tell',: and thare one cqmmershall peculiarity abbut the musketeer trade, and that ..".is, the, ..supply always exceeds the demand,, end yet the*prodnsio'n is'not diminished; I kant"understand; this no;how. They.are born of poor, but industrious parents, and arebronght up under the auspices of some of our best families. They have also consummate courage. I have known a single musketeer to, fite a man and his wife all night long, and draw: the fust. It is. very easy to kill rrinsketoze when you can, but in striking, them you are/veyy apt to hit the exact place where they wos. They are cheerful little cusses singing as they toil.

LAJR.OF/ EXPOR^j OPAGOLd"-A o to^of.goWbj the siAar. ~ The Si\m) t which:saillrt;for London on luesday last.jrifhfaib.ll cargo ofproduce^took with her'also ' I 2,000 ribs, weight," or nearly a * l tox of gold, a portion of tbe produce |of the last'ten weeks' work "at "the | Thames.- As.the' New Zealand Bank did not send its gold by this .vessel, i there will be,7we understand, from 6 000 to 10,000' ounces obtained during the same period remain* unshipped. ' °