The great joiner— the lawyer. He can place a tenant, impannel a jury, box a witness, bore the Court, chissel a client, auger the gains, floor a witness, cut this beard, nail the case, hammer the desk, file his bill, and shave a whole community. A friend of ours, who has had some experience, says that if you go to call on a I young lady, and she crochets diligently all the ovening, and only says ' yes' 'and no,' you can go away about nine, or a quarter I past, without breaking any of the rules of etiquette. A Parisian lady called on her milliner the other day to ' take up' the character of a servant. The respectable appearance of the latter was beyond questioning. ' But is she hone3t ?' asked the lady. ' I am not so certain about that,' replied the milliner ; ' I have sent her to you with my bill a dozen times, and she has never yet given me the money' r\N SALE7EX EDINBURGH CASTLE. 100 boxes Belmont sperm candles 6*oo bags fine and coarse salt 50 cases Morice, Cox & Co's pale ale 20 qr-caeks Martell's brandy 100 cases MartelFs pale brandy 12 qr-casks port wino 25 cases champagne 20 barrels sulpur 30 drums spirits of tar 20 drums keroseno (superior) 30 bales woolpacks 1 bale twino •18 cases Morewood's galvanised iron 2 crates Lopscomb'B filters EDWARD PEARCE. r\N SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. Tea — Congous in half-chests and boxos Orange pekoe, in qr-chests Sugar— Victoria Company's pieces and yellow Crushed lump Honolulu sugar, in kegs Wines— Sherry, Sharman's, Cutler, Palmer and Co, and Garvey's, in bulk and caso Port in qr-caaks, octaves and cases Claret, hock, champagne and Australian wines Bernard's gingov wino SriEi'rs— Martell's and Hennessy's dark and pale Whisky, Kinahan's LL, Stewart's aud Bulloeh, Lado & Co, Camlachie Booth's old torn Rum, Jamaica, in bulk and case Doraerara, 10 0 p, and 30 0 p Geneva, JDKZ Ale— Morice, Cox & Co's, in quarts and pints Stout — Guinness' Tobacco— Shellards' Oils— Linseed, raw and boiled, colza, turpentine spirits of tar, auot Kerosene Vabnishes — Copal, oak and gold size Salt, soda, whiting, sulphur Salad oil, (Ciosao and Blaokwell's and Morton's) VINEGAB, maccaroni, vermicelli, arrowroot Lea & Pebbin's sattce Saddleey — Men's & Ladies' saddles, bridles, saddle cloths, girths, stirrup leathers, and sundries Harness, mounted in brass aud electroplated EWBANKS' PATENT NAILS Galvanised ihon, screws &c, &c , &o. EDWARD PEARCE. N 8 A L E~— Town Drays Spring Carts Pognell Carl a Wheels, shafts, spokes, naves, axles, springs and other Coach-builder'B materials EDWARD PEARCE. N S A L E^ Tongued and Grooved Boards, 6xl £, 6x{; 6x£, 6x£ Feather-edged weatherboards EDWARD PEARCE. METROPOLITAN HOTEL. LUNCHEON ADVERTISEMENT. TI/TR JAMES OSGOOD takes this opportunity of informing tho inhabitants of Wellington that ho will, THIS DAY (THURSDAY), open his Lunch and Dining Rooms ; and although ho is not as yet prepared to give that attention to this particular department that ho intends, yet he trusts that those who may favor him with a call will have their wants supplied to their satisfaction, Luncheon will be served from 12 till 2. Price as follows : — Soup, together with Fish, Joints, or Entroeß, ONE SHILLING ! ! A liberal Bill of Faro will be provided. BREAKFAST at 9, DINNER at 6. July 5, 1871. NOTICE. EBDEN'S STABLES are re-opened at reduced, prices to meet the times. Sick Horses attended, with paddock. A quantity of grain for sale low for cash. The Weighbridge has been tested, and is in good order, and accurate ' STONE BREAKING. TjIMPLOYMENT at the above may bo had JjJ on application to the CITY SURVEYOR. City Surveyor's Office, 3rd June, 1871,
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