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Western Star, Issue 99, 2 October 1875, Page 5

The Oainaru correspondent of the ‘Waitangi Tribune ’ says j—“An amusing incident occur ed a short time ago. in one of our churches, A worthy pair were about to enter into, the holy bonds of wedlock they bvero young arid inexperienced, unused to the form of the marriage service. Whether owing to the'shortness of sight of the clergyman, or the verdant freshness of thehappy pair, but, true it is, the bride was married to the intended husband's best man. Of course the affair had to he recommenced.'*

A Melbourne paper -reports ' that, recently a. gentleman on the metropolitan goldfield, just stout enough to make stooping inconvenient, while paying fo>' some refreshment for his. friends in a dark hotel parlour, dropped a. coin, which-was heard to roll under the sofa* • “ Thera goes my half-sovereign—down a crack, I’ll be bound.” Of course his friends lit matches, and good-naturedly went upon, unaccustomed knees, in search-of the truant disc. At last one of them picked the thing up, remarking that it was only a sixpence after all. “ I knew that,”' said the owner, calmly, “ but if I had told you.so at first you wouldn’t have taken the trouble, to- find it for me.” The Intelligent Yagrant” writes to-the New Zealand Mail as follows jr—That word v caucus” has recently been.brought, into such prominence that it lias become quite fashionable to apply it all sorts of meetings. Last week the proprietor of -an hotel had occasion to discharge quo his servants, who was,very popular among'the others. At.dinner-time of the day on which lie had discharged his servant, there was no table laid and no food forthcoming. The hotelkeeper went inf o the kitchen to ascertain the cause, and found liis domestics assembled there* Ho was politely requested by one of them to withdraw, and on expressing a little surprise at being so requested, he was told they were holding a caucus to consider what action they should take-under the circumstances of their fellow servant’s discharge.