THE LATEST.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 2

THE LATEST.

Horse SaleWednesday. Mr BucUand lilM a sale of circtli lioises, to-day, but the bidders were few, and only one out of 1" wis sold. The Minister of Mines. Mr Larnncli reeei\t\l several deputa* tions to day >/ goldtields matters. Ho goes South in the Hmemoa, to-day. New BankruptciesMr Lusk, solicitor, and Mr Linaburyv draper, Hied tlieii schedules to day.

W believe it was a Boston girl who remai keil that the remaius were " beautifully upholbtered." Lvwyfk. — A learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself. An agricultural contemporary states that a farmer in East Lothian, whose lease is about half expired, has agreed to pay his landlord £1.100 for the prmlego of leaving his farm. A Sti mulini, Block.— Negroes are sometimes veiy careful not to say anything to injure the reputation of a neighbour. A gentleman stopped at a cabin, w here an old negro woman lived, and while waiting for one of the children t« get a bucket of fresh water, entered into com ersation with her concerning the oron piospects. " I did hab fo' or live hogs, ' .sud the old woman, " but da's dwindled down till I ain't got but one now." "Somebody steal them V" "I neb«r talks 'bout my neighbours, aif I doan like to «ay what became ob de shoats. I neber makes mischief, I dosen't.' "Did the hogs die?" "Da muster died : bnt yer ain't agwine to get me me ter ssy nuthin' agm my neighbours. Dc n*n whathbed up there is dead now, and I ain't agwine to say nuthin' agin him. De hogs disappeared away from heth while dat man was libin' ; but I ain't agwine ter say nuthin' agin him." "Do you think that he took them ?" " Mister, dat man's dead, an' I doan want ter say nuthin' agin him ; but lemtne tell yer, while dat man was libin' lie was ft powerful stumbling block ter hogs,'' Mr H. Cowpcr, Cambridge, will hold an important nalo ot general merchandise at hU mart -on Tuesday next