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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 7, 14 November 1890, Page 25

Sir Jonah Barrington was one of a pirty invited by a relative of his own to a bousewarming. Twoof toe guestt,, after their potations, slept soundly all night i> the dining room with their heads against the wall. When breakfa?t was annoanc id, 'the twain immediately 8 tar ted and roared in unison." '■ dome, boy a!' said the host, giving Joe a pull. " Oh, murder I 'says Joe," I can't." " Harder, murder I* echoed Peter. "I nave in my lifetime laughed," baid Barring ton,. " till I nearly became spasmodic, but never were my risible muscles pot to greater tension than upon this occasion." The fact was, the two unfortuna'e men had slept against a wall that " bad only that day received a coat of mortar," which closed round their heads during the night, and held them f*sfc in the moraing. Birnngion gives a most c >mical account of the re leas 3of the captives, (<me of them a wit, the other a dandy,) with the loss of most of their hatr and part of their seal ps. — The Speetmtor.