MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1199, 24 November 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Lord Ellenborough, noted us a hanging Judge, having .sniH he would take beef for dinner, was told he would " be sure to like it because it w»s well hung." Perhaps the grimmest joke on that subject was that of Justice Page also a well-known hanging Judge, who being asked after his health ;is he was coming out of Court, an-^rod, " Pretty well, thank you, you f-eo I keep just hanging on — hanging on." There is a story told of the only hvxyr who ever went to Heaven. He was refused admittance by St. .' eter, Ufc having thrown his hat inside, was allowed to go in and get it, and having once got in, as St, ! eter could not leave the gate to turn him out, he refused to come out again. One of the best is that of a French advocate who left all his money to a lunatic asylum, and in his will said that as he made it

allfrom litigants, ifc was o = *. 5 v a ; ■■''tu- ' tion ; while, as a pnnduLa to i.-h~: on a lawyer, which said that tie had shown that "l<\ral kiiovrled^ w-is t. : ;e plainest, easiest, and shr.MP.--.fc vv •> f^ the pud of strife," we may set ti.e sayings of Langluis, n'h^n asked why : lie took upon him to plead bad caus-N->, tli.it he had lost so niany£-»c f 'l onos ; or ; t!»e ar!3\vor of Lord Lyudhurst t^> the ! di -f(-jul;vnt. in ncM-son, who H feared that i l ! h>- wouM nay- 1 a too! iv his client/ that the saying was framed by the lawyers. T!ier« are Uuv who will he prepared to d'.'ny tlie (.-oiicliisious drawn by Mr I Archibald ' orb<-sist the following notes to the ydney Morning Hf arid 'about his vist to Ttismaiua:—'' Mining enterprise lias a strong tond.oiu-y to warm s up into uiininor sp^cuiati'Mi : and liiinj ing speculation spelt, short, may be ! written dou'u ' gaiubli.Mg.'" They sei in ' a iirud-heailed va*.-< . those i>land> rs, and probai'ly up till now they have : be.en ciiieiiy engaged it; sijppiyin- a full stock of gambling cou-ti-rs or ' alien gaiiipstei's, thvy theniitives b<;-^ t _; ; content to keep the. tables and r-i.'^: m the st-abos. Happy is th<"> man no ; has notiiing to lose. Dnt ' Thk^mI gorums, 7 for instouce, partly muk^ 'us 1 hair stand ou end. In the uiidJ!. of 1 last week you might have bought 'Tulloohgor urns' at .£ls a-share, f .^n ! Friday last ' Tuliothgorutns rose by ! leaps and bounds to £-0. £-30, £ ">O. I £70. To-day there are buyers n,r £VO, | while tho lucky holders stand out- ■>> ' £75. When I aui told that this bou ad I vespi'f-seuts uc vevy speoiiic pr<»^>^.jt . far less any return, and f ;.u"t"»*<T i-^s .still auy dividi.'iid -- tv. o thin.c;.- ov ur ; to me : First, that with ?t<---ni |>i<mi ; .t---j tude, were I a lucky holder, i should ! cease to be otic, and depart in p-- tc- | with my n.ulisfid plundi-r : ani s.. cut-Uv ' that gau)i>!i!>'jf in s;hare-' !•< a | disease which has spread i ito '1 i!>inania. The 'South Australian R< •■^i-r->r ' states that "Mv Ei-.est Hu^t-r, ; he : Oomraissionor ot the Swiss .'oiii'L ut the Adelaide. Exiiitutioii. writiug t > a ' frieud in Adelaide, spcaiis Siio-uiy ot j his vivid recollection oi the hospiiii.ty ; and kindiieus he experienced at aie I hands of the people of Adelaide, a.icl goes on to say that .New Zw,i:i.ul, , ' with her Swis>.s-like so«uory, sl; ah I stream?, mountain lakes snow-capped I peaks, green pastures, lciuiic ooii, uad ! her kindred people, has charmed him i the most. He ntentions that he, Jims purchased, on behalf oi a syndicate ot riwiss gentlf'.niun, alar;-; '.!..!.•;; «>; =i.v, iy 4,000 acres of vit-^i., V.ixA in i'uk.'i!' i". . thirty miles souh ot' Vu;^! u>. ;, i fUiiiilway line fco iiaantf-oa. ',L is atauded to survey and sa ; .»diviXi tiie bi:>:k, and th^n have it -etfied by v\dusnio'is fitruii'v^, .;h;.'iiy .;>vi.bf:lit.'V* j .B tlicrw is better <-,<.> iv ■>... ■ hard working, thiilby niitf.-.i o: r LJ . : :a: ! ia the. coloiiios thaniu the Uui Goa.;:.--y •he new settlement is to b>. cuim>i iieivetta," An important alteration has been made in tho rules of the Resident Magistrates' Courts throughout the colony. LJuder former ruins no successive &umuionj> could bp issn-id, and conseq^'iiiv if the piuntiff failed ! to prove that t\v de^Midaut vvaa in a ! position to p-ny. t\v- suiiimo:i.s st.-od 'adjourned, us •.fhrrwi.v..- Usv pian,..i:f j would be withuiif, a ivrnciiy i";.;.- i> i .^v I altered, th> j . vui. v. th:it >- ih ■>->.. iuiv ;=.,-: j ceased u>fxi.sr ■.<'<<••> ■,):-,. .i^ ...-,: „ • The pluntiil ;<: ■, ,_, .^-ei ■; .I^-- m .;. i summons ha^ b--.-:. ■{.-:.-■• •-.--.•.:. ;i .;rt: ; i ceed witli thf; ■ . . ;. • ■.; h.- "; -.s -■.•• j tamed fresu evni- >■> .-.-..■?•.(■■.•.' t ,i ; I Fifty prmiid ' • : - ; * taken trotn the •;. : . i mand*-!. sa>< th.- ■ ,-. • • : cxiii: :'.'.. ci - i< - wito *'".i ■ -..- . | sp^oilU!";.i fc ■-'>.■! It \b n eedl ess to i „ ■ who passed them fron: '■•'• iv examining tliuui ■..-• s . „. admiration, and on :,. ■■■■.'■ i■< - i - ■. «'ue piece of stotie, \ v . ; , pounds, was estim .r. d ; . ■■,•■■; somewhere near 2s. v )f j ■.',', ,t >-. *, Of biUf! qU'UtZ. til A '■■'.■ .; :; of nearly 2'm, cL". . j predomiiiate'i, c o^,-'^ j side Li glifctriring y". >.- '■ was the. iu^-'st .>p«* •uv , a ; t : were many others j i^i as pr'it:^ ■ look at ai-d equally ; i !i. I manager's l-eport 3vji.;.\v; i.:. > parcel states tli-- ; ->.v good. The olectri- li^h + ;::::?: . a most unique man i 1 '! ur •v'u-- ' •':'>>•:. •; ■.>:.: Opera ilous.i on 1). • :, . the progress or thi? to;-; .-■:. i. .... third act ailu'-i "i i -. . i,- - trie lighting oi' ~i\>: lv- ... • ; the verse M;.;s Oim.^u-jo, . :.., . , delivering it, di-iplaypJ a •. . L ,j,n>c o: flowers, adorned wica tho «'i t| y "v - uing colore, and iv iis certrc « .»s «i th-*'v ing electric light. he houFe had bee^ specially darkened for the novelty, and tho stai'tling effect produced was received with a bmst of snrjvise a % >»l applause from the audio, c.