TAR AND FEATHERS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1609, 5 October 1885, Page 2

TAR AND FEATHERS.

*'Clvis" m the Otago Witness, writing Rnent ths recent Hctfc ta; <i.ig case says: — On« might; srppose that the Bon. P. A Bockley had moddeMed his demeancur in Con»fc opou tluit of the Artful Dodder before the Lowc'ou " besks." Head the detailed repo bo? the Hoii. Patrick's pe: fovmance, and then perase the following :— •♦ Now then ! Wo* in this iiere business 1 I feba-1 thank the mac!^'sirotes to dispose of this here little affair, aud not to fce^p ce while they *e?.d the pp,pe?, for IVe pot sk appoictroent with a geue' man in the citv, and aa Vta a man o! iny wovd, and T7ery punotr.al in ho&inesn mattei-s, he'll go fc^ny if I ain't the* to my ; t»i;?e._ fttid then p/aps there voa'fc be an pcc'ton for dpcaa^e p.^ainst the in ae \:*ti)t me away. Oh, no, ce satnly n^t ! We 1 '! see Trhat the Secieta-y of Siate for the Home Affairs has got to say lo <!iftse^ea!c&" Comparing th'S wilh the Pon. Vet iek's e.;o«d«nm to the Weliin^ioa Con. t b he coincidence is st.ikin^. The Dourer uODiitMiesthca: " My attorney is s-bt'eakfagt'iia; t!ii« morniug *i»h the "Wioe^-esirisui, of tl'e Hoc!«»e 01 Commons: bnc i shoJI have soaietlii'.'g to say elfiewhe.c, aiid so vrW he, and so will a wevy n;i»re;--. oils ftiid 'spectable ci*e<e Oi acqoaia(aoce, as'U make them beaks wish they'd never been bo<.*u, or that they'd gol the: i- footmen to hang 'em cp to theii ovrn hat-pegs afore they let 'em coum ort th«s movmug tc irj* it on npoc tns IM! " " There ! He's fn!'f committee !' intei-posed the clerk. r 4l Tate hion a\r?.y." Except that the Hon. Patrick ws«s no' coimniU<ed, aocl that he slanged the Uwye;* as weU as the beak, his ap pea.anite in Oooi-t makes a very neat p.ii-al'e! with the Dod^e: : s. Poi-Vocu-leut vulga.-ity, the Colon ia! Miiiigter bears of the palm, bat in point o* a amour the advantage us with the London pickpocket.