KAITUNA TALENT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 310, 8 July 1879, Page 2

KAITUNA TALENT.

To the Editor oftjie Akaroa Mail., Sir, —You have had some startling ex-: .ampies of this lately, and I need only-say' they are worthy of the man.' As he'announces his intention of retiring, I; witty with 'your kind permission, ask him in future to understand a contract before; it ia let, so that the contractor may not be led into error by his ignorance of the lines and pegs; also, .when. roads are made to cross, streams, that he a means for foot passengers to get over, and not treat-them as cattle; 5 he will know I am now alluding to the Port [Levy Valley. . j The ratepayers only ask him to do his duty, and I have yet to learn that j "ink slinging " forms a part of it. In conclusion, I make him a present of the following quotation :—" Disappointed men, who think they have [talents, and who hint that their talents have not been properly rewarded, usually, finish j their career by writing their ; own.' history,; but in detailing their misfortunes, theyi Only let us into the secret of their mistakes; and in accusing their patrons of blindness, make it appear that they, ought rather to have accused them of sagacity, since it would seem that they saw too much rather than too little; namely, that second-rate performances were too often made the foundation for first-rate pretensions.. Yours, &0., H. S.