ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 324, 26 August 1879, Page 3

ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

(Collated from our Exchanges)

A French author says :—-'•'When I lost my wife, every family in town offered me another; but when I lost my horse, no one offered to make him good." At a recent Primitive Methodist prayer meeting held at Runcorn, a local preacher,in the course of his address to the Deity, made use of the folloAving extraordinary words:—"Oh Lord, these are bad timee, and there's a good many people got nought to eat, because they've got no bread. There's a good many people out of Avork, because they've got no Avork to do, and oh, Lord, they tell me that it is all through an old JeAV what lives in London. Slay him, oh Lord ! If I slay him they'll hang me ; but do Thou slay him, oh Lord, for they can't hang Thee !" It is a common practice among some dairymen to give their coavs, while dry, but scanty living. When a coav ceases to give milk or is dried up any feed is considered good enough for her. This is" a great mistake, and the result is, a diminished product of milk both in quantity and quality when she dees come in. There is a large draft on the system to sustain the calf Avhile the coav is carrying it, and to keep the cow in good condition good_feed ia as important as when she is giving milk. It is the opinion of trood breeders, that a pound's Avorth of food when the the coav is dry is worth thirty shilling's AA-orth after she comes in. An animal in poor condition cannot digest as much food as one in good condition. If the cow is poor Avhen she conies in she will not digest enough food to support the system, and at the same time to make a large quantity of milk. The practice of turning coavs out on poor feed while dry, expecting to make up Avhen they come in by good feed, is a very uneconomical one and will not be followed by good and careful dairymen.— Cashiers Monthly.

A shreAvd merchant, Avho once in a while gave his conscience a severe tAvist, lay sick. Alarmed at his situation, he sent for a clergyman, Avho seems to have laid down the law in pretty strong language. The sick man moA-ed uneasily, but at last said to bis spiritual adviser : "Parson, you are pretty hard on a poor fellow, but I guess you are about right, after all. I haA-e thought it all over, and made up my mind that if I get well I will live principally honest." The word " principally " was probably intended to cover any special contingency that might occur, and is a very convenient adverb. The Secretary of State for the Colonies urges a determined effort to establish the South African Union under responsible Government. He says that Great Britain cannot be expected to undertake the responsibility of the future government and defence of the disturbed districts on the eastern frontier. . Her Majesty's forces will only permanently garrison Cape Town, a naval station of great Imperial importance. Great Britain will assist in the maintenance of the frontier defence force for five years. The Cape Ministers desire to defer the consideration of the despatch until the Znlu difficulty is terminated.