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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 570, 7 November 1871, Page 3

Heaving.'the Lead.—The steamer Fanny was coming down the Mis issippi, lo ided with pig-lead. As she was going over a shoal place, the pilot gave the signal to heave the lead. The only man forward at the time was a green Irishman. " Why don't you heave the lead ?" "Is it to heave the lead, your honour? Where to?" "Overboard, you blockhead?" The Irishman snatched up one of the pig* of lead and threw it overboard ; the mate, in endeavouring to prevent him, lost bis balance, and fell into the river. The captain, running to the ecl-je of the dec!;, asked : " Why doiiV you heave the lead, and sing out how much water, there is ?" " The lead is.heaved, your honour," said Pat, '•' and the mate's gone down to see how much water there is."

Here is a rhymed: Hibernian version of the story of the finding of Moses:—On Ay-lip's banks, contaguous to the iNoile, King Plmrao's daughter wint to walk awhoilej and pealing ofl her duds to take a schwirn, ran up and down the banks to dry her skhin ; and, rushing thro' the rushes, thick und thin, discovered the bashkit that the ehoild lay in. And thin aud there she cried, in accents woild, " which ay yces ladies owns this ehoild ? It's none o' your own, ye're quick to saj ; an' that's the truth, I've known you mony a day ; but since we've found him in this bed of roses, bj all manes let us christen him Hovvly Moses."

A Word to Newspaper Coruespondents. —Correspondents who write lo newspapers must often consider that they are hardly dealt with, 'ihey forward special pieces of information, or expressions of opinion, or valuable suggestions ; and they are surprised, after a day or two's delay, to find no notice taken of their communication. We have had already to point out in these columns, however, that no journal is freed from the conditions of time and spade, and^it is altogether impossible for a daily newspaper to print a tithe of the letters - some of them, certainly, being quite worthy of publication — which are sent to it. Such being the case, it is altogether absurd to suppose that an Editor can hold himself responsible for such communications as are forwarded to him and found unsuitable or unu:abie in any way. Even in tho case of a monthly magazine, it seems to us that the proprietors ought not to be responsible for such, articles as are voluntarily forwarded* for inspection to the Editor. Tho ladies and gentlemen who write on chance for magazines, and who send letters to the newspapers, have, as v rule, a good deal more time at their command than the Editor whom they address ; and if they do piuce. a high value upan their writings, they ought surely to adopt the precaution of making a copy. It is equally preposterous to> hold that nbsolution from responsibility should depend on proof that the MS. lias bjeeu destroyed. Such a theory would only fifiad the conductors of periodicals into Owning- forthwith all MS3. sent them for consideration, which would not wholly satisfy the authors, we imagine. _• ow, to copy out a long MS. is an excellent exercise in writing ; it improves one's habit of patience ; and it may reveal to the writer faults of logic or style. The indefatigable gentlemen who send us historical romances and philosophical essays with a request for their insertion, by instalments, in these columns, ought really to keep a duplicate of their literary labours, or there is no saying of what treasures the world may for ever be deprived.— -Daily News,

The high reputation Olson s tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment, has brought many inferior articles into the market The public are therefore warned not to be imposed upon with rubbish, but, ask for Olson s genuine tomato sauce, and see that bw name is on the bottle. "To Mr. Hans Oleon.— Dear Sir, —By some mistake a bottle ot your tomato sauce wa- put away in my house, aud remained uncorked for upwards of twelve months. The same bottle of sauce was afterwards used at my o.vn table, and J .omul it was equally as good as when first made.--I. W. Doonin, wholesale and retail grocer, 218, Queen-street, Auckland"—[Advt.J