Quips and Quiddities by “Moleskin.”

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 134, 4 June 1872, Page 7

Quips and Quiddities by “Moleskin.”

Miners are not the nomades they used to be. The game eagerness for following up new discoveries, as of yore, is not displayed by them. The bone and sinew that left the old countries at the iirst of the diggings are perhaps getting stiffened with rheumatism, and from the effects of previous hardships and privations. Probably this may bo the reason why (to paraphrase Shakspeare) they “ would rather bear those hi If* they have than fly to others they know not of.” Alack! for the district. When a person speaks of a lae of rupees, it is not to be supposed that there is a scarcity of that medium of exchange : nor, if an inhabitant of this district should speak of his experiencing a lack of money, is it to he imagined that there is a similarity of meaning deducible from such a remark. “ Not [ by no means, Saircy !” I ! When a vessel is to be launched, persons into- ; rested in the successful accomplishment of such 1 an undertaking select a fitting opportunity for j doing so. The period of high tide, for instance, ■ instead of when the waters are at a low ebb, is :at all times considered indispensable. Had the promoters of the Carrick Range Water Supply, j with a similitude of forethought, chosen a more ! befitting time for prosecuting so vigorously their ! efforts towards the coveted end, matters might ! have been brought to a more fortunate issue, j Undoubtedly, the promoters have acted with i great spirit throughout. The buoyancy evinced i by them is something to he commended ; but : the want of that attribute in the element to be I utilised, and its consequent inefhcacy for the dej sired purpose,—that of floating a company,—is i something to be deplored. Considering what a i variety of names water-courses are known by, ; and the renown to which this one in particular I has attained, the writer is of opinion that it is I fairly entitled to a distinctive appellation. This j waste of waters should henceforth be known and | looked upon as a stream kt atom.