THE LAKES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 394, 5 November 1869, Page 2

THE LAKES.

(from our own correspondent.) Queenstown, .November I. “Holloway’s Pills and Ointment.” The Dunstan Times and the Lake Wakutip Mail have given us a o- o od dose of these infallible medicines. I wadea through three parts of a column of matter in ynur journal only the week before last, explaining the wonders of Professor Holloway's establishment, and the masses of beeswax and aloes which go to make his pills, and the number of pigs that are annually slaughtered for their fat. for the purposes of converting into ointment; also the scores of young ladies employed putting said pills into boxes, together with the forty clerks in the marble-pil-lared counting-house, counting out the money, and directing correspondence in French, Italian, German, and Arabic; and last week I found the same in the newspaper here. I think I have read su licient about Ho'lo way’s pills to convince me tint pill-makin must be a very profitable business, and immediately I get back to London I shall purchase some beeswax, gain bo and some bog’s lard, and start in that business. I think I know of some miraculous cures which my pills will make, provided they are taken in sufficient quantities, and I think for the purposes of advertising I am adept enough to give an acco mt of them before they take place. There is nothing line anticipating events, as the boy said when helping himself to a pinch of salt, with the idea that his master would give him an egg. Professor Holloway is a first rate advertiser. I forget how many thousands of pounds he expends annually upon advertising. That alone is a sure sign that his pills and ointment must do some good, and I believe that he always pays the printer. Every man that advertises well and pays for it is a happy man, and sets a good example to society. However, I have read quite enough about Holloway for the present, but the first wooden-legged man I meet, I’ll present him with a pot of his wonderful ointment and wait the result. The Dunstan district is coining out with a vengeance. I was inclined to think that you were doing it “brown” with quartz-reefs, but you are right up to the very handle with newspapers. Two journals at Cromwell.l suppose [ shall next hear that each resident has his own quartz reef and newspaper. After that, each man must hj ive his own vine and fig tree, and then he can read his newspaper and otherwise enjoy himself comfortably. I was going to write something about dredging and crushing machines, but quartz reefs and newspapers are such expensive toys that any direct outlay bathe former may in numeious instances be obviated. Whenever you have a plethora of cash, nothing presents such an opportunity of getting rid of it as investing in a. quartz-reef or newspaper When the speculation is not a paying one it is wondrously effective. The Loyal Wakatip Lodge— M.U.I.O.O.F.—was duly opened on Thursday last, at the Masonic Hall. Brother Rogers, N G., and otlwr officers Loin the Riverton Lodge attended purposely to inaugurate proceedings. On the following evening there was a grand banquet, at Eichardt’s Queen’s Arms Hotel, in honor of the occasion. Brother Rogers occupied the chair, and Brother M'Donald the vice chair. Among the invited guests were his Worship the Mayor, Bendix Hallenstein, Esq,, and Doctor Douglas, Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge. The spread was in Host Eichardt’s best style. The tables were very tastefully laid out, and heavy contributions had apparently been laid upon the gardens about Queenstown, in the shape of a supply of choice flowers. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed, “ Prosperity to the Order, and to the Loyal Lake Wakatip Lodge ” which was enthusiastically drank. Mr. Hallenateiu ra-

"Bponded for tho Town of Queenstown, Mr. Manders for the Ladies, and Mining interest and Brother Cope for the Mercantile and Agricultural interest. Brother host Eiohardt replied for himself in a humorous speech Af ter some capital singing, the business of the evening was concluded with the National Anthem. The Lodge pro raises to be a great success. There has been heavy rains during the past week, which has done a deal of good. Ahrowtown, Nov. 2. The Chinese working in tho river have had their patience tried this last week by a succession of floods. A portion of their dam was carried away, hut nothing daunted, they have set themselves energetically to the task of making it good again. Sluicws ajjfcve plenty of water; there will be TTtme good “ washings up ” by Christmas. The weather has been very cold and boisterous lately, and we have had any amount of rain. Vegetation is springing up rapidly ; the crops are all that could be desired.