ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Dunstan Times, Issue 528, 31 May 1872, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

—o — THE EDITOR OF THE DUN STAX TIMES,) Sir, —Will you allow me to trespass on your columns to rectify a slight misapprehension my friend .Mr. Forrest is laboring under, and at the same time the opportunity of bidding that gentleman farewell. My dear Forrest, I never for a moment believed you intended “poking fun,” as you so chastely term it, as I told you before there was no fun in yon. Your reference to that august progenitor of yours who took such a prominent part in the Balaam controversy, and who, for a considerable time, was chief orator in that gentleman's household, was a most happy one. I am perfectly aware that his jokes, (which should be at least respectable from their antiquity,) have descended through many generation and in an unbroken line to you his surviving representative. These, with his mantle have fallen upon worthy shoulders, although they have reached you in such a thread-bare state, that I question whether “ your Uncle” would advance sufficient upon them to provide you with the legendary carrot, that is supposed to constitute the literary moke. Now, my dear Willie, Ido not by any means envy you the dignity of your position, nor the honor you are struggling to attain, and which would be nobly won by such a descendant of the long cared patriarch, and you may rely upon my watching your progress toward that gaol, which with a laudable ambition you are striving to arrive at, and towards which you are so energetically advancing. Now, adieu my dear Willie, FI beat a retreat, For a conquest in this case—were worse than defeat. But with your great attainments—ot some future day, [ trust 1 shall hail you, as Vicar of Bray. Yours, &c., r 14 MILE CORRESPONDENT.