The Dunstan Times Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 792, 22 June 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1877.

It is notified by advertisement that the a s. Easby will sail for Sydney ou or about Tuesday, June 20th. The Wnkatip and Cromwell Hospitals, wo learn by our Cromwell contemporary are without a patient. The first meeting of tho newly-organised Quadrille Assembly met on Wednesday last, in tho Town Hall, Clyde, when about twelve couples -enjoyed themselves heartily for the space of three hours in the mazy dance. We believe it is definitely arranged that Mr White, of the Arrow, provided he succeeds in obtaining a I.case of mill site, right of water, &c., will erect a Flour Mill at Spottis Creek ; not anticipating any difficulty, wo would urge upon the farmers to put in as great an area of wheat as possible. At the last meeting of the Tmcpeka County Council, when the member for Orbriets riding was describing the state of the roads in the Tapanui direction, bo said he would not even wish to place his worst enemy upon them ! all that he would desire would ho that he should go on the side of a hill and have a look at them.

Mr Facho directs tho attention of storekeepers, tobacconists, and others to tho sale by auction on Monday next, of fancy goods, tobacooos, etc., at Alexandra, in the estate of F. Kumtnich, deceased,—Sue advertisement. Mr Charrtock, wheelwright, announces that ho has engaged a first-class general smith ; and, that having purchased a large lot of new stock he is in a position to turn out any character of work that taay bo entrusted to him. During tho hearing of tho ease Cameron v. Bailey, in tho Warden’s Court, Alexandra, on Monday last, it came out in evidence that the defendant had had to borrow the sum of LlO, to pay for the water race in dispute, and for the accommodation had to pay LI 5, or interest at tho rate of 50 per cent. The Warden said ho had never hoard of such a monstrously cruel thing, and stigmatised the lender as anything but a Christian and a brother. The concert at Blacks on Friday evening next, from the nattieS of the ladies and gentlemen who have kindly consented to give their services on the occasion, should be a most enjoyable affair. We hope the residents of the district will muster in force on the occasion. We are desired by the Committee of Management to state that for various reasons they have postponed the gift auction till a future time, due notice of which will bo given. Two gentlemen who possess vast sheep stations were exchanging the other day at Scott’s the usual sheep talk. “ By George! ’ said one, “the sheep at my place are so poor, we have to send to the neighbouring station for a sheep or two in good enough condition for killing.” “ I’m just the other way,” said Skinflint, “mine are so fat I won’t kill ’em. 1 get a few crawlers from the neighbours—good enough for rations.” A wealthy squatter between Otaria and the Waiwera has adopted a novel method of keeping “ sun-downers ” away from his baronial halls. On the entrance gates to his property are to be found printed notices, to the following effectNo labor wanted. No admittance except on business.” Comment is unnecessary. Over the tiny grave of the only body—that of an infant—washed ashore at Lydd, near Dungeness, from the illfated emigrant ship Noithfleet, has been placed a slab with the simple inscription “God knows,” that having been the touching reply of the parish constable when he was appealed to by the undertaker as to what name should be engraved on the coffin plate. The Bishop of Ballarat has by no means an exalted opinion of the morals of Victoria. Of a clergyman’s arrival in Melbourne his Lordship says : —“Judging from tho extracts you have been good enough to enclose, Mr Jones must be a man of no common power. 1 trust he may be enabled of God to do good service amongst us, in helping to lift Victorian life out of the falseness and frivolity into which it seems by some means to have sunken. Such men—and many more of them—seem sorely needed in our Colony.” At a regular meeting of tiic Waitaki County Council held recently, a letter was road from Mr Vincent Fyke, Chairman of the Vincent County Council, inviting tho I attendance of the Chairman at a conference of County Council Chairmen, to be held at Dunedin on the 2nd of July, when it was resolved—That the Chairman should be requested to attend the conference ; but as the Chairman had stated that probably he would not be able to attend, it was resolved that, in the event of the Chairman being unable to attend, Mr Murcott should act as delegate to the conference. The “ fixings” of the Cook County Council Chamber appear somewhat scanty, if we may judge by the following from Snyder’s description of it in tho Poverty Bay Standord : —“ The furniture in the County Office on Saturday evening consisted of one table, five chairs, and a spittoon ; the latter article being the personal property of a former clerk, who had kindly allowed it to remain for the'service of the members of the Road Board. Tho deficiency of chairs was made up by two or three being borrowed from an adjoining hotel. Our reporter had forgotten to take bis own chair with him. He was accommodated with a form. Sitting too near the end it tilted. One end of the form struck the ceiling ; the other end did nothing in particular. The reporter went on the floor, lost his presence of mind, and got on the wrong side, by which his leg came in contact with the leg of the form. The only sympathy he received was from a councillor, who regretted to see a member of the Press so completely floored.” In giving due prominence to the imposing ceremony of “writing off” two tumblers, an exchange has the following i—Thu management of the Store department at Wellington is something really first-rate and demands all the compliments the Press can give it. It soars like an angel and grovels like a ground hog, as the Americans put it; b it if it has a predilection for either amusement in particular, it is for grovelling, like a ground hog. You must know that no stores can be “Jwritten off” without permission. A certain department had two broken tumblers, worth when new, some fid each. A well-known official (not be it observed, Major Gordon, but another) gave permission to write of the tumblers by telegraph, at a coat to the country of something like 4s. The questions that were asked about those tumblers were extremely rich, one being if they were stamped. 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There ia a paper published in the remote regions of the Arrow River, whoso editor is evidently fitted for better things* May ho soon bo translated. Here is a specimen of his humour, which, we feel assUDsd, will evoke shouts of laughter wherever it is read, especially amongst those who are acquainted with the persons spoken of, except perhaps in Cromwell, where the portrait presented of our bilious contemporary, looking as if ho had bcetl Wrecked by “ a violent jaundice upon a n'eufalgic shore," will be considered much too correct to bo amusing : —‘‘A Correspondent wishes to know ‘who is Vincent Pyke anyhow ?’ Oilr lunatic of a reporter answers him thttslyWe thought every one knew this worthy gentleman, however we will give him some token by which he may recognise that well abused party. When our querist shall visit Vincent County, and shall see a Sleek dapper gentleman ot faultless appearance and an aching face. Standing hatless, with his (feet wide apart and his head lowered like a goat declaring his ultimatum—that is the editor Of the Dunstan Times. When he shall see facing him and in a similar attitude, one who looks as if ho might have been driven by a violent jaundice upon a neuralgia shore—that is the editor of the Cromwell Argus. When ho shall see a stout, goodhumoured looking party, with his hands twisted rigidly into the back hair of each of these worthies, calmly cracking their heads together, while his spectacles beam with an expression of ineffable enjoyment—that is Vincent Pyke, Esq. When he shall see, protruded from some old mining shaft adjacent, a swart forbidding looking head ; with sharp Crooked horns and ox-liko eyes, watching the operation with the impatient look of one waiting to carry something—that is the friend of the two pretty gentlemen first above mentioned. We hope this will suffice for our curious friend.” Holloway’s Pills and Ointment. — Rheumatism, Neuralgia.—lt is sometimes difficult to determine Which of these diseases is afflicting the sufferer, but such uncertainty is immaterial if Holloway’s remedies bd used ? They alleviate and cure all muscular and nervous pains. In hereditary rheumatism, after bathing the affected parts with warm salt water, Holloway’s Ointment should be well rubbed upon the spot, that it may penetrate On the deeper vessels and nerves which being duly excited, cause both pain and swelling. Holloway’s treatment has the merit of removing the disease without debilitating the constitution, which was the inevitable result of the bleeding, mercury, and tolcbicum practice formerly adopted in these complaints. Floriline ! For the Te«tii And Breath. — A few drops of the liquid “ Floriline ” sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant I.Vber, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculia* pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. “ The Fragrant Floriline,” being composed in part of Honey and sweet heibs, is delicious to the taste, and the greaest. • toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s 6d, of ! all Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by I Henry o. Gallup, 49.‘i, Oxford-st., London