The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1880

Dunstan Times, Issue 961, 17 September 1880, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1880

Beneath Ihcrulc of men entirely,tust tit ten is mightier than th cswor.D

Our Cromwell contemporary is getting somewhat “mixed.” In his usual weekly-abuse column he makes a desperate attack on our representative, which, in its spirit and nature, reminds one very forcibly of the rage of the Father of Lies when compelled, against his will, to tell the truth for once. Having inserted a paragraph from the Daily Times, declaring that “ there is no ground for the imputations which were thrown out against Mr Tyke in the telegrams ” anent the so-called “ Scene in the House,” our contemporary pens a column of inky virulence with the view apparently of discrediting the testimony of the Times. In his blind fury he contradicts himself in the most ludicrous manner. First he declares that Mr Tyke is “a soured and obdurate obstructionist,” and then he goer, on to show that in the eyes of

Parliament “Fyke and Pleasantry have become incorporated." Now we have no desire to be hard on our contemporaiy, but, in the name of Lindley Murray; we beseech him to explain how it can possibly be that Mr Fyke, or any other man, can, at one and the same time be both “ soured ” and , “ pleasant.” Surely, the acidulous flavour of unobtainable grapes must have vitiated our contemporary’s palate when he penned those absurd sentences. Or perhaps his dictionary was not just then at hand. It is not pleasant to be called “ sour,” but it is ridiculous to assert that the same sourness is accredited as ‘‘pleasantry.” But some people have peculiar tastes and are hard to please and our contemporary is of them, perhaps because—judging from bis wriiings he is most morose when he endeavours to be jocular. We do not suppose that Mr Fyke cares one iota for the opinions or censures of the Argus. Itaiher we are inclined to the belief that its praise and an ( .roval are tilings to be dreaded by him.— “ Blame undeserved is highest praise. And praise from hireling pons is blame ; Their censures only serve to raise, Their commendation can but shame.”