TINKERS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1118, 5 October 1883, Page 3

TINKERS

(From a Correspondent). Spring, stimulated by copious rain which has fallen in the earlier part of the week, in all her verdant loveliness was beginning to appear, when on Friday last, as if by magic, the weather changed to genuine winter, snow falling incessantly throughout the day, leaving in the township about 4in. on the ground. To-day we have a change again to spring, with a plentiful supply of water, so that the claims, I am glad to inform you, are all in full swing. In the way of improvements to the township, 1 notice that “ Son of Vulcan ” is still extending his premises. From an array of figures now before me, I have proved, to my satisfaction at least, that if he continues at the same rate of progress for the next twelve months that he has for the last six weeks, Dunedin won’t be a “circumstance” to us. I grieve to say that the recognised genius of our quarter has been again spilling innocent ink. This time in the endeavour to traduce private character. Without saying more on the subject I would recommend to his notice the following lines—- “ Why are men so quick to see In other men The faults they do not in themselves discern ; Why are they ever ready e’en to teach, While seldom they themselves do seem to learn ? ” Of course 1 was always aware that we had a plentiful supply of poets in the district* but certain it is I was not aware that we have one capable of producing the gem that was forwarded to me the other day by a gentleman who picked it up in the,vicinity of Blacks. It is written by a love born swain, who evidently is prevented from going to his “ Mary dear ” by some- means which he does not make known in his poem. After relating all he would go through to got to his lady love, he winds

up in forcible and tolling language, thualy—- “ I’m bound to go to Mary ilear, I’m bound to go to she ; J’ 1 skivver all creation, or I’ll have her on my knee.” Just so, my friend. If you should bn by s-ome unaccounla'd” moors pro.noted from going to *• Mary deai,” and that, vou a « bound to go on the *• skivver,” would it no too much to ask (you not to commence skivveiing operations until afier “ Sual aGran ” had won the Alexanora “ Maid n Plate.” Then, my friend, you can blaze away. October Ist, 1883. Moldoon.