CORRESPONDENTS' INCOHERENCES.
To the Editor. '■[ ybuir correspondent ; ‘‘ Observer” had been acquainted witk the evidence given in the case .of Hooper against Dodson, or withHihe meaning mm- the English language, he would* not have troubled you with his silly letter. He propounds two questions, to Bdth' bf which the answer must he—“ No.” Liquor waS j not supplied” to a drunken tflan, n'orWas4'druPken mail ‘‘supplied” With liqtor. Tantalus ftas represented as having plenty of water : about hiin, but he was hot “ supplied” with the means of quenching his thirst. Ditto with “ Observer’s” drunken man and the beer; ' But “ fools dare to rush where angels fear to tread,” and “Observer,” expdisiittgliis- ignorance of law and logic, is only another illustration. of the fact.—l am, &c., v-.. . , ‘ , Axti-SEitf. Dunedin, June 10.
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Evening Star, Issue 4147, 12 June 1876, Page 4
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128CORRESPONDENTS' INCOHERENCES. Evening Star, Issue 4147, 12 June 1876, Page 4
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