EXPLANATION, .

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 513, 1 May 1869, Page 2

EXPLANATION, .

(To the Editor of the Grey River Argus. / Sir— Will you be good enough, in the interests of history, to explain the following paragraph in your leader of to-day ? " It is not so long since a Superintendent of Canterbury lent himself to a bargain by which , he .was elected merely as a, . warming-pan for another person." Having voted for and taken con-, siderable interest in the election of these gentlemen, I am positive that your remark ia not applicable to either, of them. lam,&c:, Greymouth, April 29, 1869. [Mr Wylde cannot, but remember the circumstances under which Mr Bealey was elected, nor the bargain he made with Mr Ollivier to resign when called upon in fdvor of Mr Moorhouse.}— Ed. G.RA.

I will tell you in a few words how all work is dor c:—Gettinge :— Getting up early, taking a bath, eating vigowntsly, saying "No" to intruders resolutely, doing one thing at a time, think-, ing over difficulties at odd moments (e.g. when stupid people are talking in the House, of Commons), carefully changing the current of your thoughts before you go to bed, planning the work of the day in the quarter of an - hour before you get up, playingjwith children ' occasionally, and avoiding fools as much a* possible ; that is the way to do a great deal of work. , r. _ A marriage has just been celebrated at Rouen between two dwarfsr-M. Angot, well known for his performances in the RanceyCircus, and Mddle. Caumont, a sempstress, even smaller than her husband. The bride s is 24 years of age, and the bridegroom 29. Not less, than. 1200 were present at the. cere-, mony. - • ■