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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 51, 19 June 1862, Page 3

Tasmanian Maid. —Wo announced in our last issue that thn Tasmanian Maid was thrown on the north hank of the Wairau Hirer Mouth, and expressed a hope that she would be got oil again without receiving much damage. M e are sorry to state that in consequence of the absence oi'snfiieicntly powerful tackle, it was found impossible to get ber oil'. She is condemned, and will be sold immediately. Tkoguiiss ot’Acclimatisation. —We announced, on tile arrival of tho.’bhip Cashmere, Captain Pctherbridge, from Loudon, that she had brought, a considerable addition to our .stock of imported birds. We are now enabled to supply a complete list, which we do as under :

—lt will be seen, therefore, that out of 125 birds, 36 died on the voyage from London to Auckland leaving S9to be landed here. They are now at Government House. These birds were selected by Mr. Eartk-U, Superintendent of the Kcgeut’s Park gardens : and were attended during the voyage by Mr. M ilsem. The creatures were kept in a boat set apart for that purpose. We hope the greatest, care will be taken to preserve these birds, especially as they represent many of the more common song birds of the mot her country, and their multiplication in the province will remind cur fellow colonists more than any thing else of the land of their birth. When writing on this subject it may not bo out of place to remind the authorities that there is an Acclimatisation Society in Auckland, with the view oi suggesting for consideration the propriety of setting apart a section cf the government domain for special occupancy in furthering the objects of the society. Wc mav expect ‘considerable accessions to our stock of imported birds and animals, from time to time, through the exertions of the Acclimatisation Society, and it is'fimperative on them to provide a suitable place of reception. We believe the societv would be willing to undertake the cost of preserving the "birds and animals and also the outlay necessary to fence and prepare the ground, provided the Government made a grant of a few acres at present useless.— Southern Cross, Mav 9. To see if a girl loves you—ask her like a man. A Fool is happier thinking weeFolTlriinself than a wise man is because others think wed of him.--Scotch Proverb. Avnovon OF TITE LITTI.I3 KOW IX GREECE. — When Greek meets Greekjthen does not come the tug of war.— Punch. Paradoxical as it may seem, he who reels and staggers most in the journey of life fakes the stvaitest cut to perdition. Naturalists tell us that “wild hoars” arc becoming exfinet in the land. What a capital thiug it would be if “ tame bores ” were to fouow the ox ample. The human body consists of 256 bones, 9 kinds of articulations or joinings, 100 cartilages or ligaments, 400 muscles or tendons, and 100 nerves, besides blood, arteries, reins, Ac.

THE HAWKE’S BAY TIMES, JUKE 19, 1SG2. *1 o (Before J. Curling, JI. S. Tiffen, and J. A. Smith. Esys.J Regina v. Murphy. their possible future improvement, there can be offspring of a shc-ass is invariably a worthless brute. To cross, therefore, with any prospect of avoiding “ No, in troth, your honor, for I thought you might have guessed all about that,” replied Pat “ for share was’nt it enough to vex a saint out ot no reason for supposing that the fleece ot the long wooled sheep will be so valuable as that of the absolute and ruinous failure, the rams should be Edward Murphy was charged with stealing short fine one. There are pastures of an intemieof the smaller breed. glory to be thraited so ? I confess that I gave him a rale broth ov a nmllavoging; an I know certain timber, the property of Edward Barry The prisoner, who brought forward a witness to prove his having bought the timber in quesmediate description which mav be (bought suitThere is another fatal objection to a cross. The able to either breed ; in which case it may be more difficult to decide between their respective claims But even sucli pastures may deteriorate, in which chief object to bs arrived at by the breeder should be the uniform character of his wool; but a cross will occasion innumerable varieties, and not unfrethat your honor will give me credit for it.” “Well, but your honor, it was do wife’s fault,” tion, was discharged. case the larger breed would. It may be as well quently several on the same sheep. The well-known rule mentioned above that tongue proclaimed him to bo a thorough-blooded ‘Dublin Jackeen.’ ‘De devil’s in dat man ov Wednesday, June 18th. to notice a common fallacy connected witlr this. William McDonald was fined IDs for It is sometimes hastily assumed that a run will carry the same number of large as of small sheep. 'Ihis is a mistake. Not only does the large sheep “ like will produce like” is the safest guide to all mine, Micky,’ sez she. ‘Faix an,’ sez I, ‘I’d like being drunk on the 17th. breeders, aud cannot be too strictly observed. All violent crosses should be strictly avoided); “ unlike” will produce nobody knows what. The to be in him rneself, for den I’d have plenty ov de true sort, and nottin to pay for it.’ ‘ Dat’s it to maintain its condition, but it is not so rough a feeder, not so active in procuring its food, nor true enough, ’ sez she, ‘ but’ll you help me to CORRESPONDENCE. improvement of a flock can only be attained with play him a thriek, and I’ll give you a shillen?’ any prospect of success by using rams as nearly ‘Bedohokv, I will in welkim,’ sez I. So den she To the Editor of the Hanilrp's Bag Times. Sir.—The Napier boys i r > fond of joking, as witness their advertisements about feasts will it so well bear being on a run that is close fed or overstocked. In a country where sheep runs are not of unlimited extent this may be worth noticing, as it is likely that in a given space nspossible resembling the ewes, though they should dresses meself in a sheet, wid a bandbox on me be the best of their kind. It may be almost needless to add that breeding in-and-in, that is from near affinities, is highly objectionable, and should head, an I went accordin to instructions, an put Paddy through his .facing, until we got de buck oath out ov him, an ined him a sober man in spite for sweeps, treats on hills. &c.. &c... which a much heavier clip of wool may be obtained never under anv circumstances whatever be reov himself. But your worship, it’s all gammon are as much a mystery to the uninitiated as the Greek alphabet is to a Yorkshire “ hunchclnt”* ; but there is a danger of their from the smaller breed. It is frequently asserted that the demand for long wool is increasing, and tlie supply of short wool is equal to the demand. But the tendency in Europe now is to cultivate sorted to.— Spectator, June ■!. BEATING- A GHOST. about him savin so much, for he could hardly get a word out, eoz his teeth went chatter, chatter, chatter, from the moment I towld him dat I was goin to hang him by de fish hook over de slow carrying their mirth too far, till we country people get in so much of a maze that we don’t know the real article from the counterfeit. Of this kind an example appears in the Times of the 5th instant, where an advertisement appears which micfht he supposed long wooled breeds, the effect of which will be to Paddy Andrews was put to bar for nearly killing a ghost, wltjfh, however, turned out to be no ghost at all ; but only a decent boy, who rejoices in the name of Micky Power. Paddy, it seems, is in the habit of getting bine every now and then, which means about every day in the week, and on each occasion he kicks up a row and breaks things, and then lies down to respose on his laurels. And Paddy has been doing all this for many a year past, until it has become so natural to him at last, that so sure as he happens to go to bed sober, so sure is lie to get a headache, and thus as it may well be urged in his palliation, he is in a manner compelled to get drunk in self-defence. But notwithstanding that Mr. Andrews’ system so evidently requires three or four glasses a day to keep it in order, his better half is continually scolding and lecturing him, in her endeavors to make him sober, even though it would be at the risk ot undermining his constitution ; hut of course Paddy knowing good men to be scarce, is up to a increase the demand for fine wools. At the Royal Agricultural Society of England, ProlVsior Wilson said:—“They (foreigners) also see that whatever fine wool the market requires cun be supplied from Australia and New Zealand at a far cheaper rate aud fur better in quality than any that Saxony, or Silesia, or Moravia can supply.” * * “Well, that at once showed that the foreign powers could not successfully compete in the wool market witli England and her colonies ; and I bo“Tiny didn’t, you gallows rnshkill!” exclaimed Paddy, with a throat full of indignation. “ Be dus an be dat,” returned Mick, “ an den down lie went on his marrow bones to me, an sed he’d give me all he had in (he world ii’T would’nt ait him.” at first sight, to be a, “ Government notice” minus the signature of the official by whom it was issued, but on closer examination it ‘ O conshumin to your sow], Micky, but don’t bn afther savin that ov me,” vociferated poor Pat, who was now evidently ashamed of becoming a laughing stock. “ Well if I don't aself, it’s nottin but do truto for me any way,” responded Micky, “ an also don’t you remember whin you begun to confess your sins and towld me about runnin away wid de (inker’s wife from MnnstrcvenP” “Ochone, ochone;” sighed poor Paddy, “but shnre I might hetther have been run away wid appears to be only another specimen of the “ practical joking” of Nanier ; (I allude to an advertisement purporting to be a Government notice threatening the pains and penalties of the law op any one daring to - the Ahuriri plains,! for no one can imagine lieve that the tendency is for the foreigner to give up growing these fine class wools upon small animals, and to substitute for them the large frame sheep carrying more wool at a lower price.” Is it possible to obtain a good brood of sheep by crossing ? This question is suggested by the disthat the Civil Commissioner would dare to “ prosecute any one for breaking the Land Purchase Ordinance,” seeing they would only cussion of the previous one. Some are inclined to ask—Whether it is not possible to obtain a breed of sheep by crossing the two breeds above referred to which shall in a great measure conithe devil himself than thraited in this manner.” “Nevermind, Pat,” remarked the bench, “for it has in all probability made a sober man of be copying the example set by his high mightiness’s self, and for which “ practical bine the merits of both ? There can be no answer to this question : such a breed cannot bo obtained. It may be objected to tills that good cross breeds have been established in England, such as the Hampshire and Wiltshire downs. It is wedtrick worth two ot this, and still continued to go the whole figure, as well because he is used to it “ S'o much the worse, your honor,” returned Paddy, “ for I haven't even the comfort ov bein respect” for the law he has been promoted to way Paddy was getting on, without a single able to dhrown me sorrow in anything that’s worth dhrinkin.” his present office and emoluments. Teasing thorn in his path but Molly’s tongue, until one night, when lie was most unceremoniously awakened out of an ambrosial snooze, bv the appearance of the aforementioned terrible apparition, which very politely informed him tliat it came hot loot from a certain place, to carry him away to Maori, land has obtained the (practical) anknown that those breeds arc the result of crossing Paddy retorted—and then Mr. Andrews promised p-oval and sanction of the Government of the colony, so they cannot now set about checking it, as their first duty would in that case the old Hampshire and Wiltshire white-faced horned breeds with the Susses downs. But let it be observed that it was not for the purpose of obtaining an intermediate breed combining the the gliost another beating—and then his worship dismissed the case, and then the belligerents went on their way as fast as their legs could carry be to instruct their chief officer to prosecute good qualities of both that this cross was resorted the devil. “The in’s and out’s ov it was jist (his, yer honor,” commenced Paddy; “I was talcin’ a sleep in me own room like any other dacent man, an share I had every raisin to do that same himself as an examn’e to the wrongdoers a to ; but in order to change lad breeds already exTasmanian Maid.—We announced in our last issue that the Tasmanian Maid was thrown on the north hank of the Wairau Liver Mouth. step they are not likely to take at present. Enough at present from isling in millions in those two counties, * and which could not be got rid of, into a good breed possessing (he qualities of that good breed; aud that this was ultimately accomplished by the persevering efforts of a majority of the farmers of Your obedient servant. an me payin a dollar a week for the riut, whin all and expressed a hope that she would be got oil Ahuriri. -Tune. 1862. Tutu\ oi a sudden 1 hard somethin hittin me a punch in the ribs. ‘ Arrah, Molly, bo aisy wid you,’ sez I. 1 I'm not Molly at all,’ sez a voice, ‘‘but the divil. an I want you to go along wid me to a place again without receiving much damage. M e are * "Vernacular for an agricultural laborer. those two counties during the space of sixty or seventy years, who used none but pure rams, until sorry to state that in consequence ol the absence of sufficiently powerful tackle, it was found impossible to get her off. She is condemned, and will be their flocks were not distinguishable from pure Sussex downs. This is evidently' a verv different WOOL. w hero, you 11 be able to light your pipe wid the sold immediately. Tf will '•(■iwIt n , 1(^ thing from the formation of an intermediate breed end of \ our finger, ‘Arrah, whisli d wid you, an don t bo watittn to fnten tbe wits out ov a body,’ PnOGurss of Acclimaxisauon,— We. mmouncIt may be advisable to fortify (he opinion here so strongly stated. The Economist (in a very able article on Mr. Spooner's paper on cross-brecdim') says ,—“There is probably more misapprehension in agricultural circles on the subject of crossbreeding than on any other branch of practical husbandry. Cross-breeding is merely a plan of producing meat, for cross-bred animals are only ed, on the arrival ol the,;ship Cashmere, Captain is lontr 1-lmlv to eoutinue, the most, important prosez 1, for share it s only a man you must be,’ sez 1. ‘ Pm not,’ sez he, ‘but a ghost, an I could Petherbridge, from Loudon, that she had brought. dree of ’Vew 7en1a"'L ' or n there be nnv a considerable addition to our .stock of imported doubt tbit the wi r,,..,,,-., i-p (Lis ceimtrv is verv ad a man at a bit,’ sez he, ‘ if I only took it into birds. We are now enabled to supply a complete foTenvibp' regarded in Tlu-'mp. An investment me head, sez he. ‘ The Lord pnrsave ns,’ sez I, list, which we do as under : — of capital in obnep nn ,1 er orrb’mrv e'rcumOaii' , ' , s bur it s now that I in fixed mtirely,’ sez I. ‘The devil a lie in that any way,’ sez hej ‘ but vou’U be Received Died on the nwv be eon='rieeed n safe and prefifeble investon board. voyage. ment. Po fnr nil is clear. But what still appears fixed betther by-an-by whin I’ve stuck a fishing hook in your tongue, an hang you over a slow 6 pairs black birds 12 2 a inoct imnnv*erf: p-unt and one winch is verv profitable when bred for the butcher. They cannot he perpe.ti.ated. They are quasi-hybrids, ami if used at all for the purpose of breeding they must be freely coupled with one or other of the pure breeds from which they were produced. A first cross, where both parents are good of their respective kinds, seems to be the most certain mode of breeding for the butcher ; and if the matter rested there it would be well. But, not. n fior G£ ” thrushes io G perntevinn to those having no practical knowledge on tbe cnbiepf is—Wbat description of wool is the most profitable 9 Now it mav bp finite possible for reonip V’owin'* notbincr whatever about sheen. the, sez he. W ell, your honor, wid that I thought the life id lave me ; so I shut me eve and begun to thrimblo all over, like a poor dog in a wet sack whin sez the ghost, ‘Paddy Andhrews, Paddy G ” starlings 12 0 G ” larks 12 2 Goldfinches 8 3 Linnets ‘J 1 and ve"v little about wool, to estimate the value of argument based on acknowledged facts. Those who have thoneht on the subject suggested in Andhrews, Paddy Andhrews, do yon know what yer goin to bo damned for?’ ‘I dunno,’ sez I, ‘ for I go to mass every Sunday, and vote the Sparrows 16 9 Bullfinches 8 5 Chaffinches 14 10 the foregoing question will have found that it dimycratio ticket.’ ‘That’s not enough to save Robins G 0 lends to t wo other questions, viz. :—Which is preyou, sez he, ‘for,’ sez he, ‘your are damned for Partridges 9 ■ 4 1 orirr tvo'V] or slmrf- wool ?—Is it T>ossihlo fr> n Vpvwifl of Ky OVOceinjX? fitable, suppose they can perpetuate animals of the same character by breeding from such crossbred stock. Every attempt of the sort has proved a failure as a reasonable attention to the main get tin dhrunk an batin’ your wife.’ ‘ Why, sure,’ sez I, ‘didn’t Saint Pat brick himself get dhrunk P’ Barnacled geese 4 0 Canada do 2 0 fore an answer is coven to the first of these two it will he neeessarv to make a few preliminary inHo did, sez he, ‘ but then a saint lias a right to git dhrunk if he wishes,’ sez he, ‘an not all as wan 125 36