REASONS FOR STOPPING A PAPER.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 145, 23 October 1863, Page 4

REASONS FOR STOPPING A PAPER.

Mk. A. declines to continue his subscription because he considers that the editor does not support the cause of the Mormons.

Mr. B. because the paper favors Dr. Colenso’s views on polygamy. Mr. C. because it attacks the Gorermnent. Mr. D. because the editor is a Government hack.

Mr. E. because there is not sufficient religious intelligence in it.

Mr. E. because tnere is nothing else but religion in it; in fact it supplies the place of a family Bible.

Mr. G. because the journal favors the public house interest.

Mr. H. because the editor supports the total abstainers.

Mr. I. because hie wife does not approve of it. Mr. J. because his wife wastes so much time in reading it, and neglects her household duties in consequence.

Mr. E. because it supports the views of the dissenters.

Mr. L. because it is evident that the editor is a Jesuit in disguise. Mr. M. because there are not advertisements enough. He really could not find a notice of a lot of choice pigs which he wanted to buy. Mr. N. because there are so many advertisements that his lucubration on his pet grievance was excluded.

Mr. O. because the editor is plainly a “ bloated oligarch.”

Mr. P. because of the levelling tendencies of the journal.

Mr. Q. because the paper is too large and the type too staring. Mr. R. because he does not get enough intelligence for his money, and the type is so small that it tires his eyes. Mr. S. because it is delivered at his house so early that the boy disturbs his morning nap by his shrill coo-ey. Mr. T. because it comes too late—after he has left to go to his place of business. Mr. U. because a letter was inserted, which implied that he was a total abstainer.

Mr. V. because an inferred charge was brought against him as a frequenter of public houses. Mr. \V. because there was no notice taken of the infamous tyranny on the part of the Inspector of N uisances, in ordering him to remove his model pig stye.

Mr. X. because the said pig stye has not yet been removed, to the great annoyance of his olfactory nerves; moreover, his interesting communication on sixteen folios of foolscap was omitted by the editor, and worse than all the precious MS. was not returned.

Mr. Y, bacause his neighbours have ceased to subscribe. He hates any trouble, especially that of thinking for himself. Mr. Z. because his neighbours persist in taking jt, and he likes to be independent.

Gbeat Suegical Operation.-— The Canterlury Tress mentions that a surgical operation of a formidable character has recently been successfully performed by Dr. Turnbull of Christchurch. It seems that a man named Wright has been suffering from a tumor on the left jaw for several months. The only chance of saving him from a speedy and miserable death rested in the entire removal of one side of the upper jaw. This operation embraced one half of the face from the noes to the ears, from the lower margin of the eye to the mouth, and from the teeth in front to the gullet, removing the roof of the mouth and palate. Wright is going on favorabily.

A Good Title. —“ For a long time past, says the Courier des Etats Unis, “ the best means of cheating one’s neighbour has been a subject of study everywhere. Our lawsuits thus last for generations, and very often afford clear and appreciable results only to the lawyers. A New Zealand chief has just simplified the precedure. He had taken up residence upon a piece of land, his right to which was contested. ‘I have an undoubted right to the property,’ ho observed, ‘ as I ate the preceding owner.’ New Zealand Government. —We confess we do not view with favor the Legislative Councils of the provinces. We find one House of Commons sufficient to manage the affairs of this powerful empire, and do not understand why New Zealand should want nine. —Xew Zealand Examiner.

Sib George Grey.— The London Spectator, of duty 18, says:—“What New Zealand wants, is Sir John Lawrence for a year or two, with a couple of Sikh Regiments to re-establish order in the Northern Island. No good can come of Sir G. Grey’s feeble and temporizing policy.” Lhe Dean oe St. Paul’s and Bishop Colenso’ —Dr, Mdman, it is said, was asked the oilier day by a high dignitary of the church his opinion upon Bishop Colenso’s recent work on the Pentateuch. The Dean said the Bishop appeared to be very well up in Numbers, but that he did not appear to understand Exodus.

The American War.— lt is estimated that, from the commencement of the war, 43,8/4 Pederals have been killed, 97,029 wounded, 63,213 made prisoners, and 250,000 died from disease and wouwds that 10,893 Confederates have been killed, 59,615 wounded, 22,109 made prisoners, and 120,000 died from disease and wounds. Swimming Rivers. —The safe mode of swimming rivers on horseback should be held in remembrance by evory-one. Take otf heavy boots and heavy coat, and strap them to the saddle, take your feet out of the stirrups ; throw the reins on the horse’s neck, and by no means check him. If danger is apprehended, slip otf the saddle, and hold firmly by the tail of the horse, who will, ninety-nine times out of hundred, carry you safely to terra Jirma. W hen a horse is checked while swimming, his hind legs go under his fore, and he falls backward, which usually terminates fatally to the rider and to the horse also .—Sudneu Morning Herald. Racing.—ln 1813, The Two Thousand and the Derby were won by the same horse, Cotherstone; in 1853, by the same horse, West Australia ; and, in 1863, by the same horse, Macaroni.

Extraordinary Disease & Mortality among Horses. —An epidemic of a peculiar character, and which, in some eases, has led to serious loss, at present prevails among horses throughout the colony. It was first observed about two months ago, and, whether it be contagious or not, has spread so rapidly, that at present there are’ few stables in which it has not made its appearance, and a large proportion of the horses of the colony are suffering from the disease, for we hear of its existence from every locality. It was at first supposed that the disease was in gome way connected with the existence of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, and it is a curious fact that the prevalence of this disease among cattle in other countries has been followed, in several instances, by the appearance of an epidemic among horses. There is, however, no proof that the equine race catch the contagion from the bovine, for in the present case horses have been affected in localities where pleuro-pneumonia has not as yet made its appearance; and although, in some points, tho disease resembles pleuro-pneumonia, it presents many important distinctive features. The disease has affected alike draught, saddle, and harness horses. It usually begins with ordinary colds affecting the head and throat. If neglected it speedily runs in the natural course down the trachea to the Jungs, which, on becoming affected, communicate the disease to tho liver, and'the latter organ in some cases becomes the one chiefly affected. The lungs, however, seem to be the primary seat of the disease, and the affection of tho liver is usually only sympathetic, rather than organic, and arises from the close proximity of the liver to the lungs. The first symptoms which betray the existence of the disease are dulness and want of spirit in the animal j there is excessive perspiration after a-y exertion, and the horse displays weakness, and there are some cases of staggering. There is usually a slight cough ; the membrane of the nose becomes of a very red color ; the mouth prevents a highly bilious or jaundiced appearance ; the urine becomes of a chocolate color, and the excrement is small, dry, and of a dark color, and has a very offensive smell. Tho breathing is accelerated, and in aggravated cases becomes very hurried and laborious. When proper treatment is adopted, the diesase may bo cured, in almost every case, in two or three weeks, but in some instances it proves fatal in a few days.— Farmers' Journal, Victoria.

A little girl showed her cousin, about four years old, a star saying, “ That star you sec up there is bigger than this“world.” “No, it ain’t,” said she. “ Aes it is." “ Then why don’t it keep the rain ofi‘ ? ” replied she. Solomon advised the sluggard to go to the ant* In our day the sluggard has often to go to his “ uncle.”

The friends and supporters of Green, the New South Wales Champion Bower, are not disheartened of the defeat of their favorite. We notice that funds have been raised to enable Green to remain in England to contest the Championship of the Thames, r