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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 77, 22 June 1868, Page 150

■ Tom Hood’s . Pjsrsectjtobs.—Poremost t among persecutors was Bae Wilson Esq., r an,, amateur writer and-warm friend of a Irving, who ceaselessly attacked-.- his with c abuse, charging his poems with “profane, i ness and - r ibaldry,’- and for one rh'ostin- f nocent.aUu.-don to'a common-place figure— t the dove withAhe olive ; branch—actually c with blaspliemj !• ' It >is* necessary to-refer 1 ith us to Hood’s provocation, for much con- . sure: has been cast by religious people on ~ the.-“ Ode to Bae Wilson,’’which; although it .would . be improved by theomissidnof two.or three passages, is ■ certainly a casti-‘ gation not' a .whit too severe for the libeller | to'whom it was Had Bae _ Wilson and - his - clique - -alone persecuted * the lueklessiauthor of the “ Goniic Annual,” the annoyance., would have 1 ’been v great" - enough; but unfortunately the old Homely * proverb ofithe results of-giving a bad hahie j followed- ;Worthysi but-very -silly people j were told that Hood'was 1 aisboffer j at religion ; -but instead of inquiring if the charge was really friie they-forth with took- ’■] upon themselves -the right : -to lecture him. ■ : Little cauthereaderir agine the perseeu- . tion poor H ood— .when id; ill health—eridured'frqm : ;these 'self-constitu ; i r ed'pVeaehers.'>J 'We have seen penny tracts, { ; suitable ‘ enough- to be thrust infco the fist , 1 of a costermonger, Berit -to - the writer -;of “ some, of; our j sweetest poetry, -and-"letters j filled/ with : the ' coarsest = appeals -to : -a • ,- “ hardened - conscience” - addressed ' to :: the 5 I author of ‘fEugenefArara’s-Dream.”'Sorh'e--'; times only a* slight text, .but always miser- ‘ ‘ iably- ill-chosen, ; -writton Vin > large; hdndi ; i would Vbe; sent;. or;*a' question; as l to, what ' !■ cbmforb.the “Oomic^Annualwotdd" afford ; <;death ; bed That" some of i these - writers reahy -meant, wellj- - we have - • nOijfea|bn ,’tb .doubt, but it-was; always a difficiilty;-to,'US:tp accounti-for : the virulent feeling of the : greatebnumberf- 'To ; Thoil Hobdi?:mbfeiinnaturally^;-aM?‘ r th6r«twriterß i seemed ;.Hnked..;together;in-ai.bond- to tor; ’ merit him s.-andihe/would: sometimes turn ). searcely-wbndeiNi.theniatvthe ‘coheeritrated t; ibittornftss:of.:-hiß/Vsareaßms, j tunes jthpdeasti^ffending.^ * heaviest fhar.e.?bftjpunishmeuto.;r>Wb|hajb - ;gon einto/thisisubjeet - more-at. htfe i fc :undcEstanding y i" -writers/h ave;x-w e 'll “hik;- ttndergb^ -' j,{f|t^ade^s!^ECa2r(e^a;^^igf^t s^i^^biy;

: 4-.v •. •;. •••. ,w• k *>, •..••• • • ; . The Destehomon by I?ibe‘ : .oe Bab- ■ NTHtt’S -MhSEto7—■EEUEiBEE”'SqENE.—"In ; Barnum , sr Museum,' hmidingj jvrhen' the!, ,w v ild; blasts were-eon-’fronted*yntbrtjib-fire, tlid ’ abcbrding to; tfie testimony * of' •eye- i witnS§be&,c^aß- i te'rrible in r : the'Extreme feasts biuret the priapnhars, an; event con- ; ;a pf!%eipfe^s' teihh* "'oft/tEe part' ofthese - rni|hf^-hfutesf- When 'they; first’ smelt the fire they.howled and roamed’ in furyv hht : soon -shrUnli: back into the

comers Of their cages, arid'lay there cower? frig; arid Shudderingj and 7 giving: yepfe it* low whines arid^terrible growls ,a£,?Qrig } 'as, one df the xiumeroris persons; engaged; in the efforts to 'save tKri ‘-hay : animals ’ from the flames passed before' :one i of the cages the beast^rioul^'--^'Spring-, from' 4 the. corner, ho.wlin helpless terror, and shake .the bars; of his, prisorijn savage., fury,'‘ris if, poor bruteV he knew 1 the danger that manaced Kirri,' arid was ‘appealing iii-diis furious way for succour, y The person; withdrawn .from' sight,..the. beast t slunk back to his. corner agriin,. and .once more in agony:; Lionsj tigers, bears', leopards, all alike seemed to shrink affrighted from - their fieryenemy r andonly when human beings came in view did they, seem roused to make an exertion 'for their lives. The groat Asiatic lion, making one such effort, seized two of the iron.bars of his cage in his; teeth', arid,■ compressing them - like' so much butter, thrust his head . through the- increased: intervals. But the stout, irbri resisted;His further effort. His head became 'wedged' iri tlie : space, arid at the same, moment a> tongue- of dame .leaped down, upon ,it frprn the storey above. king, of, beasts. gave a loud rqaiyof. rage and pain as the.flames closed around him, and then bhe; only- sound- heard was-thq subdued'arid. minglbd'grdwls of sill beasts. At, nearl v- the same riioraent one of the Bengal tigers burst his bars, and sprang badly burnt into. Jthe street.. The moment that he Reached the payeirient, arid before he had- time to' comprehend or use his freedom,' the fireman turned.ai stream upon him, which knocked him into an area, where officer Foote despatched . him . .with.. his pistol. This feat of the tiger was tlie last sign of life iri the doomed 1 buildings.” ■

I’lCTiTiotjs Spirits.— The 'police confirm us : in our observations, that* there : is a species of drink: being, sold at some of the town; which taken in excess, produces quite a different kind of intoxication to' that which ordinarily follows upon spirit drinking. 1 ' It is very probable that those- of the publicans who dispense such* liquor are not a ware of’ the • pernicio us qualities it possesses, .but it-is quite certain that much liquor is being sold which produces a terrible pauses giddiness/ and' complete prostration of" both body and mind.. .As-it is only- ram drinkers who suffer,; it. should not be; very difficult to trace the cause. It is. not .only the large number of men who have lately been fined at the'Resident'Magistrate’s' Court upon charges'-of drunkenness, but "there are many;others who have lately, beenliconfiried ,to their beds -for-, days, suffering terribly after- an excess,, which on. previous occasions" did nbt affect. Them for as many hourK Evening Star/ ■" ; •’*-» ' "A'lfrGE PahsA-tbisii'-T-THe Sladen'Minis-. fcry in Victoria is 1 ikened by : the ’Age- to ; a drunken old :harridan: who-will; submit to be:dragged, through,any quantity pf:.mud before yielding." , The^.article o Ppntaining the parallercdnvmehcesby drawing a'vivid picture of jrdrunken' old wo man' 5 'being escorted; to-the .work-house. “We - have , often that . tipsy old ladies give

much;trouble. The,policeman hasaepm- \ paratiyeiy Vasy, task with, a drunken loyd i of the'ereation /bis viblbrfce efin be quel- f led ‘ by' opposing: strengtn^and' a - paihof 1 Handcuffs.v :!Biit"an . old .womaiir in a state ] r of giu pan’ ;baffl.p the strongest of pur-force. , How < often..is.a.s < ta\wart but good .tempered Bon'of Enn,-with T a'"batpn ap his hand, ; brbujght'to\a Inonplus \ resisfca'nbeTjf 1 aiblip diet of-’ rags steeped in ;Thc:pldy6mapi prill- sit; down.in a gutter with a contented grin on her face, .while her her custodian scratches his head in bewildefed r doubt*as'fo* r hbw "he should j handle-her. /Ejen, when] a second constable; comes to' his : aid/the/diMctilty is only di; minished/not a sledge is . made ofher rags, jand ; Bl\e .draggedyalbhg. R ‘A?cry s 6f “'shame !’’brings’the soft-hearted, guardians -of" they peace* to'a stands and ; a fresh .consultation\iis: lield. The old.,lady: : irather, enjoys.the*;riderdn;a ; cab. x oy: which. fiasytQi be! fetched KSerosine ANTrbbTE' t?o& THe.yraLue bfkeroM^ burnswas/againiproyedrthelotherHay,; 'sjiy some .means gpjl? holdbf u'bbxtbfm'afch^/and^sefc'tlfe'b'ed! : . edia^ay^tbe|ibui^i^lnaaterial/aTid?tißJßp! | xifstjhan^ ’ howeveh sobn caußed the pain to subside,] - Bebn 'f a perfectly uaeless ' membe't, ! ‘'for ! • weeks, - ‘hi l ij wi.th^rj|gaiidrath|m^|^|hd^di^putiv;e ! |3istne®!n^o:.^'enepHl;fJf^,mlS^i||hk^i||' Connaughf Rsugeva.

■■• ft.i 4* 'y *■*.- ■«*?-■ iA. -Bedeoom:.—■We\('Wjagg.4 :B^i^ByiKay6;;often^^fd v 6f\a v -;wxU!;inla 6ari; imagine. the desfruq l fcioii' sucha yisitwould Qceasion. bufc until, the other/ ihave never heard of a ! cow; m 'a 'bedr66m, at’ leastinagentlemah’s house 'and'lis the . exploits ofthis : !amunala're Botnewhat more a mere figured of speech,! we will give pur readers a. sketch.of. tho facts ;—A_r eside nt in our towhV'welhimowh fordiis fondness foyanimals^atidhis skill in timing arid subjecting theimtohis wishes, possessed a favorite -m iking,;.cqw, .yyhich he had/ rendered So quiet! and' docile that nothing appeared frigKteH-her'her, and,!'and sh’e f wais 'suflferfed to’ wander about’ at’pleasure* in tliS ummedeate vjcihitjr.rbf.the; Of I this iiberty.slie continually availed* herself,,’and being brso inquiring turn of mindUthbre Were 5 few "plades '’intowhich slip* did not pokP hhrHe’acf. t cout3esof.Qne-.bf -her ifispectioha she hap pen&d'.tp ffind-. the- door/of'.the children’s and with a curiosity, vrhiich ip her sex’was perhaps' pardonable,, deteriiriued oh* taking a peep at the .domestic arrangements; n The-’ueat ‘little fo‘bm- ; with its snowy counterpanes and trim 1 window curtains, lo olqed, -so snug and r inviting, that she' coulq not,resist, the .temptation to.exaihirte’ it"' more closely. ~. She advanced a ; two for ; this purposej but not being at home in /such Estrange- quarters she ployed, rather carelessly,: and f brushing up against; the toilet table, .down went the mirror and a whole host, of .nick-nacks upori the floor. The noise.of thp shivering: glass alarmed’the- intruder and jumping frpm it she! bounced: against the swinging door, and effectually , imprisoned'her-1 self By shamming it to.. The bangjngbf.the door startled-her! still further, and.frqm after : appearance in the room’it’ is evident that about tbis time she must Have executed 5a kind of bovine Highland* fliug indifferently .upon the floor and upon the. beds. course of this.-performance .the fbrnittire aind ap'poihtanents' suffered, as it may be imagined, rather severely. Find- , ihg no meansj of exit, the 7 terrified animal, : bellowing loudly, rushed ,at the window, i and .amidst the crashing of glass and splintering of her owner, who had. been alairmed ; by the - noise L and was just then hurrying up, beheld’ the:-head and horns of- his -favorite .cow coming.. through vthe The. aperture w;as, however,. fSr too small to adinifc.of .the passage pf mpre

than her head and shoulders, arid every means was tried to‘induce her to withdraw from the/window and. cleair out of .the room, by- the now, open; dp'or, hut the frightened brnte had had. more than enough of' the ' bedroom, and' it was not until she-had been welf belabored that she-could be - induced to face its terrors again.; . Dropping. ,d.own ; : at . last:*-aud perceiving the , .door open, ; she dashed wildly through, and, clearing the fence like a greyhouridj disappeared iu the bush. The " owner 'mounted a- horse-"and gave chase; but. she ;was. then out. of sight, arid and when last heard; of was h eading ; ’to-wards-Albury. and the. Murray at..the, rate of about ten miles an hour, arid'is probably by'this’time in Gippsliind of Monaro. : i

The , Patent Slip , -at'We llinotonl We take the.-,folio wing from • the. Evening Post, Bth June A meeting of those interested in the "ratification of the Patent Slip held atthe Oddfellows’ Hall.this The attendance was good' Mr Henry Anderson proposed, the'- fpllovfing; resolution in ail able"speech.'arid was’ much applauded l , the feeling of .the-meeting evidently being with him : —“Tliat hi -the opinion of this the: action of; the Government ip relation to the Patent Slip, bothuasrregards the settlement with , the' Messrs' Kerinard ahdAthe cdH’trac&f'eulSred’/irito *with : Mr Owen is ,entitled- to: -the/ suppbrb/bf'the public.” .Mr William .Bishop seconded the 1 resolution’;' which - was ceimfedf amidst the : cheers.: \l Hi;: Carter. proposVdihhk't'a copy : of thei resolution : :be;forwa£ded .to ;his Honor, / the < Supermterident,X)which V-jwas secoridedby Travers, arid- caVrfed., After a 1 fehort time the ’mee'tipgheparated. ' V,;

. SlB, K.OGEE TlOHßoaNEi—Tlie Tichborrie family -is/htely: to keep, itself before; .the public for .some..time., • Sir Bogei;, as.hci styles him self*when'‘passing, through., Pa*’ riama onhis Way to* TShgland his estates covered / himself ; with -‘'notoHety of an. urienviablo jrind. ; His ' honesty appear- 1 an,ce ( ;gpinedj/fpr. him ; sympathy; o£{ many foreigners .there who thought liim.a gopd-i riafuf'dd, ho'riebt, 4 too'. - simple' to. deceive any person, and -oh--the’ strength of thisidpiniohfhri bdrrowedimbneyiSnquglP tex/pajy, his hotph; bill l and hai’ry_him ! home,■ life nqyer, had either ~the ..deqency/vfep’ acknowledge,orthe honesty to ..return, ; •;

.^>;2^A^Eiv^hshhQAl&BAS3l— Thel-Eyttel-. toniTimesihasirricmveh^'frdm'.iliyfteltoiiVri l specimen of fibrejfrpm the ordinary riatiye tussock. grriss. ' % surTpuridr the .fibre’ is flrie arid Bilky, 'arid /ho : doubt-ife •smater irihw into httlei ; n -*b tih^rstfrails Pr Hect A orihaßfiKundlbxiciß^fj f .rfoili^ < hiin ted^to < mni;hip&-'Groye;^Jxqhositrye3opin^ ißnChaeble&|pye^^^ prospect:for aliuviaiVdiggirigßj l ‘mß/:his faith eQhsmtte§ : ;Uß@hs^

AV fd. ;BallannueliM'^^oJa;^oommamca*-. iidn to tKe pf :£Kiiidel. : ;\[ pUiarOn tlie"snbject’of'ground;galvanici or [electric .battpn.es,-inC'Jhif aim is to prove, tliafc the, best' wayj.ta develope and .foster.; , > ;tlie [science of" electricityV ; ana;'; its;- yario us applications'-woiild vte ito' take ; advantage of the well known,property of the earth as agrancl generator'and reservoir, of electricity: currjent,pf galvanic,electricity,;' uniform in its action, and of* considerable power, can be readily maded>y butyingiribhe earth, a of copper and a sheet of zinc*-s%i sixVbr'eight inches apart, filling the 'space between with damp earth wire attached to each [plate will dead the current oeherated by the action of the arrangement to[ any for use. ' By a’[ contrivance of this description, Mr Ballantinekept a mechanical figure movipg[for three [ fyears without interruption.‘ useful mechanical movementemay be devisedyund rmaintained and electrolytic processes came,d[ on by the cheap and [simple : apparatus above given. Another ■inethod'.described by'Mr. Ballantine as haTan^fpio'it'ißft < v sucbCifal,' was the a basket of coke into a pondj[:and;connected it by a wire with a buried ziho plate/whereby a current wa-» produced wbiphrserved. excite an electro-magnet -.during * 'several, months. Tt may be accepted 1 as a; fact that a permanent groun dba ttory may .be iniide. by the simple : plan of dehdihg.a.sheet J?f zinc into the form 'of a cylinder, sinking it three or four feet in the'eartli, surrounding it inside and out (but, hot tpuehihgil;) ; „with coke, and leading carefully" insulated copper - [wire from the'zinc,' and another from the [coke to any placedesired..Mr, Ballantine shows that the subject ismueii more simple than is generally supposed. ; It is. only [necessary to remember'there, are but two currents . in: any electrical, .magnetic, or galvanic series, and''that these currents have two quahtiesd-qukntity and intensity. He objects to the, electrical terms in vogue, particularly positive and’‘negative, as most faulty,- and.gives;tbie terms major, and minor as preferable. : Be ; this' as.it may, the ground battery will be found available for many useful operatipnsjih the artsj, hnd also as a source of mechahical. -power,; while for the treatment of'disease, ,it'.<will probably, supersede currents; ■ deriyed'[,ft om evei*y other source. ,;. ... : ~/ • [ '

A STEOH-omcAij-—Tha' Athenceum say9_ that Major Tennant ' out to India to observe the!',total, eclipse of: August 18, with a special view .'to ■ photography and polarisation"; the-cost of the*-.’expedition having been • sanctioned,;by ,lHe Secretary of State for : -India. Major Tennant will be accompanied by three "noh-commis-soined officers of ; the:, well exercised in "photographic manipulation. The instruments-will he - set up at G-untoor or MaiuUpatem;.';,“ t ' s / s?hus, with the party under liieutenaht Herscliel, there will be t wo bodies of trained: observers on watch for phenomena. 'The more the. better ; and it wouldbe agreataivantage to science if, along the" whole ’ line of the eclipse, from the.G-ond ir to New;-Hebrides, where the totality, begins atfsahset, parties were statioued'to'observe'theeolipse hour by hour, from ’ita cqmmenebment to i fc3 close. Such>.Beries of observations w;ould perhaps settle, oncb for all,; the,’question as to the real nat.u.re the. seen around, tKe suii. i

New. ZEAtiAND- RoPE.—The Auckland Free Press* hasi-pleasure in-fatatixxg that Mr NeiiLiby.d .h.Bfe i :taken : adya;mage of the departurehfcruise, to test the quality - ,of~New ; ''Zealan d rope, manufactiu-ed\by: himself ,fronrphormium tenax. •••.The coiL",consistshf-.12Q fathoms of 2s-inch rope. 7 .We (thinfctfMr. Lloyd deserves, every credit ; for thus' endeavoring to forward our'dpmeaticStiiiusbiies. Capt. Hope, who ’takes in everything especially to thq rope a proper trial ahd f eport upon it.