IN DEFENCE.

Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 241, 27 March 1883, Page 2

IN DEFENCE.

M fe . io ),,.[ >. ;r> 7»*ffwnrs?.Tua h.£OH "* 4 * j TO THB 'Mt^t^Bi. Sir, — Your remarks about me lead-ffle to be* lielre that ther^.»u^t^ft' soi^e^tj|U^ c |n the stqry of the Insn . andlord and the little bb y. As the landlor^^^H^^ 8 tho ing with a la^^h^^^Jrtj^;^^^^id to _ the| landlord, that muck ? rt^^9n7'*Etrar'boy, "I am maj_ln^aifat>ri>.'K '^Attd^haf'W ta^fofttl^*^ heaW ' asked! .the »:l_iiidl'drd',t'i*ri^.o^^hS« fl:> j is WirfaEm-hpxis?," f , i ,#And*:Ahat»j<>the*J*'»* hei? "Oh/that is the farmer." "Wellsftß?i said the landlord, " why not use more stuff anJmakithe^^tf^rge^^^^lu^^^*'^ V Well," s;id tho boy, " I hay^fi^ffl^St^ m* landlord yet and cannot spare any more ; it takWatletofrhanek. tto f«i*kti mA Fofelandlord" read « editor '\th fchisidafiS,^ and* the boy's laat remark- wiH,-T think,- just — suit yon. if Itmwr radge frem tta'q'MigfyJJ muck youtfiaV «> been trying, to oast aITTneY andj of whioh you seera'-toMHave plenty on harm. Now, sir, I decline- to descend to "4tiief.\oy pera^*^itiM;"jas^ K , guilty or, To say the least, youc , r-tmarks X LglLratHer'fl-h'y^nd mUi^fi^WSj^ 'But. I suppose f every- . servanteds-* bGanW^fo; fbbejr his mastw, le^t^mas^^he^^ye^.jw^.^ ignorant ' Or green,* 1 'Tb follow up yourjnlljr . 'ren**Wfc-^atfd raj^ inganyself to your standard,*"&nd this I ,d.e>» „ cli_r&-do. <-Atfd fto* *l : small bit of adtfeef, J 66W : heitnt>? a &'6** tor! you anything^o Stick rtoVlthe .ftttuth ; art your muck to -yourself,, . By,i<»]|Upg-.iL r. atmosphere with noiUW'vi^Wi, repulsive another," and hope my.fcdvidd will« d^^6tt'«>' goo&. And now for the -old question: 'When shall a full-bluwii Mii&RA. Ekslq-n, that will exteni^t^viegj? across the .bridge, do justly and' act impartially ? My "answer to this isiiMWlHligt^ itOtip.^ iJAny "further remarks from th^E-ifl^-jpn this sub- \< jeotjl shall treat with' 'silent "contempt,— l 1 ..'.TOU .1 AE. r ;Sd.MeG&iso^ March 24tb, 1883. v. f ( f [^rMcGillisungrat^_ul. lil( He wanted a chesta advertisement and wegave him nearly half la column that-we,t could iIJ«-afford,.l>ut,r - like pliver TftisVW Wanfe 'Aftiore. 'V &Kw- ■ appetite seems altogether insatiablei .and we hardly know what<t&.f6'&Bttsftsi howling. If tiling Mr McGill the truth about bimself \fhe*p he is impertinent i-T^'descending to persp^^tie^V thei*"**^ -Ifi f > dealing i with a man of, Mr MoGrill's Jtions it is nebeessary that we snould spaak plainly,' iwe should* not • ptherwisekbe tltidei^" 3 b stoo^iby^hiui^rrW.e jdo.^oti lj^e tftiibe iitftftmi hard upon Mr McGiWj for it is apparent tOjUs-.. that Ke > 'is!finb'^€o6l^ df u 6theffip r a^tlik r t,*" although, -hp l^iYrilJing^th: father, . ths olttepaey A n jg<^ producedabqveand jipw gjven .. f tQ.. MR w tentv, he waS'nßt'thV writer of it aiiy 'more * thanjh^Mjpf jft.*fp|me? ! .eQmmuniqatiQn.\ Afc& the saline time we are bound to believe t^aL,. 'Mr" | feGilf^W^ware ; 'of "'the' "tenor" yf 1 tho letter, and that being so,we must tak-b* '^' leave to tell him that, the insinuations aotjght to be conveyed are false, and that he, as t&eir author and 'knowing* %hem to be uritrie, can only be described in language mora familiar, to. Mr - McGill, .tliaß^ tp, h .V us. jWS^Wu't • 'exactly v 'batch on' to the parable of the little'vboy and the mud heap! so cleverly introduced by Mr Mcftill. Let us try to understand it. We are the big f heap-rthe landlord,. There. oan be no doubt ab'out„t.hat ; Mr McGill says so clearly. Then! t^ere is a little boy giriug a gojdd^l^f p attention to" several dth§^ heaps of B^uok, and bent -upon moulding theih^ihto a fafrm. From the evident pleasure he takes in his < filthy/ pastime," thelittle boy must.be' Mr McGill himself. Tha fam— tha^eoo,nd>ea"g of dM^;; r-must stand fdrGordon.the'farmhduse— the tliirdlheapof muck— must "he the ( Gordon Town rßoardi'-and 'the 'fafiiaer^the ''fourth 1 ' heap; of mud— muatr.be Mr Siro3on.._Jlow complete is the parable, and -what a beautiful* land; a wholesome ...truth ; Uifaitwitxmfote We, 'representing the landlord, smile Mr? McGill; represents : the 'dirty, little " ' fellbw-at"* hisiplay, and,< patting : hiss tiltif A' little head, give him a sugar-stip^jnd,^^:? ,-we walk majestically away,. tell him that, so lonjg as.wallowing^in/th&r;mir^ pleases 1 . W m and- does not harm anyone else., he may revel in muck, which seems almost his natural element, to his heart's content, and that, as he promises to be a good boy for the future, we will not chastise him for his impertinence to ourselves.— En. EtWKH. J