AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 294, 2 October 1883, Page 2

AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING

Bt Ctclop. , How false some of our eemtnoflist proverbs are. "Murder will out,'J we say, and imagine there are no murders that escape the \ pee. Yet there is valuable truth even in the truism that only those that are discovered are known. The wretch Burns, executed the other day in Victoria for the murder pf his mato Quinlivan, confessed to eight murders } Seven of these gave the He to the' proverb cited. These eight were all 'mates,' I believe. What a delightful partner I True ; t6 the death I I fancy this human tiger after the first case or two gaining a delightful confideace in bjpiself, and sitting in everybody's company "revolving in his mind, how he could safely dispose of them.

Another common-place folly in connection yrith crime is that the pbjice are xaore adept at detecting' crime' tHan at' preventing it, Another truism answers it : the crimes prevented are not committed, and therefore never get local habitation or name. I. am sorry for the shippers of the MatauraV mutton,. 3000 carcases of which was rotten. '$at; 'kocordjng jsp fhe oabje, the mishap has led to a useful ifoientjfio dif 4 covery, "The mutton was frozen .mm.* This opens up new dreams, ef progress. Arctic explorers oan arrange to be frozen, ifanjj. tfiojted nteafs can be frgsen' hot, aq' that when thawed tW "will be smoking 'and ready for" th*W°« The prt*dpk is ri S kt - But in the case of the Auckland m^P* they must have been out in the details. Major Burwell's banquet to the Hussars was a very handsome affair. . The Garrisou Hall was tastefully decorated, and 140. eat down to a spread not often equalled in Southland, J hear that the liquids cost £100, and that the iMkingypigs luabtrcd

wmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmmmu^^^m*—W 28. f This last I believe to be a lie—that is ini > the literal sense, but as there were so jrna||flj toasts and so much stuff to be drun«B^^| understand that blue ribbon men nuflHß^l there were even more than twea^^^^H sucking pigs' present. Major BurJ^^^H ceived many well deserved complin^Hfl^H his zeal iu keeping the troop alive a^j^^fl^HJ its standard of efficiency. Speaking of volunteers reminds nwal^H about the time the Salvation Army madiiH| advent in the city of the South, a straoflfl from the countiywas walking the street w^HH a friend :'" There/' gaid the stranger, " ths^H Major Pollard I believe at the other side the street." _ '' No," aaid^the friend, "thatlH only Major Thompson?'^'" '*"" ___ The other e renin gat a country tea meetioSj the Bev. Mr Stobo frothed at the mouth i^fl denouncing renegade Scotchmen who joine^H the Church of England for 6ocial prestigflH and who imagined that Presbyterinnism is n^B religion for a person with genteel aspiration^! I agree with Mr Stobd.' People can makH a church respectable, but I defy a church make peopie respectable, Those who wanH a. church to, fit tbem out with respectabilitjß must be painfully conscious^ of destitution. ~H The existence of the feeling of destitution™ is bountifully proved. The instances oM people who, when they got a little money 9 were converted to the Anglican Church, arefl numerous in the colonies. It is notorious^ among the Wcsleyans that. most of the sonsfl of their ministers never darken a Wesleyan B Church door; They haven't a bone in their M bodies that is not made of Methodist collec-<H tions, but that does not make less loftyfl thq superiority with, which., they look downfl on that body. fl

This admission of destitution extends even to the ministers. In ten years five Wesleyan ministers appointed to Otagtfhavo negotiated with a bishop. The fifth is a recent case. Letters between "S.T. Dunedin" aud "J-^ Berry," which have been published, show that the gentlemih-^or "the person who wanted to be made a •gentleman— had been [trained at some cost to the British Wesloyan body ; then he was imported to the colony by moans of a New Zealand Wesleyan subscription. Before he had been here ; a year he sought respeetignited hie obligations. He has got .the respectability and about two-thirds of the salary he left behind him. He would make a good subject for " Churohless." Mcb of- thisistamp make a graye^miatake if they ~thlnk churchmen, lay or 'cleric, look upon them With favor. After the stir they have made here .recently; my ? Wesleyan friends must excuse me for supposing they are a suitable subject for Cyclop,. ■ But to return to Mr Stobo and the rcnegH Scotchmen, I Ibave* been Both in St. jflß

; drew's ahd in St. Paul's, Invercargill ; I know something 'of the history ofscores of worshippers whom I law there, They were not always mrk-goewj I saw ißar^ijts, Methodists, Independents and even Churchmen. Yes, in .St. PauUs.l .saw Churchmen by the dozen. Would they have "been Presbyterians in Christchurch, I wonder? Does the "No Mac-ie } no gettee l? iprincipl*enter even into the pew -letting business? After pondering the matter I- .advise, Mr Stobo not to throw stones.

These 'Majors' of Salvation— there has evidently been all round promotion since the New Testament was written, in which we read only bt'A ef Salvation"— Barker and Pollard with their camp following have reached Auckland and are now returning. They went first-ciass, an<t thanked God for a crust and sorre bacon. The differwicebe^ tween irst antr^en^lorclas"3|[n ,tnis~Tnp^trul not be less than £sd_This.wouUbuy one ton of * bacon' at 6d per lb. But- that is nothing. Travelling first-class c uables-these apostles to escape the company of those to whom theinj mission is directed. That is worth £s<kM money of the ' saved.' fln

A new phase -of servahtgalism is benqH developed by the Army. . These all go on^ on their; .evening out. They arc infected with fanaticism, and their mistresses allow them to go again to some -special procession or drum devotion. They return " saved " at a trifle after 11 o'clock. , Thej bring a * War Cry,' pamphlets and a hymn book, besides a tin. medal, price lOd. .They are now on the fulistretch for "holiness. '*. -It is to be dispensed at a special meeting for which they have tickets. They have been very much indulged of late, but they cannot be allowed out this third night in succession. They go without being allowed, ahd return between " elevon and twelve fully sanctified. They have attained " holiness " at a bound, without any reference to conduct religious knowledge, The mistress is a little irrigated a^deolares that decent hqursniust' he kept. The dear gals are then' prayed fqrinitbe Army as the Lord's persecuted ones, They feel tbeJL*] 6 elected to the army of martyrs, they hc|C^? instruct/'exhort,' and' reprove their and pray aloud for their master, telll^fl'--Lord '\all his sins. . 'VHe is a VWUf'y teer and wears a uniform not bought at double price from the Army 1 He wears a ring f .'He reads liOyclbp,? and often roars over ' Punch ' or the scrap corner of his newspaper! He plays bagatelle with his children, checkmates a ..friend, and euchres his wife— when H« can! Ff gin these mortal- sins Goodj Lord'd^liyer him j Says hiin'just now I. Make him. as holy as'tliy unworthy dust and *F9't &c 1" After a bit .the .martyrs 4 r ho ™ P e ? : 9 secution and vilify their persecutors. tojlro.wM tbeir awn holiness. As the Army has only j been a few months & tlie. oniony jt Js pretnfc A ture to say how 11 o'clock hfllihegs lneethigs. ■ will bear upon the question '-ftf immigration, fl Mpral : Get a Catholic servant, yy : ./ fl ' ?'m really too religiour r this week. 'Ui ■ mo stride into a population question— as ;!■ like my paragraphs ;to hang together. Dog^ Island isn't a good place, for late courting W and some of the accidents that folio^-fB There ain't enough of u other fellows." Yon Jl remember when the chief 'lightkeeper was H killed some time ago? Well, the* > wer^flj rumors ot'jfourplay became f fft HTJffl tnere haa been iii' bloWbeWeen the me^M The ill' blood was ; in th|g vWise ; thew S?)JM threfl keepers. $wo S f them; were W^M men and the.third was a benedict, one wh the married men had a daughter, wh« ifH creased the insular population. didn't like the situation, but his relation^j .with the young lady had been so 'stwmjflM that he had the satisfaction of fie#jj}g fflß Smaii communities fe^ "^ f**®^ advantages. SMm Th,e calamity of stopping the running *WM ptoy tracks, urna the .tnvercajfll fflH has been followed, by a verdict in Jfflfl District Court, which- will A close the hw *3H| .to anything bigger thaii f a-.whaleboat. *s|f*!B| and costs for damage done to a yessflJPSJ in the mud at the wharf is' what jj^Je^ 1 fl men.and teae condemned their ow^ffarbor Board to pay. Any owner who, can get nis ■ rotten-tubs into the river will now be safe, m 7^mb*^^ ?**»'?fc-l

nie,". and how of ten have I been forced to mention him since ? He will begin to thh-k he has a right to a permenant place in these notes. Alas 1 that so bad an eminencejshould secure so enviable a fame J Well, Johnnie has turned up with mincing gait and :restless eye-and has offered 10s in the £. Is the new ActfiH force yet? ; It does not always do to be a relation of a generally respected gentleman. An individual'claiming relationship to and, bearing the same name to a well known dealer in purebred Clydesdales put up at a ' pub.' in -Edendale the other day. He was not by any means well dressed, indeed he was shabby, and he thought ho would renovate his wardrobe at the expense of a fellow-lodger, and 1 escapef by' a passing train. But the vigilant landlady wss too many for him, for she followed him to the platform and compelled him to shed his ill-gotten skin in public. There were some ill-natured individuals who asserted that " mine, hostess "; was a little excited, but tii ere can be no doubt that scrupulous honesty moved her anger.