"HERE BOYS, HERE ! SHALL WE WAG?"

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 95, 23 July 1880, Page 2

"HERE BOYS, HERE ! SHALL WE WAG?"

[OoMMUNICATKU.] " All the world 'b a stage, And all the men and womrn merely players." And very passable ones too, as the residents iv .. township due south of the Mannwatu hare jnst discorerud. Be it known that the township ia question has a reputation—«hall [ tell yon a He t well, no, then, and I refuse to say if for good or bad ; its origin would have necessarily led one to look for a community of saints, whereas, it n?ay yet be true—- This is, however, not to the purpose. It needs only to be stated that abont three months ago a misguided young person " took oharjje " of the place under aii impression that there whb considerable room for improvement, and most iacautiously expressed bis determination to do what it has been reported it would be a tough tank for a saint direct from Heaven to effect * an alteration iv the morals of the population. The life of this apostle may be guessed at. "The "cheerful man makes a cheerful world," says Smiles," and we URUally find but our own teinpeiament reflected in the dispositiou of those about us." A hard taste was before him — a married man, with cares of a household all before him. He to be reviled at and laughed at because he objected to the principle of •• Lot them say, 't is grossly done ; so it be fairly done, no matter." There is an anecdoto that a person returning from an evening party not long ago complained to a policeman on his beat that an ill-looking fellow was following him : it turned out to be only his shadow ! So thusly, were the feeliags of the township agonised by the rumor that, their unhappy man had fallen from his lofty pedestal, and morally been taken in charge in the act. His true and doting' partner had been sinned against, and an array of young and dußky frail ones attended on her, and faithfully reported the circumstances, which had led to her spouse's fall, and witLinore authenticity than the usual untrust--1 worthy hearsay knowledge Many persons give themselves a great de»l of fidget concerning what other people think of them and their peculiarities : not bo this worthy matron, for before taking any decisive ourse, she marshalled her informants before a responsible interpreter, and being then more than satisfied, she is report >d to have returned to her family, more especially the head and front of it, and, despising woman's usual weapon, went for that man, iv fair and square Bristol fashion, and then, picking up the balance, retired. In the course of the day the " aggrava tor" was seen wandering along the road in search of her he was supposed to love and cherish, and by whom he was received with open arms and hands full of stones, which required his departure over fences and round buildings at a greater pace ttian his military profession had previously taught him to adopt. Who will now reprove the seekers after wickedness f Will all future sin be laid to his door ? is it not what he himself has assisted to make P Shakspearc has been said to have written for all time and all men, and the closing scene in this truthful narrative can be best ended in his own words. Fancy must paint a re-union before a Magistrate, the ne'er-do-well upon his knees obtaining absolution, but previously relating his sins thusly :— " I have lonpr loved them, and I protest to you bestowed much on them ; followed them wi'h a doting observance ; engrossed opportunities to meet them ; iee'd every slight occasion ttiat could but niggardly give me sight of them ; lot . only bought many presents to give them, but have given largely to many, to know what they would have given; briefly, 1 have pursued them as love hath pursued itae, which hath bßen on the wing of all occasions. But whatsoever I have merited, either in my mind, or iv my means, meed, I am sure, I have received uoue ; unless experience be a jewel that I have purchased at an infinite rate."