"BRANDY AND SODA."

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 184, 13 September 1872, Page 5

"BRANDY AND SODA."

•; J. . '. ..v. . % . (To the fclie MbtJNT Ida CinidiriOLß.)

v Scjk,—ln yo rjournalof the 29th ultimo, a correspondent not only censures the Mining Committee, but also the actons of others. It is not my intentign r to .go into .the merits or demerit?; Of a Municipality—l would ra£he©deaye that to the judgment of such! -'am educated man as " Brandy and iSoda" appears to be. But, in myhumble opinion, it is such men as he of spending their mouey at the bars of our public houses that will •chiefly support the intended Municid, probably, at the same tjme improve " Brandy and Soda's " own private, property. But hie? Paul-Pry-ing does not end here—He must, draw not only-the slander of his neighbors, but^ilsothe Miner's-Committee into Ms quarrel. Does Mr. " Brandy and SsJaj * and. trouble thaibTfit'l)pdy. of men Were put to* or why: formed themselves into a .Committee? It was because a small heap of manure lying at the back of Mr..; Packman's stables got wet, and the miners working in Koacb's Grully were made liable for the damage. The consequence of this was that a Committee : was formed, and this Com mittee exerted all their energies to get the long, sought for Sludge Channel. Mr. Vincent Pyke (through their exertions) came here to examine into the accumulation : of tailings. Land afterwards sold was at the time pointed out to Mr Vincent Pyke as being auriferous. Now, sir, .every .one was aware of the aririferous nature of this ground, and when it was put lip for sale against the wishes Qf the miners and their Committee, no wonder people got disgusted. having the honor to be one "ofjfche Mining' Commilitee at this time, at once, as I clynsidered it was useless to run about day > after day with petitions. Although &tP this time. .the.. .eommunity sympathised with our complaints outwardly, rumor was abroad that, the Committee were gainers. This I emphatically deny, and " Brdndy and Soda ' 4 cannot even say we got the value of a shoestring out of it—not even as much as had;- we been working for wages, arid was only when any of

our Com'nittoe 1 r is ; :\ rl:i:v's work for th-<*. pu. jje<e or gi-t-tiug a oiudge Channel. -——

.Now. Mr. Editor, ik : tqj intVotion to get into a newspaper quiirrel with " Brandy anU-^6da^'-- sas I always thought' that the- most contemptible person in existence was he who would try and drag his neighbor into his quarrel; but I find"there is one still more so—he who slanders them for that purpose.—l anv&c., A MINER. Sept. 2, 1872.