MESSRS PEEBLES AND DUNN.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 208, 21 February 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

MESSRS PEEBLES AND DUNN.

I had almost forgotten to say that E. C. Dunn gave a lecture and seance the other night. Brother Bright took a very dark view of things when making a presentation to Peebles from the " advanced humans." He thinks this great and good Seer has been much persecuted. What, although he is a " Seer of the Age; " what, though he is an astute Yankee, is he not the Blessed G-lendover, 'Tis his to speak and ;ours to hear. Let no dog then bark when he opens his mouth. The following is an inspired ode, written on the occasion of the worthies leaving Melbourne. It is worthy of being handed down and sung in all the Assemblies of Spiritists. In pathos and feeling there is little to equal it;— Air—" The Ghoul's Banquet." Accompaniment—" The Din of Sharon's Oar's, and Battle of the Dead Men's Oboli." Who sent for the pair ? We, said the rappers, We want of clap-trappers ; We sent for the pair. Who introduced the pair ? I, said Mr. Bright, With sorrow one night; I introduced the pair. Who say the pair are humbugs ? We, cried the crowd, i With a shout long and loud ; We say the pair are humbugs. Whose spelling is bad ? Mine, says the Dunce, I own it at once j My spelling is bad. Who regrets having come ? I, said the Seer, And Brother Dunn here ; We regret having come.

Who rushed into print ? Says the Doctor, m pain— I'll not do it again ; But I rushed into print.

Who trembles and howls like a Dervish ? I, says the Seer, In blasphemy I fear ; I tremble and howl like a Dervish.

Who heals them that are whole ? I, says Dr. Dunn, The great healing gun; I heal them that are whole.

Whose wind-bag has collapsed ? Mine, says the Seer, And it makes me feel queer ; My wind-bag has collapsed. — Exeunt. —Melbourne correspondent of the ' Evening Star.' *

The Secretary to the Dunedin Athenseum wrote, requesting that that institution be allowed to obtain books on the same terms as other public libraries. The Athenaeum, it was remarked, had always been dealt with directly by the Provincial Council. It was never contemplated to include this institution in the Public Libraries scheme under the charge of the Board, and it was considered it was not competent for the Board to grant the request which was therefore declined.— Education Board's Proceedings. The 'Morning Star' says : The proceedings at the meeting of the new Waste Land Board at its last two sittings will be read with great interest, because they prove the necessity for that change in its constitution which has recently been made. It is evident from the groove in which the ideas of the Chief Commissioner have been shaped during his occupation of office, that he conceived it the duty of the Board, to consult the wishes of the G-overnment of the day. That was the tendency of his proceedings on Thursday last. What did the Executive wish ? They had expressed no opinion, and so he was at a loss to know which way to trim his sails to catch the passing breeze. The Commissioner may fairly stand excused for not immediately recognising the changed constitution of the Board. He has been used to have two or three members of the Executive, or a member or two of the Provincial Council to assist him in his deliberations, and matters have on the whole, gone sufficiently smoothly with him. Even when a hitch has occurred, we give him credit for having been adroit enough to throw the chief blame, if any accrued, upon others. He managed this by being autocrat or Executive officer, as suited the occasion. When the politics of the Administration required that land should be withheld from sale, the G-overnment majority were always there, and he had no necessity to vote. When a little job was to be done in favor of some G-overnment protege, a thing which did now and then occur, or when it did not suit the Executive to grant an application to purchase, he was always relieved of the disagreeable necessity of delivering himself on the subject