A HINT FOR GOOD TEMPLARS
('Southland Times') In the course of the examination of Mr. Christie, one of the plaintiffs in the case'of Fielding and others v. Tapper, the witness observed that all the skins referred to in the action were those of merino sheep. His Honor, on hearing this, put the question : "Do you kill only merinos at Switzers ?" Witness : " Only merinos. We never kill Leicesters."—Judge Ward: "Yery fortunate for the inhabitants of Switzers. As a machine for the production of wool and tallow, I believe the Leicester sheep to be unrivalled ; but the creature is utterly unfit for human food. The human stomach was not intended to be turned into a tallow-vat, except in the Polar regions. I attribute a large proportion of the crime in the Colony to that abominable animal, the Leicester sheep." And' his Honor thus proceeded to demonstrate the correctness of this astounding theory: "In its best form it is simply an animated mass of tallow. Its consumption leads inevitably to dyspepsia ; and dyspepsia to drink. Drink takes a man direct to the assizes ; and the assizes lead him to lower depths still."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 364, 25 February 1876, Page 3
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189A HINT FOR GOOD TEMPLARS Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 364, 25 February 1876, Page 3
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