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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 47, 23 July 1885, Page 4

The 'diary of the tour of the Piince of Wulc-s' sons contains the followin«>'* ealoginrn of Scolclunon: — The Scotch aie-the ht-sr and most success ful of emigrants. Half the most prominent aniona; tne statesmen of the Canadian enntederafion, of Victoria, and Queensland, are born Scots and all tlie great merchants of India are the Maine nation. Whether it is that it ! >c Scotch emigrants are for the most part men of better education than 1 those of other nations, .or whether the Scotchman owes his uniform success m every climsite;to his perseverance or his shrewdness, the fact remains that tfherover abroad you come across a Scotchman you imariaiily find him prosperous and respected m calculating contentment : and with a stronglinnded, open-heai ted hospitality that rio words cart" whiter adequate thanks for. To come m contact only with sush . colonists is morally health—' giving. There is no sweeter and more m•- • terodting character, whether m fiction or real life, than tho spinster who has, for some good reason, refused a lover's proposal, ..and being now past tlie hour., of ; tbe : o'ld'*niaid," ' the ordeal 'through' vthich ?he lias passed seems to have reKnediner feelings, and of itself insjenijibly. feiwii to her the regards of "all who fenow her history. Such a .xTne is eiiiiueritly lovable and s\ rin;patb.e.tic, forward m all good works, ; the warm friend of married men and womon, the confidant of many a tender passion. Age does not wither the beauty of her disposition. She never slanders, never retails illnatured gossip ; but on the other hand, though prompt to put m a -sensible word .m a crisis, does not deem it her mission to set all the .people around' her. right. She makes an admirable aunt, and is very necessary lo a large- circle of cousius. Many a young fellow on the threshold of life bears a kindly remembrance of her for -the good nature and tact with [ which she helped him to steer clear of ahoiiU where he. minht otherwise have been wrecked. — Exchange,