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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1621, 29 January 1886, Page 2

It istrue,jmx- son, that -tlje, rolling stone gathers no moss, but then it doesn't want to; "What good would ■.. a ton of moss do to the rollinge3t stone ihat ever darted down hill ? It would only impede its progress, stop it somewhere on the incline, and make it a stationary stonejust what it doesn't want to be. Fora s-tationary stone to gather moss is perfsctly rightand proper, but;, a rolling stone has" noT desire tp go, into the mos^ business.' i What it ; to' ido sTis to break things and kick up a dust. ' " But doctor, I must have some kind of stimulant,' 1 cried the patient, earnestly; VI am cold, and it. warms me." "•Precisely," came the doctor's crusty answer. "See here this stick is cold "^-f---taking up a stick of wood from the box beside the hearth, and tossing it into the fire. .. *, Npvr it is warm ; but is the stick benefited?" The sick man watched the wood first send put little puffs ; ! pf smoke, and then .burst intj flame and replied-r '" Of course not; it is burning itself. *' 11 And so are you when y.pu.. warm yoHi^self with alcohol ; you are literally burning up the delicate tissues of your etomach and brain." : ; ...,.'.' ; j A Wellington paper has the follow;, ing,:— A band of rascals came from Sydney to Auckland ' about the , 'middle of the month, bnt as they were closely watched by the police, they": made; .start for Wangahui. T*h'ey "wcirkVd "their* way "thence 'to Foxton, where thay attended the racefl,"-then came tb Wellington m the. Tuij' ahd'of course att«ndedCthe Island Bayraces^ At each place they had b^in warned by the police to go totWpfk^or, depart. Work is out of the question with men of that class. .They ply their calling, at race meetings/ and- manage to gull the public, to such an extent that tjhty, ar.e generally - : in a monetary position^ to obey the mandate to w move on.", They lire now going: to visit the West Coast of the Middle Island. . „ „ , At the last meeting of the ; Feilding Borough Council Gr Worsfold drew: attention to byVlaw -No Q,; : re' lighting fires, m the Borough, which he/Stid . was' constantly being broken, antl was •xjceedingly danirerouß during the pieseiit dry; weather. ; He considered 1 istepsi should be taken to enforce, the by-lavy. The Mayor said ha believed it twas the eonstabtes duty to. look after .the mat ter, and promised to communi»ate r with" him.; Cr. Bishop: said' that; while, putting tires on- wheels it was [absolutely necessary to;have fires outside. ,He.al -.ways took great care, and if proceedings'were ito be. taken, he thought they should, ha ve notice; : The > Mayor.- stated that if permission was asked m. such cases, lie had no doubt permission would be given. • . !, ■ : '„■.;' The X.M.S. Rimutaks, from "Wellington, arrived at Plymouth on the 24th , instant, being the 38th day from Wellington. ' Her frozen meat is reported as being m excellent condition. : iThe sailing of the Ariawa for London has now been fixed for the 6th of Jiarch instead of the 13th. ;'.' : ' '. , • ''.' : : t It will be remembered that at the very commencement of this year Qaptaih Hume, J.P. , Inspector of Prisons, .faile'd oh tyro successive occasions to attends 4t theß;M. Gourtas a : magistrate an i .accordance with the rota land- the itermsof the Act. By this failure he forfeited hfs commission is aJ. Pi unless able tp eaUsfj; the Governor within one, month as to his reasons for absence. Captain Hume pleaded that his official duties .called him to, another part of the colony and he has how, received official notice that his Excellency "considers the excuse, a sufficient one. ■ Captain. Hume accordingly remains a Justice of the Peaoe.-^-Yost. . ..,' .' ' ' ■"'" I ■ The harid of death (says the W;airarapa r Daily) has been r busy among tile old settlers of the district of late. : Today we notice- the: demise of two septua^ genarians, namely, Mr -W. Bambry, of Carterton,; who had retched' 711 years, and Mrs Banks, of Greytown, who had attained the age of 77. . Both h»d > 'bee[n residents m the colony for a number; of years. "• <-■'-•- .^ ,