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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 100, 3 October 1877, Page 2

To-night, and to-morrow night,, tbe Eose Brothers will give their entertainment m tfre Foresters' Hall, Palmterston. We remind our readers of ther concert which the Feilding: Choral Society have pro* raised to give m the Assembly Booms, Feilding, on Friday next. A private Ball took place m ibe Public Haß last night. Hhff weather , fortunately kept fine till after the hour of assembling. A large? timber sale will take, place at the Te'Matai Mitt ob Friday next.

The Russians and Turks have iriciirred a great moral responsibility— riot only m fighting themselves but m setting the "_New Zealand Times" and the " Evening Post " by the ears. It would now be quite an event for one of those journals to dome out without either a leading article or several biting little paragraphs against the .other. The war telegraihs form the great bone of contention, and each belligerent seems intent on convincing the public that its own correspondent and not the other J s was m the smoke of the flght. In this syllabic warfare our contemporaries have done with words what somebody said Shakespeare did with worlds— "Exhausted them arid then imagined new," for between them the " Times " and the " Post " have invented several new words. Surely the editors of the Wellington journals should go and, 'list, for with only a pen' as. a weapon they are already emulating the model soldier, and "fullof strange oaths are seeking the bubble reputation, c'en m the cannon's mouth u" The Manawatu Dramatic Club gave their second performance of" The Loan of a Lover" and" " Little Toddlekins" on Saturday night m the f foresters' Hall. The attendance was riotgoodj aud it 'may be re- ! -marked en pastant that Saturday night meetings m Palmerstonrseldora ; are good, probably "because business people, who m this place form a large; part of a good audience, are engaged at their businesses. " The Loan of a;Lover'' came first, arid the acting, m this well-chosen drama was, as on Wednesday night/ admirable. In "Little Toddlekins" some of the actors seemed more confident m their parts, and consequently the comicalities of . the piece were more perfectly brought oat. This piece appears to us to beinbt; soihappily selected as the former ■■: the impersonations, however, were good, and the audience gave the honourable meed of praise to the histrionic talents of their entertainers. "A -baker's cart, came i to grief on Monday: m £he Square. Something frightened the horse while the driver was serving bread, and instanter horse and cart were careering round the Square, at every jolt the loaves flying out like -gram from the hand of a sower. The caper- ended; wheii- the cart turned over and "the horse with it. The former appeared , to be" sprung m a. few places, but not beyond the remedial power' of a few rivets. The horse was uninjured. The comedy "Our ßoys "has hadarunof over 800 nights at the yaudeville Theatre. London It is fully expected to go over lOtiOl When the four figures are'reaehed the event is to be celebrated by .a magnificent banquet. The Draught Stailion'^ock" is m the field for au whom jt may concern." We are desired to call attention to advertisement, setting forth particulars concerning him. Mr H. PhiUipg advertises acheap sale ofi Gfoods at Feilding this week. ' Advertisement may be seen elsewhere. , Advertisements appear; m this issue calling for tenders .for clearing 50 chains on Campion's line; also" for drainage; work in the Matoa swamp. '■■■■■ ■ ;,. v ■It is Stated m a London journal that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has become, at any rate pro tenii a vegetarian and a total abstainer from alcohol m .'every form except that of the very lightest French wines. It will be remembered that his Royal Highness has suffered terribly of late from gout, and it was while he was thus laid up that there was, brought under his notice a remarkable speech made at Leeds by tbeßev. Mr Collyrisj Vicar-of Winkworth, Derbyshire, Mr Oollyni; m his speech, described' himself as haviagbeeil a victim to gout. But ten yea^s agtt he" toot the pledge and became a vegetarian j front that moment the? gout left him, arid has never since re-, turned, The Duke of Cambridge was so struck with the arguments and experience of Mr Collyns that he vowed her would follow/ his example, and he has done so. Sam Waller found England to ire, /'a werry impartial country,"- arid New Zealand takes after the old traditions. Yesterday, Richard oorddn was brought beforethe 'IWtf. Court for allowing a horse to wander on the street j he denied the ownership, but was fined ten shillings. Inf-y mediately : afteTi Thottias : ; ■ Gross pleaded gouty to cruelty to* another.; of the equine 1 species, and with; the.impartiality- referred ; to, he also was fined ;ten . shilKiigs: Is allowing a horse to wander an offence of the same, character,- and deserving the same punishment, as deliberately yoking a lame horse to a loaded: dray, .' arid, driving > -it ithrough the street^ ? It so, then we hatfc not a word to say j but if crudty to animals is a gross and too much' a- prevalent crime amongst us, then Thomas Crocs should not haTe; escaped with the same fine as Richard Gordon, nor with five times its amount. . . New Method of Advertisings— A, novel application of the principle of the magic lantern has been lately : introduced into London, for the purpose of drawing attention after dark to the names of tradesmen and their businesses. At present it is only used where the establishment has a lamp overhanging the pavement. The lenses "are fitted into the bottom of the lamp, th« 'words to be used are painted; on the " slide/ which has an opaque ground, and thus the advertisement is tbrotftt m letters of light' upon the /pavement. Ordinary - gas lamps are used. "TaranakiiSfews/* ;