UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 37, 23 April 1879, Page 2

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

" A chiel's amang ye takin' notes An' faith' he'll prent 'em."

Your readers hare,, no doubfc, ? iwrf story of the warter l n v a I^doS^aSfiJ .wJio after five year'eicbnatant toidgwr^n^ tpg a brother waiter, ine* helpiifhii %Sk

alsohadihe audacity to saddle, the^cS •3f?-*i?tt^ dow ?. fch - Such »pS2' ng ishighly, conplimeiitaiy to th^oSiV mg power*^ the scribe, but it st^Si •pi,./ copacy it u pretty cool upon "ypbw trooly " Surelyrf^he par, be worth r^ubffi*.' ' Us aujbhor » eutitled to the crt^it r OUiUU *

It u^not often IharetOigo out, of tihV Colony for ; my pabulum, but the foHbwJne amusing incident; : which, ioecurred J»c«it& fMM*°" i^Pari, wher* the, wonderful v^rfbrmmgKeas^v WOT^ being .exhibitW, istoo -good to be^pas B ed by. One bf «»• dear creatures which acted as- coacbman-to »?^g"|t flea-coach, managed to hop <#hi» box,^selected a ratherltoutladj litaSmg near, as hw ,fira^ resting place; •^sm» proprietor of thfe ihi^ njuch, tune; and patjence , upon; the.tduca? tion: of-thte, his vfaWurlte^nWii^Si^in despaw.Nand the l&dfwu agkei-whether she would' mind making? a Search ' f or th» missing pet. • She accordingly retired- <©'•- p»vate t roonv and in afew minutesreturne^ triumphant, carefully holding tne cabtiw m the most approTed style.K She handed' him ;to. r thei showman, who started Mad changed colour, and| returning the flea to - .: J . • .■ . - .- • - - .■

'. 9 ne ocowioa^Ujr raeets with queer aarwtisements^in the; -public printa; such u. Wanted^ a lboy> to <milk,» or,- "4 man to kill,, bufc one of the queerest of the qutei' 13 that in a.Greytown paper, to thfrifollow* ettect:— ' . . ■■'.-■'''.■ ' WANTED, a Cireufep Mu^f&fy f , " James; Cotta», Groytown. J l6 is » generally adrnitted'faqtithat^Bteuar* mea ' m»: bj far the best, but .he^ifAaw an mdmaual who.'pnjblichf notiifiei; li«;pm/ ferencaiora "cuiquiar rt^uo^r "A^. ing to •• Qqcker" it , woul4 be a matter pf impossibaifcy for a " cireala*^^»an*V to>'ttfc on the square,", and the natural inference is, that tlie operations to; be performed by the poraon adver|;ised for are not the eor« reot/ttting. As most people do aoi.oai* foii publishing their shame, I. nojfcice that although the billet there has been as^yet no one found to fill U up at the expense of hid good name. '

There is an old Latin proTerV which jups, " Ingratwii n dixerU omnia dictt?* ;which rendered into the vernarcular niean* " Hyqu pronounce a man v«jgrat<*i^ yon urjge all that can'be said against him<» ; I do; not know whether^he Taluew Io- th» Manawatu highways $oin& ha^e so ft^e*. pressed an opinion upon the people of Sandon,, but certetinly when they do w»»hpnld expect to see the 'word ♦' ingratittfde '* . figur^xery p*onunen%inTth» iudiwent. Several of the settlers specialty ■' united Messrs. Eeelihg and Hoe- to -riflit their district, and while there- proposed that alteration in the Valuation lasts should b# made by them, and be. afterwards initialedbr the. Judge. In order to saveeTery individual objector the lojw.-df. t^t in appearing Wthe' Assessment Gourt the valuers very injudieiqivsly.: granted t&e concession. When! lo and behold, at the next sitting" of th^C^Wrt those very: applicants wWTrepresented by counsel, who on then- behalf took exception to the legality of: ■■■tVs alterations made; at their special request, and had their objections sustained. The trick was decidedly i iinart one, but it » a question Awhttlierihonortbl*, men vrill consider the benefit received woi^v the price paid' for it." '". ;,' , T ; :

; ; We are told that history, repeats itself- in different ages, an^d I presume Biblical his-toryis-no exception? to <the- general rule. If there be any truthin th& stetement, then, o^n ; J^t,JThurfdaij^ tHe Teisple of Justice, |>alti^er3ton-, - r was~ trA»sformed , into " th» Temple of Solonion f Mxi Ward etxict*^ the character of th» Jewish ruler, aw the "flesh," not the bonej of contention^ the mu'ch-coTeted babe^no^ grown to woman's estate— rhad a representatuft ja i 'isp : 'peiiott of t t&e notorious Mrs. !Kej-s. ThatJhidsnai tr,dnßfcrred her aflfectipns from ; -her*.|»st« aging* low* to a-mpre youjbhftS" swaiß» "and while the. deserted husband so,«ght soVelum His rights by " n4a»il;al- lair/ xT his rimU re* Ked youth- and. good foots j backed a'sferong purae* to i.be granted haSea* ptirpiis.^~' v ßfef ore th&aid; of the l^yr hadefcen, invoked there had been an a£/«»co itnyfgle fbr thejprize^ in th&cpurae Qf which the lady had stood a good sbow-Ibf Idiaioembchieut, inct it was in conneotion therewith tbat the ; party, interviewed the^magistrate. The de> fen'dant "Key^urjgad *hai; boJfai been pi»ly seeking to^reco'rer "^ "own lawful wifii" 1 a, state of affairs indignantly repu(diated; by. the-partv-ojancernedj who asserted that Mr. .Ward— a defendant of that name, not the judg*— was the husband- of^ her choice, «md oonsequenfcly thatshe,was "Ai«,l»jrful ijrife,'' winding up with a challenge to Keys to prove. hi& niai-it j authority. The thjrep (^efendipf* were fined fifteen shiUings each," jy|d whep, as^ed who would pay-lier-fin» tl^^ady^isK plied, V Why, fof- oourJejimy h*sb&a," wliereupoa her two adinirers m»de^ ja jr©a,t struggle, to be permitted to pay the, penalty, the^ victory,' l^w.ew, 4£&QlD^4Jt)^kynpT6 youthful one, who in consequence Archext out in po3s©sSSnr^tl|m priae,« learine th©> worated widower disconsolately nehind.

With the < l^d%g s ftMs&ij£ asd the eon* sequent " slaughter of- tue, innocents," comes the usual flop* of Spat tinglane<Hotes, but the. following, the heroe* of irhtclt \- aim we}l act^mte* vjith,. cjua^ba imjdioitW belieye^; Three' yojgie ge»l^Va» ioSde a mounted p\r.ty' f or Eas(*ir Mbndav, hui R(.nn]Re to sa^^http-ong. aqppUed ihwdafi-' dencf . by WiTQWing.a. giaii, a' second gobthe loan of a horae, whOethethird prorided a.dog whieU w^i to do duhj for theWholt. pntiy. No. 1 .; promised the ./ Owner of' th«

to. keep thj^ f^&n^r^O^h^ticyn game for a''.!mp^^/;y^^^^.^.7 I W l^'^ 10^ l> *Ho dog'' belonged. w4s p rpi^piJ'Tfe pair of turkeys. But Vkomme propose" et Dieu <fespose, a& ttanifftKeslay:al^oit:*a3 .spreiidi out before division, it wqa found to give ' each one his share wonld xeqijire ,a carving knife, the sum total "DeWg^oite lame duck, which had received a-leadeaqpill from some other partyrtendqha/i'beea.'caiJtixreA^af tar a long chaSe^oU^poti 1 L B?owtf tfeiae'd his pledged honor itohiß friendlin the matter of gift, and claimed the. whole prize* arguing that w.er^ it not for bis i "gun they could not h^'do^§,arjything ; but Jones replied thatitlfittrf?,i>^)|ihiß^liorse which irim" the. «aptured bird to" earth, aisfcatement which was denied!^y**B6b.in'Bon affirnsing'Jfchat inr •tead of earfcii i it h^d beea-chased. into the river, •wliere' 'it iwoujd? most certainly.' have been losfc/ijutfor his dog, and; therefore he claimfdijfetff^opji^j as i; gftiy J age. .This argument t^£n^nUsTjibta ,and this Jady pwner oPth<j <J dpg., ; re9ejv^d of the day's toil, »lt|o^Kv l stra]ig^' fo^Bayv'.JQnes ; and Brow^'fjai^fuily kkept^ tftoy? promises and handeVover their gifts! 'Where thlfey came from, however, it .might, ndt be judicious