UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 2 July 1879, Page 2

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

?• A duel's amang ye takin' notes. An' faith he'll prent 'em" 4. SOD IN PIOKIB. Mr. Henry Jackson, late Chief Surveyor, has come forward to fill the vacancy m the Hutt, caused by the resignai(/idn of Sir Wil- : liam Fitzherbeft, and stands a very good chance of being the representative of that constituency. Should that event take place;' the debt of gratitude which 'he qwes the G-overnment for his treatment after seventeen years faithful service,' will- no'dpubt be duly repaid with interest. iWhat his persecutors may expect may be foreshadowed by the following,'*which : is exactly 'o.n 6f-.ia similar nature. Some few years ago - when Sir Archibald Michie— the present Victorian Agent-Q-en«ral — was Minister of Education m the M'Cullock Cabinet, he had to deal with certain complaint* lodged against a Mr. Mason, a school master on board the Uelson training ship/ which ended; m a reduction of thepedagogue'a fi'om£3so. to #200 a yeaiy Mr. Mason, iresisted: the reduction, and was dismissed. tbe^ service,; arid a general election taking place soon' after, he determined to beard the lion m his den, and not only fought but shamefully beat his oppressor, the Minister of Education,, m his stronghold at Q-ipps Land. After two or threeJailures topbtaina seat a vacancy was. made m a Q-oVernijient borough and Mr. Michie topk? his ; Beat on the Benches, but from that hour until he resigned political life, Mr. Mttspn waß a thorn m hii side, and- the Minister a scapegoat for. the lash of the ex-tbhoolmascer. Mr. Jackson has has but little to be thankful for : and ween elected if he spares the rod, lie will be something more than human. -' xiltky itJOBB yaasus Diiua biood. Edwin Philip was a genuine sprig of the aristocracy, and a distinguished though a juvenile member, of "the Civjlv Service, m whose eyes it .was a contamination to per-, form a menial action, Though he did not despise the five score of pounds allotted fPr t'le performance of his duties, his soul revolted at the debasement which they necessitated, so he made a compromue Tvith his conscience by accepting the honorarium, and disdaining the other part 06: the arrangement. There were sbme,s however,Jwh6 doubted theintegrity of his motives arid were heard to say that*wereEdw;in merelylpaid for what he did and not what he did' tit do, the aristocratic, scruples would vanish, and a plot was -laid .to put him to the test. One evening, as E. P. was talking to a storekeeper, the guardian of the peace made- his appearance and drew the attention of the storekeeper to the fao' t^afc having the path way littered with cases of xiewly-arrived I goods, he was infringing one of the Borough Bye-laws ? " I know a * " the draper, " but what am 3- *9'4?J? I can't get a man^to; do it f or i 0 or money. I will give halfra-sbv-reign to ha^e them remoyed." ""What ?" gasped- Ed win Philip, «•■ you'll give half-a-Soy ?" " Yeß» returned MrTape "and here's the coin." " Right you- are," was the reply, " I'm your Moses," and to the horror of every one, that aristocratic young man might have been; seen for thg next hour sans coat, sans ,Kat, with sleeves up-rolled and shirt collar thrown open, toiling for the golden bait. Bon't think I despise him for the action— far from it— tut I did' heartily next morning I heard him tell his superior, oftlcer .that he 'would see 1 him dashed before .he s-vreep but the bMce, as he had not joined the Service tb be a lob-lolly^ boy. When taxed, with his occupation of the previous evening his excuse was of a two-fold' nature— first -|hat he had; done the woi'k for a wager ;■ and seconSly that he had given the proceeds m charity, an explanation which I am afraid did mot meet with even one believer.