STRANGE VITALITY.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 109, 21 January 1880, Page 2

STRANGE VITALITY.

The various items which appear \^pon arrival of the S 1:1 Francisoau mail are always retlu.leiit at' sensatiou, aud not i unfrequcntly. worthy of notice on account of their peculiarity. It is not so veryluti^a^o since wa Mere informed through its reliable channel that an " unforttuuite man had been handed for having oouiuiifcfcecl suiutJe." Wiiethcr such an occurenco wns an event whicli "Fri'queutly happened I cannot say, but K^'iux t*^t. ifc wa< mer»ly chronicled •vwthout comment or explanation. lam led to the belief that it is the custom of the country to so pu'iLsli awh off<-n---fleirs. Last week we WiM'e informedthat a " nuu^ber of Jutiiauss muul(ireil an im -rtiijraat tram, who followed and .slaujyhfori'ii theni." Thero is a delightful ambiguity abo^t tho construction of J the senteii'-f, which * v eras to .^-jy tr> rhe seacher after tlitx truth, " Yoif pays your money, and you takos your etioiire. ; A rospeet for Linclley Murray would forbid aio to iitt&sjiu, j taafc it wa,i tjxj)

gayagos who were guilty of slaughtering and following ; and a disbelief m the age o£ miracles wouid disincline me to believe that the unfortunate . new ohuins, after being shot, skinned, and scalped by their .Hed foes, "shuffled on the mortal coil " ai;ce more for the purpqses pf retribution, However, s"uch is the story which Baron lieuter, through hi* underlings would have us to credit.