Anybody's Column.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 208, 4 September 1869, Page 2

Anybody's Column.

Replies are iuvited to the following inquiries : — " Worshipper " asks whether any benefits are likely to accrue to very young children from going to church, and if so whether they are in any way equivalent to the annoyance caused to the congregation by such a custom. " Martha." — As a rule we do not publish enquiries verbatim, but yours is so prettily worded that we make an exception in your favor: — "Dear Sir, — As we may now shortly expect the hot season with all its attendant troubles in the larder, it is cheering to us housewives to see in the papers that they have imported a meat-pre-serving plant in Christchurch, Please tell me whether it is propagated from seed or by cuttings, and oblige, Yours very affectionately, Martha." ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Politician." — The amount of honorarium due to each of the members of Parliament who have been in attendance during the whole of the session is £95. " Forlorn." — The Divorce Court sits in Wellington in the course of a few months. "Qsculum" wishes to know how kissing originated, and what were the peculiar circumstances that gave rise to it. We have referred this question to Dr. Dryasdust, the eminent antiquarian, who, in his usual curt style, replies as follows: — *' Commenced in Garden Eden, thus, — Adam and Eve had to lay heads together to solve knotty question connected with American blight, — in doing so, lips came in contact; Eve remarked, "So nice, Adam, do it again." Adam did as required, and made a habit of it ever after. Children picked it up, and so handed down, generation to generation. "Sportsman." — Mr. Red wood's team, consisting of Manuka, Peeress, and Misfortune,' leaves Nelson in the Omeo on 18th instant. " Fanny.' '—Don't. « J.E."— 1872. " Gum." —£38 per ton. "S." — The Long Drive. "Tony."— Persevere. "E.M." —On Tuesday next. "Nelly." — Be cautious. "Ignoramus." — You may break but cannot bend me. "Baby Redivivus." — Your questions are impertinent, and your grammar false, the infant you refer to being of the feminine gender.