CORRESPOND ENCE.
To Tire Editor of the Nelson. EvENiSG.MAit FiR,-Mr Joseph. Shephard,. MTl.w.'. M»>C., Provincial Treasurer. &c. &c, the man whom his fellow-citizens delight to honor; has most conclusively proved ti«at sitfihff on a rail'ia the highest duty of a political man. : But Mr Shephard has been hardly used. Mr Batheatemtted only once, and la! has h*' not his thousand a year? Mr slip hard has ratted f ese ihree times, and what has • he ? . In this 'country, unfortunately, "ment, when accomnanicil by monesty.prbfits a man nothing." : It is tlint fatal, thoueh graceful gift tha< obstructs Mr S^ephard's upward career.- It was sai'i of old t'me that Mr Lui-kie " invented "Mr Shephard Howdoes Frankenstein lil<e his monster now ? With Mr Luckie.we cannot quarrel fie knew which side hi* bread was butterel, but he '• goes straight" nnd sits on no rail. In the dearsifihterfness of the electorate too much faith, perhaps, is For continuation of new* see fourth pag°.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 274, 18 November 1872, Page 2
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158CORRESPONDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 274, 18 November 1872, Page 2
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