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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 264, 6 November 1874, Page 4

Yd l_w.i',i^r. ; - - •'.- j ■ UU- ." : connection with the discovery 6f fQ__c____ag£#jry m^ the history of the Htfftft* 1 * JBy iMaoris is siven by tUe" ' Thames Natives eale red this, province bf %l^<oftTa*ptf SDd tbe' Maaawatu, •Wb^fT-ji I9 r 6 6 through 'thii Rushine' BO__i_ata|aog«i to the south of the 1 BoatiwiPha j>Uias. T|ie attacking, / Natives then swept down the plains, '4riT»g all the Nitivee of this district / on to .lie Island of-Pdkake (Goaeh ' Is^>o« ;i Ah'oriri)V sod eocamped i4e\»'P.P ( '0W ">$ exireroitiea^ot, the ________NUandi#efltern : Spits. Tbe inV*4d(% ?1 anfoy having no means of reaching the island, whi.o was ''then ' Borronnded by deep^^ater, a detachVmt^rMm th *7 gfihered ranpo, and made this materia),, fat? ««&' or rafts, which they floated down the Ngarororo River, W .-the sea, and 'p^dled ihem^t^ '.the^co^Cto'ihe Spit. Just before daVn the' 1 storming party'^yiDed^ T (her lj and landing' frightfarslaugnter ensued, more tbao SQOQr.Haw .c's) }Bay Natives being kiUe_Tor taken into slavery. m On soma, occasions.it was customary amongst the IkiStsV »i^r a MUle, to fcmit t6e ijofoitiiiyarty: » 'feary i some of thai

e !^» an^ after ihe battle, on Gou^b Islahd,' the Hawke'a Bay Natives were allowed by # tbeir conquerors to inter the slain at Fandora P^int. . Hence the human remains discovered recently at that spot, ■;•;'].; ' An Elopement.— Quite a romantic „r pcciityed recently .(^aya . tbe ftiwlfr cortes^ondeht^or the Kapunda * erald) iaot a hundred miles from our Murray street. It was a genuine elopement of a pair of youthful btft/ mssionate lovers. For some time past tneynutig lady, who is of good connections and bas arrived at> the age of street seventeen, had-Becretly listened to the amorous addresses of heir Successful but youthful lover, aged eighteen years ; bat. her Athenian Romeo havingthe misfortuoe to be, as prejudiced Seopte would say; ' obly a stable b6yi_ is humble position' proved- a serious, obstacle in. the way to the realisation of. her most cherished hdpesd But .'lbvje. .sprmonintß all difficulties, and "heideteiv qiined to baok, bis sayings and dilljgeni1^ ad-d tp. jiitem, . in: of der to enable to _ proyide a comfortable home for his bride •^heo* the critical time came when he must present bimspif before'ihß father tp ask^forhis daughter. But meantime the clandestine courtship was discover e;d by the yooDg lady's friends, abd she was, of. cpurge, forbidden to continue ■ the Jntinaiicy which existed 'tween her ] darling "stable iioy and herself. This ( was an awfbl blow to both, but althbugh they, bore it bravely, yetHfres^ difficulties seemed to overwhelm them. Then cßhie: the crisis," Having amassed i4Oj r our '-local Komeo ptopesed to his sweetheart the romantic' idea of elopement, and his persuasive tones seem to h ave " been so, successful Ahat one afternoon the confiding Juliet was missed from ber bohae, and hot only herself, but the whole of the contents of her wardrobe and everything of which 1 __ie' j was the 'posses-sbr. • ; Where.; these faithful lovers have flown nobody knows. 'They hired a trap and were driven a few miles, then they alighted, and that was the last aeen of them. Let us hope tbeir affepuona are pore and tbeir intentions honorable, and that their after lives may* be none tbe Worse for their foolish and thoughtless elopement. . Some startling disclosures have been made recently in New York as to tbe manner in which liquor is compounded before it is given to the' unsuspecting public to driok. The following methods 'adulleraiionf' bate been* published iv tbe Niw York Sun :—A former Brooklyn saloon keeper has printed- his recipes-which-he^ used r to %*mmSte •.Htf^xd qfrye; whisky is manufactured from high wirrtfs, commonly called fusel-oil whisfcyj . made to-day and drank three days after. It also contains vinegar, syrup, pil of Bourbon, French color rngj blvd. stone, and oiber poisonous _.he__icafl. ] Cognac brandy is made from French or ] Cologne spirits, burnt sugar, oil of j cognac, 5 vinegar, bluestone, 7 Jamaica honey, syrnp, port wine, J French coloring, alb m, arid aloes," Irish or Scotcln,w|iißky is made from Canada^ high wines, or new distilled whisky que-p week old, saltpetre, - fine^ salt, es^'nee ,of 7ol! bf,.Scotch br Irish whisky, fusel-oil, syrup, bluestone, St. Croix, rum, some imported Irish or Scotch whisky for flavor. What sells 'for the best old Holland gin if made .frem French spirits, water, oil of juniper. New England rum, peach pips, "wifh, some ito ported gin' for flavbr. (sd\ Tom gin is made from the same T in-" gradients, but double syrup is aSded Vo J make it sweeter. It is also^ bottled as a medicine, and sold for kidney diseases.' Jamaica and St. Croix rum is made of dbuble«refioed high wines, French coloring, oil of rum,( ; fusel-oil, vinegar, ; bluestone, burnt -'ftsgar; molasses syr^J witb some* imported Jamaica, Gubajor 6t. Croix ruin for flavor, "albm; aloee, $nd pr^ne-wiqeu ". '• *. ; V,;. 1