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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 38, 9 February 1876, Page 2

The accounts of the crops from all parts of the province of Canterbury give promise of an Unusually large harvest.' Tbe yield per. acre will be greater than last year, Much land has been laid down in grass for sheepfarming, but this is more than counterbalanced by. the immense number of acres of new land brought under cultivation. There is a decided preponderance of oafca, but very little barley. The oats will average throughout the province 36 bushels per acre ; wheat, 30 ; barley, 28. We (Post) regret to learn that the Right Rev the Anglican Bishop of Wellington, Dr Hadfield, is seriously ill, a neglected cold having resulted in a severe attack of asthma ftnd bronchitis. A woman who has just been sent to the Otago Lunatic Asylum imagines that she was engaged to be married, but 7 her betrothed jumped off Rattray-street jetty and was drowned, and that he was now cllasing her iv the form of a cat. The Provincial Government of Taranaki have reduced the price of stonebreaking to 5s 9d per cubic yard, against which the stone-breakers loudly remonstrated oc Monday, but without effect. We ( A T ew«)hear also that laborers wages at Inglewood have been reduced to 5s per" day. The Clutha Leader states that Mr Shipton, Dunedin, commercial traveller, received a sunstroke the other day in the neighborhood of Bald Hill, between Roxburgh and Alexandra. Mr Shipton, by last accounts, was recovering slowly. The temperature exceeded lOOdeg, in the shade. The following is from a Wellington contemporary : — Jones, of Wellington, has a fruit garden, in which, amongst other things, he cultivated grapes. His grapes are just getting ripe, and, as he is the only , man in the neighborhood who grows them, he rather prides himself on the fact. Near him lives a gentleman who is the unhappy possessor of a wooden leg, and for some time past Jones has been unjustly suspecting this wooden-legged man of robbing his garden. In a weak and unguarded moment Jones chanced to tell a neighbor, who is a bit of a practical joker, of his suspicions, and the result may be learned from what follows. On Friday night last it rained, and the neighbor to whom Jones had confided* his suspicious respecting the wooden-legged" nian, determined to ••* have it out " of the latter, ;wbo happened to have offended him by I

keeping a pigsfcye ne^r his (the neighbour's) kitcben. Accordingly, at daybreak on Saturday morning, he got a broomstick^ put on one boot, and starfcgd for Jones' garden.; Then he Jweni^fco-the grape-vines, and hopped from there to the gate, and every time' his booted foofc came down be rammed the broomstick into the ground alongside the footprint. After doing- this, he went away, and in fche morning after breakfast, Jones wont to see how his grapes were getting on. Se had been waiting for the wooden-legged man for some time, and by George now he had got him! There distinctly were' his marks — one boot-mark and a hole in tbe ground afc regular intervals ! As Jonjbs has, ifc is said, laidau information against fche innocent wooden-legged man, we make no comment. Perhaps ifc is as well fchafc there was no public demonstration* here on the occasion of opening our railway, or it might have degenerated into a scene such a? that which took place on a~ similar occasion afc Timaru, and which is thus described in a telegram to the ■#". Z. Times*.— -The speeches unfortunately took a strong political turn, and afc the conclusion of tlje Superintendent's speech, Mr Jones, bf Timaru, asked leave to make a remark. Leave was refused by the ; chairtpan. Mr Jones persisted. A great uproar followed, everybody misunderstanding everybody else. Afc lasfcfche chairman sent" for a policeman, and had Mr Jones removed, which was much resented by his friends. The whole party then broke up in confusion, but presently returned and took their seats. In a humorous speech, Mr Wakefield then proposed the railway, and .harmony prevailed, except when Sir Cracroffc : Wilson in. returning fchanks ifor his health said if he had been chairman he would have got over the table and turned Jones out himself. A good deal of strong feeling against fche Government was expressed'througlioufc the whole affair. After the Superintendent's health was proposed there was very little applause, and the company sang the " Dead March of Saul " instead of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." : In* the evening a large crowd assembled atthe. railway station, and a long train crammed with passengers left for Christchurch amid hearty cheers. .. It is hot always good te be too familiar with your cook, judging from the case against C. Ancell, who was. a day or two ago charged at the Welliugtoa Resident Magistrate's Court with horsc-stenling. It seems Mr Charles Pugaley, at the Taita, employed the accused as cook, and allowed him to keep a horse on the premise*" 1 . Mast3r and man became bo familiar that they, rode one another's horses as to each seemed best, but after a while they quarrelled, and it is alleged that accused on leaving took away ihe master's good horse instead of his own weed, and attempted to convert it into cash. He was remanded. Sir Julius Vogel. — The return of this eminent and successful statesman to the shores of New Zealand cannot fail to restore a feeling of confidence in the minds of the people, a;mongst whom he hai proved himself a master spirit with a mind fully alive to* the difficulty, yet in no way. shrinking from the responsible task before him. The cumbrous and expensive provincial establishments must succumb before the energy and liberal-minded policy of such a man, who, in spite of the keenest competition, and in some cases bitter jealousies, has foughfc his way step by step fco his present position. Thafc Nelson will be firßt to welcome Sir Julius Vogel there can be no doubt, having, as she has, in her midsfc men actuated by the same philanthropic liberaliti*, whose whole

energies have been devoteid to supply- ' iug the wants of their fellow creatures —men who have expended enormous sums in providing warm and suitable clothing for any in need of ifc, and who, not content wifch the benefits conferred in Nelson,- have extended their liberality to fche neighboring provinces, and the very steameu thafc brings Sir Julius from Melbourne will also bring further extensive shipments from the home buyers of Messks T. S. Wymond and Co, tliat liberal and p&triotio firm, who are now giving away £300 worth op goods in the shape of 273 prizes, to be distributed on fche Arfc Union principle, amongst their customers in Nelson. Blenheim, and Wanganti, at any of which places tickets may be secured gratis on applicalion afc the establishments of this eminent firm, whose name hns become a " household word " as being the cheapest Drapers and Clothiers in New Zealand. — Advt. 358 The uV*. £7. Times understands thafc tbe Government has granted a gratuity fco the gentlemen -connected wifch the expedition for raising fche cable. We regret thafc considerable alarm should bave been occasioned by fche publication of au unreliable rumor to the effect that Sir G-eorge Grey was . lying ill afc Kawau. There is- nofc the slightest foundation for this " incon r siderate " statement. Sir George Grey came up from Kawau last evening with Mr Sheehau, and we have the best authority for saying is iu excellenthealth. Afc the time this ill-considered and premature statement was written, Sir George Grey bad probably returned from a long country walk of five miles.Ifc is to be regretted that canards of purely, gratuitous fabrication should be so; carelessly propagated. — N. Z. Herald. Regarding the San Francisco mail service, the Post has the following remarks : — The whole scheme is a muddle. Ifc has been ill-conceived, illarranged, ill-managed, and ill carried out. In the emphatic words of Mr J. S. Macfarlane, " When a three thousand ton steadier brings only .one passenger, two passengers, and a bunch of bananas, it's jusfc damnable for those who will have fco pay the piper." What remain* to* be done is fco ' enforce the penalties against fche contractors and bring the abortive arrangement to an end. Some people are drawing up an address to Sir Julius Vogel just now, telliug him whafc valuable and important services he has rendered to the colony. We trust there will be a special paragraph of thanks in ifc concerning this mail service. Ifc has been a valuable one fco ' the colonists. It has taught them to be resigned and patient under the most extreme provocation and annoyance. In that way ifc has elevated their nature, and raised their moral tone. Surely *£a5,000 a year was nofc too much for such a result, A gentleman who recently visited New Zsa'and informs the Sydney Herald that " the peculiar conditions of Wellington are, ihree days' blow, three days' rain, and the seventh doy ai earthquake. According to the Timaru Herald, the recently^ returned .proviucial members for Waitaki nre disqualified :— •" Mr Shrimski because he is under contract with the Government to d > certain auctioneering business for them, and Mr Hisiop because he is Crown Solicitor. "Fellow trabellers," said a Digger, preacher, "ef I had been eatin' dried apples for a week, an' den took to drinkin' water for a monf, I could'nt feel, more swelled up dan I am dis minnifc wid pride and wanifcy afc seein' such full 'tendance bar dis evenin'." (For continuation see fourth page.)

**-'- " ■ '■ Jones says. young men get tight by solacing themselves with the " arden'," but tbat young ladies get tight by so-lacing in a different manner. Of corsets so. "Ob, sir, if it comes to that," said a -young lady who had stumbled, as her, companion grasped her hand to prevent. her falling — "if it cornea to that, you must ask papa.' r . Ah Oriental having brought ablush to a; maiden's cheek by the earnestness of his gaze, said to her, " My looks have planted roses in your cheeks; why forbid my to gather tbem? The law permits him who sows to reap the harvest." The necessity of attending promptly to small wounds, however trifling, was (says the Geelong Advertiser) exemplified in the case of a man named William Goodman., froor Terang, who ■sought relief at the Geelong, ,-Hospital yesterday, from the intense pain which he was suffering from a bad arm. It appears that some few days ago whilst driving a stake into tbe ground with a mallet, be knocked, the skin off his knuckles, but took no notioe of the injury. A few days -afterwards he i began to be alarmed at his arm swelling, and at once determined to pay a ! visit to tho hospital, where the officials described* the arm as a fearful one, erisypelas having set in,, being diseased right into the socket. Dr. Scott did all in his power to alleviate the sufferings af the unfortunate fellow, but it is impossible to say how the case may end. - The Pitsburgh Leader has a notioe gathered from French Medical papers, and confirmed by physicians of New York; regarding diseases propngnted by the free use of soap. The* prevalence of diphtheria among washerwomen first drew attention to the matter; the chemical investigation traced the disease to the eoap. It is well known that domestic soap fat is foul stuff. It is long gathering; puiresence usually sets in before it gets to the boiler of the : factory.- Fat that comes from dead animals goes to tbe soap-boiler. Often the animal was diseased; and always is it tainted with mortuary matter. Continual rubbing in . hot water causes absorption of the poison through the pores of the skin, and it attacks the '. most susceptible organs. Lung fever and kidney diseases are traced to this morbid source in such a way as to leave no doubt. Many diseases of children are caused by impure soap. The Commission in Paris reports this poison most apparent in toilet co-ip and those most sbenled are the worst. Probably the rosin used so much in common laundry soap bas a counter effect, for it is found that . borax üßed freely counteracts the baneful effects of the 1 poison. The report states that soap gains greatly in detergent power by the addition of borax, and on this account it is common to advertise soaps as enriched in that way; but of 20 samples analysed scarcely a trace of borax was detected. " It recommends a law requiring that a certain minimum proportion, not under 10 per cent of the alkaline ingredients shall be obligatory in all soaps; and, further, that the proportion be etimped on all soaps, under five and foifeiture for deception. Borax is plentiful on tbe American coast, and so much reduced in price that it may now be used freely,,'