FATHER HENNEBERRY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 596, 30 March 1878, Page 2

FATHER HENNEBERRY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL. PlTt, —Referring to the letter of " Thiggin Thu" in yesterday's issue, I think his remarks on the few lines from me which you published were marked by a bitterness of tone which w:is totally uncalled for, and which, in the blindness of his zeal, has caused him to use expressions rather harder than the occasion warranted. Passing over the allusions to my "ignoble ashes" and " callous heart,'' which I think seem.rather absurd and out-of-place expressions whem the matter under consideration is calmly looked into, I may here emphatically state that my remarks were not intended as a dose for Catholics, among whom I have many esteemed friends and relations, but were directed against any man or men, no matter what their church or creed may be, who use their abilities and influence to stir up strife among Christian communities. As to what has occurred on the West Coast, we cau all form our own opinions from the Press news ;is well as "Thiggin Tim," and I have mine. " Where there is smoke there is fire" is an old saying, and generally holds true. In short, as I never intended to start a discussion of this sort iu the papers, I will close this correspondence, hoping "Thiggin Thu" will moderate his zeal for the future, and not draw hasty and wrong conclusions.—l am, etc.. ' Aleck H. Oamaru, March 29, IS7S.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL. %tn, : —"Thiggin Thu's" rejoinder is, or is intended to be, a crusher, but *' Aleck H." will probably survive it, as a laughable absurdity the last sentence but one of Thiggin Thu's is. a masterpiece. "Thiggin Tim'' kindly quoted the whole of " A. H.'s" letter for ; the benefit of your readers, and from the same laudable motive, I beg to quote a few lines from his : " When your forgotten ashes will be turned into inorganic clay, and the grave worm will be sleeping in your callous heart, and bringing forth her young in your disastrous brain, the visits of such men as Father Henneberry will be producing good." Very dreadful! but let us look a little nearer. After poor '' Aleck H. 's" ashes shall have turned into clay, the worm in some way not very easy to see, will sleep in his heart, and, prodigy of prodigies, while there she is to bring forth her young in his brain ! In other words, this humble little creature is to lie in two distinct organs wide apart, at one and the same time, although both organs had long ceased to exist under any condition whatever. Capital! Mr. .Vlud-dlebrain. .Erin go Bkagh. Papakaio, March 28, 1878.