ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 773, 3 October 1878, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

JO TIIS "DTTCV. (if ,S8 KVBKrSO MAIL. But. - jfaLniiilv 'jiv.- p-iblici'v in the c Innms of V'l-'.r ralu.-ihlo newspaper to the fi'.lin'.vin-/: —The aupoin'-nieiit of a in iiv ■■:y at Di'itr-am will }>•■ •vc.*:veil \v!:Si suisfacfioa heiv, -tit I it is thought no Lire it miie will ei sps-' i■ ■ f<u'i■ i or rwi e-iSKS 'ire ripe for l[i S ,;-( lily. F,).- t.i 111 " P'lirt till l'lTl-p■-V- --i rli>rn;;nt. ;.f iarrikimsm has made I ■■ f;; :ipp''-:-.:-ir,iiG h-.ve from a sister town- '>!'» gi'""-'iy t<> th ■ ai'iovanc' of of th-- l-i'-i-I lis. iinn of whom f understanfl inr.-ixls koejiiit'4 in c-'.-i-liri s< a pur of <•:•;- e-H.-nr ho!,- = .ail A u..w-h;'l.-s for the sp.-ei-i.l niirtioKe of ;i "rjn a "sr-rii;:; v. v. hoiesoir,.. •: 'rr -a ive in these hr-ilnirlis harleomns. All ri'.(hi-tiii::':i:ic; i-ei'sons are sorrv to io tin'■:;> lii'o'nn:-;, ivim ;i>v ue_;lect-.'(! in rjioir 1 n'hr.ve.l to <;.■! forth ■is Hcs's to Sile<ilv mml a to '..em-e'v.'s. Ir :.s to 1> ■ 1; mo 1 we shall '•■'■ ri.l o- the-e u iri :<.vs frnii other townsi:ips !■!■-> t it; y• ! 'i o" in;- own diatric" income c ■!)! uninannl. [ :v.a : ft-.:., A RSSTDEXT. LiviiicrVjon-. O c .-:-.'. r 2 nl. 1878. * i ■■ the Fun:.!: or t;;m evkxino m ;l. i Sr\ !n list ;:;j!!;'s issue ; no-, e:in error hi the referring to the r -Lull of inv analysis oi' the brawn whie'n has been the soarc: of so mac-h discomfort to rnind and hod of many in Oamaru lateiy. 1 am there made to state *hat " no poisonous matter" w.-.s contained in the meat. What I rezJl' sai 1 was that " 'in mineral poison" •..•as present. I no"<l hardly sa that there is a wide d-lSca-en e between the two. ard not a fe.v nr's" ha'.e s'rinijje 1 their shoulders incredulously ?.. tr.-y read the reported res lit, mainaining that they knew hett r, the proof of the pt/U!iui(, a cording to an old saving, 1 in:r in the eatin :; of it. My report having heen made viva voce., the ni-v.ikj is easily aecou ted for. As ai! si.rts of rumors were bailie fr • ly circn attd \r. town sineSunday n to rue pr.'b di!e caas ; c.f no illness, such a-s; the careless hand "i poison jntc'itiud it rats, kc. I houglit it rijfht ir. jastica to the oropri tor ud others, and so far t ■ the minds of thoae whe h d pa-'tnlten ••!' : hn meat,, to make üblie the result of ■y r s t !>.sis a.s-arly : .-3 po-sii»io, nod I may h= ro sta.te. in .re full-, that 1 I'.av-- • xa-nin d the vne - f.ei't to n>« e.-u-efully--i-oth ch-mieal mikl micro ! .'-Ksa^^'?d.

ran And nuthins-to aiMiirit I'.r the iijn ■s.«. I iv.vt visit, rl the UsUi-hlbUui lit, and <->: a ined into the v ;riou-; in t --j ai •.'•cinir of tru brawn. There is nothing to e i-.-n u uaiH wich ? iwlee , the last iiiakintc secius t:. l.a'e lv.vt unusual cure bestuw.i: on i" 1 have since met with many

who have par'aken of it and feit nn unpleasant oon-equci.es ; and lastly i havo fed my dog- and t-.it freely ..ilb it. and not the slightest brv I eiieets were pro lueed. My time ha-i not permltt"d me yet to exonine into the matter -o fully - a s I intend to do. but I may state here that I believe Ihe illness has b en brought on by what >-: ■•■>» rallv known as " the sausa re poison." When ; rr.e >ermits, I purpose writing- more fully or. the subject. Yours tr .ly, A. A. Fleming. Qamaru, October 9, 1373.