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Southland Times, Issue 1230, 29 March 1870, Page 3

The large supply, cheapness, ans good quality of the wool grown iri^CanfoMij* has given great impetus to the-ihanufac^ ture of wjoolleh goods in thiat; State, , land * this is now one of the most extensive aaid. ; prosperous branches of manufacturing in., * California. . The wretch who can stand in a pair of slippers worked for him by his wife, andj^ scold her, is a brute, who deserves r t6 T have r the gout in both feet. ' ' } "..'.'..1,.,-.!,,:, When a new opinion or doctrinecpmes '..(. before you, do not bite' till; you; know ! whether it is bread or a stone ; 'aUd ! '4o ' not be sure that.the.gihgerbread is ; go6d^ because of the gilt of it. . .-.. ; ..-, ■„-,>. -i HOW TO BECokB A GobjD BaEEDTStt. Ot f C^Tis.--Mr M'Cojmbie^ thk veteran, who represents West Aberdeen-., shire in the House of XUommons, has issued a little book which'showa the* in- 1 dustry arid labor by which his honors Werej won. When he began, business he was-Often his own drover. " Many adayj" 1 * he -writes, "whein attending Hallow fair, I have got up at 4*or:s o'clock „in ; the morning; breakfasted* and riot tasted food? till 6 o'clock at night. The weather was so bad on one occasion that man and beasts were up to the knees in mud." Mr M'Combie and another once ,dfOvei?Ov cattle more, than 70 miles intwo 4ays t and three nights, and in miserable Nbyemtiei^ weather. To the ardubusness' of 'the career in which the hon. gehtleman : has* :so splendidly succeeded; -Darwin himself has testified, I'^Nofcohe in 'i 1,000," sajs? Darwin, -hacaecucacy of eye and .judg^ ment" sufficient to become an eminent, breeder^ -^ Ift gifted r^rith these qualities, and he studies the subject for-yeaxSj-and- \ devotes, his hfetimeto'St* with ifiddipitable perseverance, he will succeed and make great improvements, and if he wants any of these qualities he will surely fail." .Mr G. Matthews, the nurseryman:,, writes as follows to the Otago APailt/r Times': — The letter which appeared in this morning's Times (as an extract^ from, the Southern Cross) on the cultivation of Phormium tenax from seed, is 'about \ the? most silly piece of cultural advice it is possible to conceive, and will tend tomislead parties intending to raise flax' from seed, than which nothing is more simple. Why should the seed Jra kept in a dry place for six or twelve jnf6hths\ previous to sowing? No wonder jt should require, steeping . in hot water after such unnatural treatment. Does nature provide" a hot water, b^th for seeds'? Gather flax seed when ripe*, and sow thickly as soon as possible -on rather moist and well-prepared ground, preriously made firm by treading or tolling 'j cover to the depth of one inch with coarse g^ayel, oVer wluch place scrub ;to shade from the sun, and to protect the beds from heavy rains and frost, which has a tendency to hove up the surface of the the beds, and leave the seed exposed to the weather. The scrub may be renioved when the young plants are sufficientlyadvanced to stand the weather. " The want of rain," the Geelong Adaerfiser , says, " is very great and general throughout all parts ofthe colony In the districts contiguous to GeelongJ* is especially noticeable. There are large areas of arable land on either side of the railway lines, and had there been a sufficient fall of rain the lands would how have been turned over in many places, and prepared to receive the full benefijt; of the heavier rains that must soon come. As it is, the whole country wears a parched and -barren aspect, and the ploughs are lying idle,? AA >: -■*' <"- 'A IA. A I ■ 11. ii 'i A serious disturbance has taken place in the Wagga Wagga gaol. 'Many ofthe prisoners haye of late been highly*- Refractory, but thei immediate cause of the outbreak was a desperate attack made by a prisoner named Burt upon another prisoner, whom he suspected of having given some inforrbatiOn relative to an attempted escape. The warder went to the assaulted, man's assistance,' and some of the other prisoners, to that of Burt, aud a geheral fight "ensued, in which^some of the combatants got rather roughly handled. Aua inquiry before the police magistrate and Mr F. A. -Tdinpson was held within the gaQl, anct ßurt and~*wo others were sentenced to one week's solitary, confinement each. ; i_ *