Correspondence.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222050, 13 February 1900, Page 2

Correspondence.

We do; not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed, by our correspondents. TO THE EDITOR; Slit, —After, reading; ‘ ATrue Britisher's’ loiter,. publisfUd in your columns of the Bth instant, I experienced an acute attack of ‘that tired feeling’ which is supposed to "hssail one most frequently in the early morning when vitality is low. This is a mistake, however, ‘ tired feelings’' come at all times and seasons. They abound in most households,, and ar.a especially pi'evalent amongst the younger people when the school bell rings., ‘Tired feelings’ may be-used for a variety of purposes, and are often taken to.prevent or-postpone the fulfilment of some particularly irksome and disagreeable duty. Beneficial results sometim'es follow their use in moderation, but a too frequent indulgence cannot be recemmended/f ‘A/Crue Britisher.’ should keep an.extra powerful ‘tired feeling’ in stock,, and' at the first symptom, of Boer exterminating mania should inhale the- ‘feeling’’ until he is- thoroughly under its influence, Thus his malignant pen would be stayed) his patriotism remain unquestioned, and his self-interest bo still-unknown. ‘A True Britisher’ wishes us to understand that he is not a Boer. Doubtless tho Boers would indignantly repudiate all relationship with hi me/. Still, after studying his boorish epistle, I fear that ‘A True Britisher’ seeks-to l dis wn his ancestry. For-the mean, intolerant spirit is so plainly in evidence that'it at once proclaims- ‘ A True Britisher’ to- be of undoubted kin to the—boa;s. ‘A True Britisher’ is evidently one of a new race of Britishers whose existence has hithertobeen undreamed of,, and as their number cannot bo exceedingly numerous, I would : suggest that they be at once captured and exchanged for a big yellow dog, and that the animal be sot up for Sergeant Maingay to shoot at. —I am, etc., E.M.