The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1880.

Temuka Leader, Issue 224, 17 January 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1880.

Aoknowlei) jmsnt. Mr Baggett, of the Tnn-iru Her hi Officq for helping us in an extremity on Thursday last. Had it not been for Ins kindness in lending us appliances necessary for printing, it is probable that last Thursday’s is-u ‘ of Tab? LtS.VDt?H 'VOill I riot have be n delivers 1 to our subscribers till vary late in the day. Wednesday's Bain. — This rain came most inopoortirmly on Wednesday. Sover d of the tinners had bay ready for stacking, but, the rain int-rf'ered with th hr arrangements. C msidcrable damage was also done to the standing crops. Several cr >ps n? oals ne ir the Washdyke were almost down on the ground. Tins ,s to be noticed in several places along the line. Temiika Band. — ThL band held their Tst public parade on Thursday evening last, ami was a decided success. In ashmq lime, with great care, we shall expect to see it one of the best bands in South Can. mrbury. London Wool Sales.—Wo are pleased to s '-, by the National Mortgage and Atrency Company of New- Zealand’s cata* Ague for the November sales, that ou r hie I firm (Messrs McCaskill and Rooney) have received the top p-ice for scoured wool, viz., 2s dpi. Temtjka Road Board. — It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that thi- ruicuayers’ list is now open for inspector; by the piddh- at the Board office, and that a!' objections have to be lodged at R.M. Court, on or before the loth February and a copy left at Road Board office not less than 7 days before fci e next sitting of the Assessment Court.

A Comedy of Errors. — ,c The friends of two gentlemen, neither of whom has heretofore bore the name of Dromio,” the Sydney Daily Telegraph relates, “ have for some days past been amused by stories of mistaken identity, which were of such a puzzling nature that it was not till lately that the matter was fulty understood. A gentleman, returned recently from England, who has been seen at the Exhibition and other places a good deal lately, had been upbraided by ladies, and quietly r- mmistrated with by. several gents, for Ms intolerable insolence in failing to nod to their bows wlnm they met the other day -Sometimes, when notes had been compared, the unhappy individual con d not oonvin e liis indignant acquaintances that li? was never at sic h and such a p] ;ce at the time named. At last lie found a good Samaritan, who fold him how he had met ids twin-brother, both i stature and a-'tT; <md that this jeison had the same tale of disire-ss to narra e. The principals were ban iug lu be introduced, and lately the opportunity came.at - the Garden Palace. E mil had a quiet, view of the other, and beeame mot e astonished than ever. They were lu ought together, and those present, who were acquainted aith the su roun iings, could not abstain from laughter. To say that they were as like as two peas taken from one pod would hardly convey an idea of the extraordinary likeness Both were about he same their suits might have be.-n cut bj the satro lailor, from the same material, and they „mighl have patronised the same hatter. Added to these .singular agr,-e neius was a similarity of gait, and the mode in which each carried his w -Ikine: stick. P- r aps the most puzzling part of all was the uninformity of complexion, expression of the features, and shape of whiskers. The new friends had hardly been acquainted maty minutes before they were able to unrevel further secrets connected with their pa-'t trouble 0 , and as thsre were ladies to be considered, they were pleased to be in a position to offer such a substan. ti;d plea of innocence 1o tin-ir accusers as 1 luit of mistaken identity.

California. — A recent traveller in Cali' fornia describes the social condition of the country as slightly anarchic at. Not only does everyone do what is right in his own ey s, but expresses himself v ry strongly and generally in bu'h-ts against whatev r displeases him that is ..done by others In a church —for there are churches—which our traveller vk-Led, lie noticed this touching appeal, printed in large type, on the organ loft —'* It is requested that you wiil not shoot at the organist : he does his best.”

A Pardon—ln addition to the 'wo cases in England lately, in which free p -rdons have been granted oji proof of innocence after convictions for mur-’er.

Mr Samuel George Mdr/ett' sentenced to seven years’penal servitude, ifter urn forgoing one year, has receiv ;d Her Majesty’s gracious pardon, because his innocence has been proved. Rather Rough —The Grey River Argus is particularly severe in its remarks on the secon I days’ racing at Grey mouth It says, “ nearly all the events seemed to be pre-arranged ; the sells were so pnlpible that everybody was disgusted and “ii is a good thing that people on the course were in a good humour, or else it mi ;ht have fared ill with so us of tho so-ca led jocks.” The Auslro-Scrvhin diSiculty has b en arranged.

Rather Gioov —lt u not often that, a Colonial j min-did soavi much above lira region "f m itter-of-f.ict. When howeve iio docs attempt a Might into the gdh y heigh! •of ih dorif, lie iu'ouiqh immense. Wheels lln" IT Honour perom'inn to an art*ch* on the c use of the late, and the

c •min-mccme :t of the present, yc-at : “ And now, since the cat may look at the Queen lot us hid thee farewell, 0 serene and reverend 70! It Lay wg live as-earnestly and die as peacefully as thou. May our puny race bo as happy under the dynasties of the Eighties as it, has been nndor thee and Ihy nine brothc--, the Seventies ! What pigmies we be in your hands, 0 ye Years ! Behold we konst of killing ye, while ye be killing us ! Wo rejoice giddily when one of you approaciictli his end and behold, thousands of us die before him ! Is there no pity in ye, oye Years, that ye make us as babbles, lit with rainbows, to behoT' the glory of the universe, for a moment, and then to break, and be lost in the wave on which: we ride '? But we rebel not, 0 Time, for wo have beard of -old how thou oldest up thine offspring. Wo ;>re launched upon iliy billows, and abide the certain wreck.

‘ Unfathomable sea ! whose waves are years • Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe Are brackish with the salt of human tears • Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow Glasrest the limits of mortality 1 And sick of prey, yet howling on for more, Yomitest wrecks on thine inhospitable shore. Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm, Who shall put forth on thee, Unfathomable sea P ”

An Original Style.—A writer in the Auckland Star, describing Lone Hand's gallopping, says : broadside on, with a general * skevv-wiffc motion, looking slow, but really swift.” There is at any rate' one sporting waiter who has an original stylo about his paragraphs. The Lord Mayor of London.— The Lord Mayor of London, after his recent conduct, has been a prolific subject for the caricaturists. Some of the comic papers have made him the modern Guy Fawkes, and in the city he Ims been burnt in effigy. Writing of caricaturist* recalls attention to the splendid cartoons, which Mr Teniel is now publishing in Punch. Even John Leech never excelled them.

Wanted Rain. —Says the Rangitikei Advocate: “A dolorous cry comes from Southland : a cry which Southland has never before been known to utter since the island was colonised. That region of Scotch mists, heavy wets, and amphibious inhabitants, actually wants rain. Perhaps the. afflictions which other parts of the colony have recently suffered by fl >od H would have been wholly Southland’s, bad Nature not departed from her usual course in the distribution of tlie rainfall. Southland will only be satisfied when it is transformed into a lake.”

De Lacy Evans. —The Bendigo Advertiser states that Mrs De Lacy Evans has at last attained her liberty, although she will not.leave the hospital for a few days. Mr Graham Webster, P.M., attended at the institution, and formally discharged her. The woman lias expres H ed a desire to proceed to-Sydney, and has not scrupled to ask for money towards accomplishing the object in view. Since her return from Kew to the lunacy wav-Is of the hospital, she has worn Guiis Afire, but it is thought fh-d nhoHly -Re;- being released, she will again don man’s attire. We have boon informed th-t a highly respected and wealthy effizen of this city, well known for his iu;b:dod generosity, has offered to pay Trsmayno’s expanses to Sydney. The features of the w Mum are now decidedly feminine in annoararme, tiro coarse expression having gone away. Nothing positively is known as to the means she will adopt to earn a livelihood.