SCRAPS FROM OUR NOTEBOOK.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 1, Issue 41, 21 November 1868, Page 6

SCRAPS FROM OUR NOTEBOOK.

THE BLATANT BEAST -

Although the 3?a6ry Queen contains the victory of' Sir Ualidore" over the creature whose name is written above this scrap, yet it was not extirpated, and its children still, flourish, to r tne annoyance of the peaceable and welldisposed, i No longer does it flaunt it) liko a hydra-headed dragon; broad- 1 cloth is its . only wear, whether it gi|s ' at the council board or lifts its voice in the assembly of the people, "itsj roar may partake more of the bull-calf than tho lion, yet is it none the less' audible, inasmuch as empty vessels. make a great sound. It bellows forth ! its woekly spleen in print, and uses; the mighty power of tne press as "the j vehicle of its private milico. But its! power to injure has dopartod, and nomodern Sir Saturane need retiro to the! greenwood to be cured of the wounds! which it inflicts. It has lost its ancient; power of epigram, and- shows its weak-! ness by tho violence of its invective. As the Titans of old piled Pelion on; Ossa, so does it pile loud-mouthed, adjoctive on adjective. Nor was AJ,dus himself a groater advocate of the Italic character. Its occupations may be multifarious ; , ten to one, indeed, if it ! be not a dabbler in the three profes-, sions, law, medicine, and literature ; and it is indeed wonderful if its roar, be not also heard in Church . affairs. Yet, in spite of tho lion's skin it loves to wear, its bray — not to mention its: length of oar — must ever betray the; nature of the animal to the close observer. "We know the fate of the ; fabulous prototypo; and this* bully also, if found out, must submit to acorn and indignation.- Its roar gets more and more feeble, till it subsides into a whine as it sinks into the obscurity which is its natural station.