BISHOP JENNER AND HIS LITTLE " CRUX."

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 53, 13 February 1869, Page 3

BISHOP JENNER AND HIS LITTLE " CRUX."

(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times.) Sic, — It was not my intention to have taken part in the present newspaper controversy, but, seeing a letter in the last issue of your contemporary signed " Crux," I take up my pen on behalf of the " Otago email fry," as " Crux " styles Bishop Jenner's oppoßers. Being human, of course my pride is hurt by this term " small fry ; " and I ask myself, who is this conceited fellow who reckons his neighbours as small potatoes ? "I am, &c, Crux." Who's '• Crux ? " Now crux, I believe, is Latin for cross ; but a man can't be a cross. Well, then, he must be something to which the word applies. Where's my dictionary ? Cross, adj., , ill-tempered ; peevish. Cross, v.a., to sign with a cross ; to vex. Crosspatch, s., a disagreeable person. Crossgrained, adj., troublesome j ill-natured. Cross-examine, v.a. 1 to examine witnesses by putting to them unexpected questions. Here I slapped my thigh and cried " Eureka ! " " Small fry," indeed; why, he's not the height of six penn'orth of coppers himself, and yet he takes upon himself to call me and others, who conscientiously oppose Dr. Jenner, " small fry." I console myself with the reflection that I wall write a letter to the papers and annihilate him. But, alas ! there ai*e some things that cannot be annihilated in such an off-hand manner. Grentle .reader (excuse me, Mr. Editor, I will talk to you again presently), gentle reader, I repeat, there are some things we cannot " polish off" at once. Por instance : did you ever recline in an easy chair after dinner on a hot summer's afternoon ? and did a fly ever settle on your nose just as you were entering dreamland ? did you aim a frantic blow at the annoying insect and miss it ? and did it not return again and again to the charge ? Another instance: did you ever see that interesting toy called "jack-in-the-box ? " Of course you have. Well, knock it down as often as you like, it springs up .again all the faster. Nay, more : shut down the lid and lock it ; place a heavy weight on the top, and let it remain there for weeks, or months, or years ; — as soon as the box is opened, up it springs as jolly and ridiculous as ever. Well, then, seeing there are some things that cannot be annihilated, what is to' be done. A friends suggests, " what cannot be cured must be endured." Nay, rather what can't be endured must be caricatured. Just fancy our friend " Crux " holding up the tail of the Bishop's gown with one hand, swinging a lighted censer with the other, and at the same time singing the " Alleluiatic Sequence " with the full power of his stentorian lungs ! Leaving this picture to your contemplation, — I am, &c, Not at all Cboss.