THE LAWRENCE CORPORATION

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 143, 3 November 1870, Page 6

THE LAWRENCE CORPORATION

(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times.)

Sib, — If the maxim " Quos dens vult pei'dei'e prius dementat" be true, your correspondent, " Stat in Umbra," must be in a "parlous " state ; and perhaps you will allow me, through the medium of your columns, to point out to him the desirability of his remaining in timbra till his acquaintance with the " hoar of venerable antiquity " becomes more matured ; or rather I would advise him to drop that somewhat disreputable connection, and write in plain English, of which he appears a master. I don't allude to his " multum in parvo " quotation, in which he could hardly go wrong, that is if he read that column of your valuable paper relating to entire horses ; but the "facilis decensus avernus " is a melancholy example of what vaulting ambition may bring one to who meddles neither wisely nor too well with the aforesaid "hoar." If this gentleman will be further advised by me, he Will leave the Corporation alone, as they are perfectly able to look after themselves ; or if h°: must attack them in print, confine himself to a language that he understands ; or better still, let him return to his, " shades," and if they are the Stygian shades — why he would deserve it for his bad Latin. — I am, &c, LucrFEE.