AN EXPOSURE EXPOSED.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 21, Issue 216, 21 March 1872, Page 7

AN EXPOSURE EXPOSED.

(To the Editor.)

Sin, — " There is no use in minoinef matters ; let us have truth by all means ; " but not as an alias of falsehood. Such is the forua which your correspondent "Truth's," bald, disjointed, and ungrammatical effusion, will be found to bear when subjected to a minute investigation. For mv own part, I am profoundly indifferent to such jealous yelpings, and would be disposed to let Mr. Truth escape witli a gentle dose of chaff administered after the manner of an rpothecary's jerrandboy ; but as every one who attended the supper, the gentleman in whose honour it was held, and the enterprising host and hostess are included in the attack, a somewhat more severe treatment than chlorodyne and water appears necessary. I cannot conceive how any one could muster sufficient impudence to deny a fact, well known to every man, woman, and child -in the Mount Benger district. lam utterly at loss to arrive at a sufficient motive for so barefaced a performance, unless indeel Captain Lemuel Gulliver, or Baron Munchausen have stock running in this quarter. "Truth" manages to liaconsumedly rigbtthrough his letter, and especially in its signature. I am no stenographer and cannot pretend to verbal accuracy, but I will stake any reputation on the substantial correctness of the report. In fact sir, several, of the speakers have complimented me on the manner in t w,hich I contrived to preserve both the matter and manner of their speeches. The -truth is, " Truth's " letter is a piece of very small spite, and the less .its author has to do with newspaper writing hereafter, the better for his own peace of mind. A a the thistle nuisance is assuming alarming proportions at Moa Flat, I would suggest a little browsing in that quarter as an exercise much better suited for a member, of the portion of the animal kingdom to which he belongs than small dabblings in literature. At all events let him steer wide of

Your Eepobteb.

P.B. To one , omission in the report I must plead guilty, and the error ia most unpardonable. In the course of the evening, Mr. Cormack sang a most admirable song of his own composition. I enclose a copy and if you have room for it, I have no doubt it will produce as -much pleasure to all your readers, as it did to those fortunate enough to hear the talented author sing it. Y. E.

Roxburgh, March 13, 1872.