OUR COURTHOUSE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 327, 4 February 1874, Page 3

OUR COURTHOUSE.

{To the Editor.) Sir, — On entering the Lawrence Courthouse the other day, I recognised a few Good Templars, some engaged in the business of the Court, and some listening at ease and composure. Others again there were who required the immediate attention of Good Templary, if I may judge from the effluvium that was arising from their vats of guzzling disobedience to the laws of nature. When alcohol is permitted to inhabit and take possession of the system to excess, there is emitted from its subject one of the most disagreeable smells that can meet the nasal organ. My opinion is that the Court-house should be a shade higher than a tap-room. People who have disobeyed the law must, it is true, make their appearance there ; but it docs not follow that every curious sot should be allowed to occupy the seats of the Court to the discomfort of others. Has the constable in charge no power in this matter ? The Court-house seems to be a favorite resort on field days for allowing some of these worthies a suitable opportunity of sleeping it off. The Rev. John Heugh, of Stirling, was onn fln~ _0<1»v.'...:-i~2— a- °J* ura ysovyiß OI til 6 8111 OI intemperance. " Man, John." said he, '* you should never drink except you're dry." " Weel, Sir," quoth John, " that's what I'm aye doin' ; for I'm never slockencd." My thirsty friends will never be slockened till they take water in all its naked purity. That alone will act in harmony with their system, and free them from many of the ills which otherwise come upon them. — I am, &c, A Good Tejipi-ab.