MR YOUNG IN REPLY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 429, 3 April 1880, Page 2

MR YOUNG IN REPLY.

[To the Editor Wairarapa Daily.] Sir,—ln reply to the letter of the Committee of tHe Odd Fellows' Pete, I must express my surprise that such a body could sit down with a clear conscience and concoct such .an .infamous libel against a fellow creature. However, allow me to explain in toto the grievances complained of. Ist, your correspondents state a deliberate falsehood when'fcliey say I agreed to supply sandwiches, sweets, and any joints or poultry remaining', from the dinner; the agreement entered into was that I should supply refreshments at the ball at Is 6d per head, using my own discretion. Now, air, the table d'hote was sufficient for 200' ordinary beings, but as there were only 3G;at the repast it must be concluded there was sufficient left for a good supply of refreshments for the ball, numbering some-,163 persons, yet with what I had on hand the provisions were considerably augmented by a further supply. No written guarantee was given me, therefore I used my discretion as to the number of attendants, as I told the Committee I would. The Committee complain of the insufficiency-of the supply. Well, sir, I had on my table roast beef, corned beef, pig's head, sucking pig, roast lamb, boiled foivls, roast duck, and ox tongues, and I want-to know what mora they require for la 6d per head. The Committee-God forbid I should ever have such another Committee to contend with—put me in the mind of a Lunatic Asylum let loose, by the way. they conducted themselves. How surprised your readers will be when I say that bread and meat was thrown about the stage by .those who .had partaken too freely of Bacchus at the table d'hote. More disgraceful behaviour I .never witnessed in the whole course of ray' career. As to their eating propensities, ■ all I can say is they should have lived in the days of Og, Gog, and Magog, and our little frieud, Narcissus Le Grand, when the consumption of a bullock at one meal ,was thought an ordinary meal. Need I say besides this that I ain loser of some silver forks and spoons, and a small amount due, which I hope to recover in a summary way. Trusting you will. Sir, excuse this rather long letter, as it is the first I ever wrote, and I assure you it will be the last. I shall take no more notice of the Committee, as I consider them beneath my notice, I am, etc., Alfred Young.