XMAS BOXES & NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1268, 3 January 1883, Page 3

XMAS BOXES & NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.

To the Editor or tuk Wahiarapa Daii.v.

I Dear Sir, —Ah it irGhristmas time, the hilarious development:'of human nature compounded u»:ler the astounding influence of our modem,.astronomers, a&|irants to literary famo seem by somo uneomprchensible agency to spentaneously develop in our local storekeepeis imniotalisatiqu. TI-o individuals alluded to havo fecliiifjs' so peculiarly acute that anything I will siiy won't hurt them, Tho ono lias such a poetical capacity, and the oilier' such an Oriental abundance of witticisms, slightly tinged with Yaulteyism, boi'deriiif; ou it>jured iniioceiice-Boinething r< ally delightful for a Now Ycir's Gilt or Christinas Puddimj-or, in other words, ■' Will yon coino into my chamber says the spider to the fly." Now, air. niy idea of those worthies is, that instead of wasting thur supcifluouc talent by way of advertising each other, they should I havo adopted the course (he celebrated Dan O'Coimell had recourse to when lie wagered to beat tho immortalised fish-tvifo' of Dublin, Mrs Moiiarty, in a fair scold in the open sti cet. That would bo some Hum; like business instead of calling each other gew-gaus, curiosity boxes, f:n, Why, Sir, did they not cail eich i.thcr pandlelograins, right-angles, Iri angles, acute angles, porpendiculars, bi:ei'S, 4c.? Wliy°ilie vory Une of it is parliamentary mid elocutionary, Hoping you will excuse me for trespassing on your valuable space on tho present subject, In conclusion I regret very much that storekeepers are necessarily necessitated to have recourse to such a scurrilous mode of pmona'ly ukisimj each other, Mid.loweri/iy the daiHlml.ofm'iectq bility, that bona Me tradesmen and merchant arc entitled to. Wisliinc you and all iny numerous customers and friends a Happy New Year, and a great many of them. I have, h,, D. F. McCarthy.' - ' '