SACRED AND PROFANE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 19 June 1884, Page 2

SACRED AND PROFANE.

To THE Editok. i Sir,—As .1 was standing in jmy garden this morning considering j the imsefcfcled'stafceof the vreather, I heard a voice not far from mo singing a part of the-hymn "There is a fountain filled withstood," and went 011 with the chorus so often used '• I do believe," Ac.. Suddenly a dog commenced barking, when the t>ame voice that had been singing with such.fervoiy shouted out m very strong terms, "Lie down you : b——!". Really, sir, I was surprised at this contrast, as upon : my -first hearing the singer, I was led to imagine that lie had to all appearances undergone ia very serious change and become very religious, but it is plain I had entertained a wrong idea, but nevertheless; jfc. goes far to exemplify flie truth " That from the tongue and the mouth proceed, of one andithe same person both blessing and cursing." Where then is the' morality of which the people so often'boast. I am die., The Paper Boy.

j. To the Editor, ; Sir;— Some time ago a petition was presented-to the Masterton Borough Council by. the; ratepayers: of South Chapel-street and .'Kuriputai, praying the' .Council to. take steps to nause a .certain swiimp. to ,be drained.or otherwise, as, in their opinion, the coming from the decayed matter, caused by the stagnation of Water, was. Certainly-a 'nuisance,:and injurious to the ptibli?. health. The s Council: jiad just made'anappoiritmenfc in the shape of a'Public Health' Officer,'to wjioia they very properly referred the matteri

ThOi result of 'this, officer's inspection was reported to the Council, and: read somewhat as follows That at present .. the swamp was .not, in. his opinion, a.nuisance (it was then winter), but it was likely to become a nuisance in summer."

Now, sir, the Council for some rear son or other, decided to ask the Health Officer's opinion /upon this question again just recently, Bnd his; report appears to me to be a direct contradiction to the former one; and with all due respect for this gentleman, I must confess that I cannot : quite understand the apparent inconsistency in his two reports. However, the Council will, probably lock the stable door when the horse is gone. It does seem a pity, to my mind, that a matter of so much imimportance as the conservation of the public health should be shelved from time to time. I am', etc., * • Job Vile. June 18th, 1884.