GUARDING NOTHING.
/ Only the othor day a sentry post at the Government offices in St. James's Park, was discontinued after some 20 'years of needless vigilance, Some time ab.out.lßjs>Xfflilitary commission sat: abuftltig on tbi park. In order to mark tfiolemaity of the occasion a member;isf the rank and;iile. "was appointed to-do duty on the'Spotj which at the point ofthe bayonet froMbl till four o'clookjievery .day. The accomplished its work, whijkwas, no draw up was as such to the pigeonholes of the departmerjjj|ioviDg in the matter, and there lefipfo mildew land dust. - Anyway, the commission, disappeared and -the sentry- 'mined. tho, dejiade3:i|assed away,;,|M still his redcoat, his jfixed bayonet,%d his twenty! yards of sbntryJgpApissed up and down'the brief 'parade fixed by his supetfq'rS:'* There was nothing, to guard and he]guarded %■ 'He;;;had been forgotten in fact. The magnates had overlooked the fact that:the purpose for which he had been instituted lad ceased to'exislpandit was;only.last waek that achancediscovered to them the waste iof£ghting stulthey had been committing. The sentry waa discontinued, the post which long will know him UQ more,^Homu ; Paper, A BOMBER'THIS, : IfyouvavVcostive or dyseptic, or are suffering J from any other of the nhtaerous diseases of the stomach or b<Jwels,"'it. is yqur own fault if you remain ill, for* Hop Bitters is a Aereign remedy in all such complaiHW If you have a rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad .breath, pains and a,cb,es ( ajid. feel misevable "generally, Hqp, flitters wiUgive you a fair skin, rich blood, and sweetest breath, 'health and comfort, +^;. • s}at poor, bedridden, irivajid wife, sillier, nether, op can ha made the picture of health, by a few bottles of .Hop -.Bitters, costing but ft trifle, • Will yoii' let them, suffer If you area frequenter, or a resident of a raiasmatio district; barricade your system against the 6couraj#qf all countries—malarial,.epidemiofidlious, and fevers—by the u?e o| Hop Bitters,, .'■•'. In short they cure all Diseased of tlje Stqma,ch, Bowels, Blood, Liver Kidneys, Bright's Diseaje, d? 500 will be paid for a case th,ev wpj uot cnre-o;--iie]p, Druggistp ani Chemists keep it. A . _ H yoii are iiiqk with that teffltuß siokness Nervousneßs, youwi}l|nd a "Balm, ofGJead" in.the use of Hep . Bitten, ;v;r ' f If you are.was'ting away in any form of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this moment; aftd turn for a oure to Hop Bitters',
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1859, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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384GUARDING NOTHING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1859, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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