PROTECTION.
" Civis," in tlic 0 fcticjp \>A5 ih n c S3, writes:; —" It ia cruelly hard:jippVi'".Prot6ction]3ta that Henry Georgpj.Wf: shbultl have taken to' writing 1 , against-: 'them': Evory dissonher frqm-tlidj/rccpiycd' political economy, every rebel (gainst the dominations of landlords looked upon Henry 'Heavensent guide, philosopher and'f rjcnd;V. No' other Biich rovolutionaiTlwpk.joir the land ques: tion and wages question from tho press as George's ''-Progress and ■ Poverty." Mill and qthefeold'jogies who had taken a brief to justify; things;as they are were simply chopped iritpmiiice ; me:if ' —so thought the : 'workiiig3meh;..:.'Heiiiy George with his epoch-niakiiii>;.. btiok. was the prophet of a new pray-in .;'\vhiuh lahoi* was evwawhere to br rss it. over ch [iital htid; the tenJßt expropriate' th o Uiih" dl cird N Th ese blessings are/deferred-'for:; : .the" : :preseiit; and in the friend is occupying',liiiiiselfUn:.:iiols'teriii« So "creed outworn' ) working m'an' ivas : ;]i(ri3 '/generally sonted,' a is-i-a sad sell for the working] .■ chosen oracle' pr()pliecie3''; : iiijajnst ; .;hiin"; ■ The trouble about-■.rJi)iirf;trcprge's ; dis^ ■ sertations in is" that. they are every whit a^eleiirandycogent.''; as happy in in argument, as his dissuvtaiiy iisi'in.;favor of nationalising the not'/ttie oracle Phillipises. \ are at least as earlier ones, (I pnt'it'thiitt;wayyiii;]defcrence to the working''man'.B'e'st'i.hi'ate'i)F the merits of ' Progress iand; Poverty:;'). As, a working man'niys'elfj.'a'iid-a friend ;of the working man,' T ; :'j)i'bfes3j;;|o^be' ; :a moderate Georgito froin'Brsfc't'ff.last'.''.' .1 shall wait patiently fqrj.'thelu'iiiversaiscramble and the bill 'for giving:]eyery r . body everything; as. '.tha-surest : way4ii.a-' tolerable prosperity abide a Freetrader,-and rcrami'npndi:each; of my fellow.proletarian^to;yd.th>sam'o! ; . ~as also testifleth the;>racJ6,w.e-b'p'th. : fe.-' ; yore,—Henry George, i :£. ■;;; '■" : "' 0-- ** dean swiFT;t; ; o;.^ ; -Whenever the Dean fell pawyf any person jt" w&sfis custom to. try ilieir/Jinipers :.ahd disposition by some' abi-npt'-Vqiiestipii'that-bore tho appearance of fudenesHi .V.-lf this were well:taken, and answered'.with good' humor, he afterwards ; made/amends by. his civilities. But if he saw : 'ariy marks of resentment from alarmed.-pride, vanity, or conceit, he dropped all further intercourse with tho party. -Once after 'supper, the Dean having decanted a bottle of l wine, poured what remained into a glaa3, and seeing it was muddy, presented it to Mr Pilkinton to drink it, " For," said he, " I always keep some poor parson to drink tho foul wine, for /■ me," Mr. Pilkinton entering into his humor, thanked him, and told him, " He did not know the difference, but was glad to get a glass at any rate," ," Why, then," said the Dean, "you shan't, for: I'll drink it myself, Why, I take it, you are wiser than a paltry'..curate whom I asked to dine with ine-a few days ago; for upon my making the's speech to him, he BakUvs did not understand' suoh usage,' ' and sofjj&it off without .-.bis dinner.™ By, ' thesamtfeoken, 1 told the'gentleman who rocommended him tome, that the fellow waftft blockhead, and.l had.done with hifflW-Thdast timo Swift was in London hedged with the Earl of Burlington, who was but newly ujarriec]. The Earl, it is supposed, being willing to have a little aversion, did not introduce him to •Ms lady, nor mention her at all, After dinner the Dean said, " Lady Burlington, I hear you can.sing ; sing me a song," The lady looked upon this unceremoniousmanlier of asking a favor with distaste, and positively refused, Ho said she she should sing or he would make her. " Why, madam, I suppose you take' nip far one of your poor English hedgp-par-Bon ; sing when I bid yni ?"■' Aa the Earl did'nothing but iaugli at tlu3 freedom, the. lady was so vexed that she ftjrat info, tears and retired. His first to her when ho saw her again was, "Pray madam, aie you as proud and ill-natured now as when \ saw you last ?" To, which slip answered withj»j[at good-humour,' ■ No, MrDean, I'll Im for yqu pleaso,"—froni which timo^conceived a'great estep'm for her.-
|&r a Beverage.-'.'They are not a • hfflbgej but a medicine, with curative properties of the highest degree, contain-ing-no poisonous drugs. They, do not tear down an already debilitated system, but build it up/ One bottle contains . mow real hop strength than a barrel of ordinary, beer, Physicians prescribe them' •yjbekestra U.S.A., Evming Ezprm, on Hop Bititwi.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2257, 30 March 1886, Page 3
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673PROTECTION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2257, 30 March 1886, Page 3
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