The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889. THE BOW OF ULYSSES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 8093, 2 January 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889. THE BOW OF ULYSSES.

Mb Demi's own trumpeter has told iu during the Inst, few days that the elder members of the Alastertou Borough Council are the stick in-the-muds who ave now blocking the way. it was but a short while ago, that the same trumpeter played a somewhat different tune, and evinced almost an inclination to pat elder members on the baok, and represent ihem as being about to solemnize a union with the Mayor, and thus become a happy and harmonious family. The reason of the present discordant trumpet not" is understood to arise from the fact that a few weeks ago, Mr Gapper, the elder of elders in the Borough Council, astonished some of his friends by announcing that he was supporting Mr Reuall's candidature for the Mayoralty. The lauding of this big fish was a splendid triumph for Mr Ronall's party, and tho trumpeter, who had been wont to eject harsh notes of defiance at the elders, suddenly breathed a sweet' strain of reconciliation and congratulation. But unfoitmately, the Ucnall-Gapper combijjjtiion lasted but a few brief houi'sjp Almost at the very first meeting, in which Mr Gapper appeared in lienallite colors, there was a little difficulty that marred an alliance which had I eei) somewhat hastily concluded. Mr Clapper, rising to a point of order, was told to sit down, in much the same tone that an angry man orders his dog to lie down. Mr Capper would not lie down—or ratber sit down-and the big fish, which had been so joyously landed by the Kenall party, was once more off tho hook. Twioe has Mr Renall succeeded in sending the Borough Council packing, and twice has he failed to get a set of men who could work with him. We venture respeotfully to submit that if Mr R9iiall changed his Council twenty times, he would not get a working majority. We might even go further, and say that if Mr Kenall selected nine men after his own heart—provided they were not fettered by private obligations to him—witbina month, at least five out of tho nine would be in open revplt to their chief. One of the greatest of English writers, now living, in a book just published, says :

Wo ourselves are. just now in one of tlios uneasy, periods, and we have decided that orators are the fittest people to rule over us, The constituencies elioose their members acconling to tho fluency of their -tangues. Can he make a speech ? is the one test of com-pcton-y for a legislator, and the most persuasive of the whole we mako prime minister. We admire the man for his gifts, and we accept what ho says for tho manner in which it is nth led, He may contradict to-day what he averted yesterday, No matter. He can perimde others wherever he is neisuadcd liimsc.f, And such is tho nature of him that he can convince himself of anything which it is his interest to believe, 'lheso .re the persons who are now regarded as our wisest, It was n"t always so, It is not so now with nations who are in a sound stato of health, The Americans, when th«y ehooio a President or a Secretary of Stato or any fnutian«ry from whom they requite wise action, do not elect these famous ipeooh-makeia. Such peiiorisd: not last, for theondi'lon which they r-ring about becomes always Intolerable, I do not believe iu the degeneracy of our rao l . Ibtlieve the prt sent gvneration of Engliib> men to bo cipablu of oil that their fathers weieaud possibly of morej but we are just noy in a moulting ■ state, and are sick' while the process Is golne. pn, !)r to take another metaphor. The bow of Ulyssesis' unstrung, 'iho worms have not yeteaton utojhe horn or the moths injured the string, but tlie o-ner of the house is away and the Buitora of Penelope Britannia oonsinno her substance, rivals ononf anotner, each oirins; only for himself, but with n common heart iu evil. They cannot string the bow, Only: the trm l lord and m-etcr cm string it, and iu due time lie comes, and t>-e cord is stretohed one more upon td'a ho«ch, slpghij to fl|e tjiic'i of the Ungur with thi share'riote of the (wajlpw) and tlie arron fly jo their mark In tin! breasts of the pretenders,while Pallas Atlieine looks oUspyivving from her co'gn of vantage, Mr J. A. Froude, in writing these seutiwntG, had neither Masterton nor Little Pedlingtpii in bis' bead. The context ehows tua't the author was thinking a good deal about Mr Gladstone in the chapter where the remarks that we have quoted occur; but tliey are equally applicable to the " Grand Old Alan" pj Masterton, as bis friends love io oalf him. |{r Eenall can make a speech better than any other man iii the community. We admire the man for bis gifts, and do we not all accept wbat.be says tx the pleasing manner in wbicb it is uttered'.' He may contradict {p-day what be asserted yesterday-he makes, indeed, this a practice. No matter! Ho can persuade others wherever ))e is persuaded himself! Mr .Froude lias ufiwiitingly exact povt'rait.Qf Mr H&ajl, ajifj-oj the foolish people who put their ftosh'iftmen like him. ilr Renal! means well, bo spiffs beanji- ; fully, and he doe? -wifmg f He is the orator of. Mftstotpnibnt it is not in liiai to carry out to' 1 waipktiou

Jiiitfandnever, '■■ $il; : iiavij no persohal.feeiirig Mrf||i!lv; ; .)V{beliey6 tliat geuerali"y"?reit':is?al^ Pf|™:tljat ohfiiumjipaiyidei'B;litti'mbniou3, action : with will ,be secured. .' )Ve public man work iraoOtu'ly-iwitgour 6.o.Al.unless lie. lappen.ed^o^fbld. su'ou private relaipina thiit I e waa compelled and fancies. It'may, f hefrertlieles9, be expedient to iliange tlie fyrsomle of the Council f the members'of it fail to do their luty. It ia admitted that some urtlier water supply is needed in the own, and it is, we take.it, for the 'oaiicil to appoiut a committee o report upon some dozen' schemes iow floating in the atmosphere nd recommend one for abso ate adoption. If councillors fail o discharging this obligation—nd thoy may do so, hampered and larrassed as ihey are, with b phanom hal Mayor -it will be undoubtedly he duty of the business residents of' he.towii to bring about another el&fiion.' A new Council will not; howw, give Mr Renall a .working najority. He has been before the leople as a leader for nearly'halt a ifetime, -but; in no administrative indy with, which bo was conneotod, lid lie Rvelv as far as wo ramomber,lave an independent following. Meij; irho would »ork with Mr Renall must ;et up when he tells them to get up, nd lie down when he orders them to ie down, and run when lie tdlls them orun, and the number of such men a a free community, like this is exremely limited. I His) friends ought o keep him fotniakirig. speeches at iiiDlio■meeeljhgs. 'Here he is in his lement and delights both one and ill, but to depond upon him for arrying out any undertaking reqnirng busineßS capacity is an absurdity. t has been said by Mr Eenall him elf that the ratepayers are to blame or the present difficulties which are ixperienced in administering the iffairs oftbe Borough, andm this we onenr. The ratepayers were foolish o ehct Mr Renall as Mayor. They .re quite right in admiring his platorm speechos, in appreciating his oratorical skill, and in esteeming him s a public man who may be justly egarded with a feeling of pride. But bey were foolish for electing him to , position where administrative apacity was required, and oratorical lower could be dispensed with. To ilame Mr Konall on the one hand, ir the Municipal elders on the other or the existing deadlock is hardly air, the fault rests with the burgesses ifho have displayed a poor-judgment n putting into the iMuuiipal' team leader like Mr Eenall, who will uevitably pull in an opposite direcion to that which the other horses ike.

We notice the gas lamp at the corner of Bannister and Uixmi streets in once tiioreshattTfcd. Presumably tho result uf a collision,

• Mr E. B. Hare announces that he is prepared to take odors fir the celebrated New Zealand twui'd Riiit-i. He also intimates that he is ngjiit for the Ninth Gorman Firo.lnsuranceUiiiupnuy. The following amounts were collected from Hospital. Boxes on Moudar, December SLt:-OcoiJontal Horm, £2 3s 31; Prince of Walts Hotel,- 16a (id, Star Hotel bs. 4d: dub Hotel 3i 5,1; Empire Hotel, Is 7d; KoyalHotu', 7d. ■Talking of bauds of music remarked a lazy i'ui'ro?|)oiident, (have you seen that littlo bit of American fun, where tho aick husband, lying -.itli Ins eyes closed, says to hit ntfwtiuuHte wile, watuliiup lit'siuuhu pillow) "My love. I think im time has come at last; i can hear sira ns I'ftlw ewecte t music that ever mortal ear—' 1 " I'l.ai's a tiermaii band in the Hireut, John, dearest.' "What!" lie says indignantly, rousing Liuueif, " Itll 'tin to move on I'

The following appears in tho War Cry Christmas number: -" A Queensland item; ' Heinfoicements, uow appearing." Mrs Uuokinglwm presented her husband with a pair of hnya nbouta fortnight ago, Captain Buckinghaw must have had thick soles on his buots, he looked to us quite an inoh taller when we saw him the other diy, and Buch a louk of satisfaction too.'' The well-known fact of the cuckoo laying her eggs in the netts of other hirda i"b srtid to be well authenticated, but it is only in the nests nfoertain birds that they are bo doposiwd, and hitherto the pour little wagtail has been excepted from the duty nf fostor mother by the interloper. Atlength, however, "another record is beaten," as Mr Horsley, of North. Grimston, Maltmi, 'ran found a wantail's nest at Birdßall containing" an almost fully-feathered giickuo, Heßnys that about all the time pf tho foster parents w taken up in ioraying for the lurouth stranger,, who seeins capable of disposing of all'the deluded birds o\n britig hint,

. The Ashburton correspondent of the tyttelton Tunes sends the ful.owing: - There jb a pond on the hay ranoh at Gulcunda which is fed by the waters from the hot sprang}. This pond has an area of two or three acres, and the temperature _of the water is about 85deg„ and in some places where the hot water bubbles up Irora the bottom the temperature is almost up to the boiling point, Reoently a discovery has been uiado that this warm, lake id literally alive with carp, some of which are more than one foot long, 'All efforts to catch tli in with ti hook and line havn failed, as they will not toupS the moßt tempting bait. A few of them 'have been shot, and, contrary to the geneial supposition, the flesh was hard and palatable. How the fish got into the jako ia a niystory unsolved. Within lliO.t of i& are'springs which are h'uiluw Hot, and the ra.'chers in the vicuity use the water to soald hogs in'the bptujieripq season," ''Gwon" in the Yorkshire Post says: —Have you heard or the last American novelty? It is dress material made of woven glass—yea, glass—jn a fabric as flexibje at «ilk and as glistening as a rainbow. I suppose it receives its colours in the melting pot. Anyhow, it ran be woven, fashioned, and fitted with nmoh greater ease thanra/4textilenmteiiiis. I's greatest realities' are its extreme brigbtneisand oleanliness, Jtneedß only a sponge to renovate it, it won't retain any dust or dirt, and is almost indestructible, It can bemadein any colour, too. Now, what do you think of suoh unoriginalijje'itf Dosep't-il open up quite a fifljdfuj new jokes, loo? How grateful the, oonqto' papers ought to be 11 the iuventor l What a sensation the first g rl who manages to wear a glass dress will produce, especially if she or dress • suddenly crack] in t|o midjt of her first yalsj or lancers |, , .' '

Mr IteesO last week' forwarded to Mr Smith, M.H.R., the petition praying for the release of Parker, Jenkins and Higsrius. The petition will in due course ho presented- to the Governor, and judging fronj the interes| th»t is beinrjtakenin the nia'tter by many influential •gentlemen, in Wellington and elsewhere, there is reason to believe that M/. Reese's efforts, wiil be "successful, All honor, to Mr; Reese, we say, ;for the active interest he has taken on behalf of these unfortunate mop. There/are 178. signatures' td'the petition,': apdi.double MvW hitva bteti'obtaraed if Mr Kiie-haa t!iffu#tO»!'ait «very. part of t))e.4'Strict. -He'met withrc fusi'a-from eight persons onivf-Pfthia-HjaSto'! ■;..-'",. .■• : -

■' ftleasrs-Jjqivrea•'iii'itl /Jdroß"iiiinoutiQe'ti _very. vluiliiture; pro-i dice; Uiid Buirarftm jbr: SaturdayiiioitKl'. 'y. oyer: to IWairafpf, jfid the |iri.ispuuts of a' Bii!Gndi ; d > ; h^rvest/is .everywhere.: n|i-

;{ . 'Tho;ijwny; friehda t>f Mr I'. Gutter of will reget to lomi, that lis ''U'Buffiinui; ;truui cancer -in the thnmf, imiltiwt the' possibility of his, recovery is despaired of. ■ .'.'

. Tfejiiofuli atOtiihu'io for the inoiitli 2,BBwhSjittuiH period iu the previous year\d|gf£f : '>; - .-■-,;' ' is almost unprocurable in Victoria anil a'large Company there to take a hundred bee! and a tholMnd:.. mutton carcases per week from''New^u'a|aiid : . - Mr RubnisonJvMifif \ Wellington is ahoutto relievewpafy.'iif the District Court work iu tluraiitribt.' We lose m Mr Davie' a-oiurteuus," impartial, and capable district Court jiid<e, The.JNow Year holidays were devoid of any signs of drunkenness urrowdtium in Magtorton. The latter'was kopY in moperbouiidaby utir respected Sergeant and Imassis'ants, who were on the alert all Now'har's live to check, the buoyant spirits of our youthinl The Duke'> of Edinburgh will n«t ,6p%ii; resign the cnmuiand of the Medlterraiiean'squadron and retire from the liavy, as in luturo Iw is .tit wide in Germany during the greater ptrt of each year.\ ThejDukehas recivea a private intiiitatjiojjrom lierlirahat. he' will d'i well-as hffluif Ins uritilb thoiDuke of |i;o as much 'as piis'aibiej'iit; .Colm g, or h.» ; BUCCi'Sßi'ln to the duehy limy be ii»MJJlbdi : f*A reward is offered for the recovery Of a bay horse haitftam Mauriceville iu Thursday ovttifing |jt. It is understood tlfi&he Native Laud Board wliiohJ has bdsiryitting at Greytown for nearly .twelve months, will shortly adjourn the sittiug for .three months, »

Quails and hares are rapidly increasing nn lb Eait. Coast, near.Palliser Bay, more especially the hares, whowe to bo seen in greit numbers after sunset, j Pheaaaute are' not 'an numerous. Their decrease w greatly attributed to the raids made upon them by wild cats, the latter being very, numerous round the Coast.

The U.S. Rmpeliu, writes The Tillies, brought one of the largest mails landed iu this Colony for a. long time, There were 303 bags in all, including 47 for Auckland, 44 for Wellington, 31 .for Uhristohurch, 27 for Dunedm, and 108 for the first port of call. The balance iaf-irtho other smdlcr ports, There Weio also 00 boxes of parcels, the first parcel mail over received from Loudon, containing 904 parcels of the' value of £670.

During "tho preßcnt season Mr A. Matthowß and family in South Wairarapa, have killed over one hundred Bliayaonhiaowiiaudndjiiiniiigpriiputties. An these birds are the greatest en-niy the trout have to contend with their wholesale destruction will not bo regretted by our piscatorial friends. The followers of Isaac Walton will be uleased to learn that tho 800 voung trout, turned out by Mr A. Matthew of Snuth Feathers'on, some five yeara aeo art) progressing Rplendidly. The other d'y several very large ones were seen in Burling'* Credit situated in Mr Matthews property, which were calculated to turn theßcal"&tl2!b.

Our Carterton correspondent wri'es : The New Year was ushered in by the ban 1 in their usual style by paradine- Hip streets, hut I am hnjipy to sav wiMrnut any of the mischievous Lirrikinsi'-n ai mi previous occasions. -Or./ New Year's Pay the usual annual picnic of Rt. Mark's Sunday School, combined with the school children from Park Vnlc, was Md on the show grou-id, and in anile of •he attraction was very well patronised.. -The Bechabites took the Band of Hope childi en to Kokatau for a t i.-mo. MrR, Renall having kindly pernrttwi them to make use of his grounds for. the OM'ioll.

Earl Onslow., the new Gnvfrnnr, is I'acwding ti a London correspondent) likuly to Bill for the Colony in the hett'nnmg of the new yeir, and will g„ b v way of Australia in either the P ami fl or the Or'ent line. If he selects the former si'i'i'ice. ho will nrnhaWy embark in the Rrirannia on the 25th nf'January, or tbe Victoria on 2.'od February but the latter dnteis the m ire likely dim. Not carina to face the vovape round the Cape ' e pn'Wa tbe route by way of the Canal and Indian Ocean, where it is lik-ly to be smooth sailinir. 11 is his intention to sp°nd alittle tuniin Ad 'liinV,Melbou'n« and Sydney. From the litter place ho proposes to tako sterner for Auckland. He would prefer to ride from Auckland to Wellinsron, sending his servants and baggage by sea. Two very gratifying inshnesi of York shire munificence m reported jn an English exchange. In .one case the Dean of Kipon undertakes the whole cost of constructing swimming baths for the um3 of tho youtlia of that ancient city—a kind of want that attracts too little attention in largor, therefore

more necessitous, communities, and the Corporation of Ripun is entertaining the idler with praiseworthy alacrity. '• Cleanliness ia next to godliness," and this iS by no means the first occasion un which the venerable Dean of Ripon has shown that his zeal for tho religious interests of the dwellers within the sound of St. Wilfred's bells is associated with a Ite'en and intelligent desire to promote their material well-boing. In the other date a lady, originally residing at Birnsley, but who ik>w resid.'S in l,ondon4.Mrs Lambert—offers to erect and furnish a fever hospital for Bainsley, capable nf accomodating from 20 to 24 patients, and to include a soparate pavilion for the treatment ot smallpox, the institution to be named —in memory of her father—" the Kendray fever Hospital," and to cost £5,000, This splendid aot of munificence relieves the- borough of Barusley from a very serious difficulty, and is appreciated as it ought to be by the community who are the subjects of Mis Lambert's great kindness. The example »f her generosity should make its influence felt in the contributions to the fund f< r the very necessary extension of the Leeds General Infirmary. ■

_ EL Peterson begs to inform tho inhabi'aiits of Masterton ind - U strict that during the month of Decepiber hewil offer to the pubjip the whole of his large stock of Imois and shoes at cost price for Cash Omy, nftor which time the books will be closed and the business in future conduoted oti the ready money system of whioh due notice will be riven.—Advt Residents in the country contemplating a visit to Wellington during the present month, may combino both pleasure and profit by calling at tho Wholesale tapury Warehouse, Te to Hauso, Wellington. The fine premises we ooeupy are in themselves unequalled South of the Equator, and not only is the arohiteoture imposing, but the arrangements for tho comfort and convenience of customers are such as cannot be excelled if equalled in the Colon), and so sav the' thousands who have visited tho \Yholesalo Family, D,rapery Warehouse, TeA'ro House,' Wellington." And then tho stock is always Urge, the choice very extensive* and, tho priocs at lowest wholesale rates at To Aro House, Wellington,

Just now, and during the present month some exooptional advantages are arid wjl be ojferedtofjll jiasb. ttustomeri','' Having imported a large! t of JaWes'i' and other fancy goods we shall distribute'them to all purchasers on the following scale at Te Aro House, Wellington:- . TheSoale- ■; , Purohase 10/- Gift 1/- Pnrohaso 15/- Gift 1/6 Purobase 20/- Gift ?/- Purchase 25/. Gift 2/6 Purchase 30 - Gift s. Purchase 35/-. Gift 3/6 Purchase I't/- Gift 41; Purchase 50/- Gift 5/Purohase 60/- Gift 6/- Pnrohaso 70/- Gift 7 - Purchase 80/- Gift 8/. Pnrohaso 90/- Gift S)/- . : 'Purohase 100/-Gift 10/«-'. :l r" ' and so on in same, proportion up to £SO, £IOO, or more during the month ol December at Te Aro House, Wellington,': : The o»ly:e8«eptloii8 we'rhako,tqftbe abov-, are Kid Gloves, Dressmaking Millinery, ad'.lajforJßg TluVyroiaia ifiereforfl be yeryidyantasoous toallcoufltry rostdenk bemig'certa.in tp resjiltin pleasure njer'j' aVlfl Arq Bow, Wc%too,

forjihtf j.urchube of 120 acres uflix at mtl .-• laratahi.'•,:•-:: '■'

A.obildpfTlion.aßJahiies6n,tifKe!mm Oreuk,:Oroyinouth, 'jva3 x drowiitd.'-a.br ndentiilly at Try-aguiti-terrac'o 6u ■ New Year'sjivo.• :■,. ■■.;■'.';; ::.:;.•.;■■>•.:-■.

■ Mr SamuelDaivick, .at ouo tiina'a well know- resident,of Greyfowii,' :dLod rather suddenly .hi Piilmeratuh North on Sat milky last. -.

: v M ears' L. J.' Hooper L Co., of the lion Marc'ie hive a special' notice to ladies iii another column ot our; |iro?eut issue, rolhu engagement of a.Melbourno cutter and fitter for their est-tbluhuieuV

Mr Kibblewhito in order to suit the times has decided to reduce the price of hair cutting for children up to the age of twelve years, to threepence. : No arreeta Vera made' during the holidays for drunkenness, in Alasferton, eubinquent!y there was nu busineßßJn tho B. M Court this nioruint!.; ' .The rifle match, fired, at "Welliiigtnn on New Year's Itoy between the Grey: town R lies'and Wellington (Guarda was won by the latter by7lU0 c p)iiasf|£i« % AtDuhedin on -'Monday; Mr Run'say;; the second engineer' of the - steamer Fifeshire,' by some mains got bis fiogjis entangled in the machinery,, and the [whole of thein were crushed off.

'The Catholic Picnio, reldju in Mr VleKeiizia's paddock at the rear of the Catholic Church on New Year's Diy was very largely attended by parents-and trii'iida.of the children attending vSt Ritviek's soliool. 'I he-usual' gainea were indulged in duriiig'the .day and one and all appeared to tlioroughly "enjoy tftamselves. .' : ■' :,-:• The'iianualpioiiii! of'the Masterton Presbyterian Sunday Sihoiil was hell in Mr Woodronfo's paddock; at the bottom »t Bannister Street nil New Year's l)ay,' to whichparetitsand friends flocked floni ill parts. The teachers prepared a capital day's outing in the shape 'of sports, rounders,' cricket, etc, and so tlioroughly did visi'ors enjoy themselves thetitwas with difficulty .the grounds were clewed beforj 9.30 p.m. Mr F. HvWnod's Taratahi stock sale 'takes place to-morrow, when the following lißt will be submitted :-100 fat wetherß, 100 fat ewes, 200 good crossbred ewes and early lambs,. 200 good crossbred ewes, dry,- well forward; 18 uteers 2-year old, 7 dairy cows springing, 10 head beef, 12 mixed yearlings, 150 good store wethers, 100 two tooth ewes, 170 fat ewes, 42 steers 2 and 8 year o!d, 10 head mixed cattle, 1 single seated buggy, and horses of all classes, The new Martinbormigh Public Hall was opened last New Years Eve with a social dance, The hall was most elaborately decorated with flowers, evergreens, fla«a, &c„ and no less thau sixty couples did the light fantastic to the music of the Martinborjugh Brass Band. The refreshments which' were provided by v'eadiiiießPain,Green, J. Hodge, and Mundy, were of the most tempting niituro. The duties of master of ceremonies were entrusted to Mr John Hodge, who, it isuejdlejstosay, carried the programme through in his usual efficient Btyle. Dancing was keut np with unabated vigor until some* time after daylight, when'sundry individuals followed up their enjoyment by skating it out till seven a. in, The building, which is an ornament to the town, and will supply a long felt want, has been «enerously erected out of fund* supplied by Martiiiborough's two premier business men, Messrs G. Pain and J. Green.