The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1889. DAIRY PRODUCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3150, 11 March 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1889. DAIRY PRODUCE.

A member of our staff who recently visited New Plymouth brought back with him as a curiosity a sample of Taranaki butter. To bring butter into Masterton is something like carrying coals into Newcastle, but at I the present, tiqie it would pay very many of our 16'cal residents to send to Taranaki for their supply of this particular dairy product.. The bulk ot the butter now vended in this town, is, more or less, rancid,'and probably five people out of six uncomplainingly eat a tainted article 'simply beoause they cannot obtain a sweet one, In cold weather it is easy enough for any farmer with ordinary appliances to turn out good butter, but in the warmer season of the year butter has to be made carefully and thoroughly in order to keep fresh till it comes into the hands of the consumer, In summor time,' probably five dairies out of six turn out bad butter, and the people take it because they can get ho other. The butter which we referred to as coming from Taranaki, will, after an overland journey of three hundred miles, put in the shade the butter which is, perhaps, being churned to-day in one of our district farms, It is sweeter when it-is ten days old than the local article is ten homy after making ; its quality is uniform and.it is always to be depended upon. The fault does not altogether lie with our farmers, because this particular butter commands three penco, per pound more in tlje Taranaki province, than does the product of a private dairy in the same locality. Tjje butter owes its superior condition and its high price to the fact that' it emanates fronj i factory. The Taranaki dairy factories are now revolutionising the manufacture of butter, and in that provincial district the/ are driving bad butter out of the market, and are preparing supplies, not only, for their own consumption, but for export, We trust ,to see a butter factory established in Masterton before long, as tlio present traffic 111 dairy produco must be unsatisfactory to . the. farmers and to the storekeepers, as well as to the consumers. Next Bummer, if some steps ; are not taken to pbtain a local; supply of sweet butter, tbp Masterton consumers ivill probably sent} to Taranaki, or somo nearer poiijt \?l\ere factoi'" tattw w -aaada, for their supplies! ut iiot to be Bupposed that the consumers enough to eat rancid butter ifasw and palatable article is to be got at a reasonable price, ,Itis time that our storekeepers and dairymen bestirred themssilvcs on this question. 'They can, with very little difficulty; estab- ; lish a butter factory.' It appears to us that it is the duty of the storekeepers, especially, to. see that', they : supply, the public with Bweet. butter; all.the 'year'round. That they have' not done so hitherto must be admit- ! ted, but it may be urged'in extemia"': tion of this, shortcoming that they \ have been in tho hands of the ? farmers, Now, however, that a.liigb

uniform grade of palatable, butter is obtainable through butter faotory i jupt as readily, as av similar grade; of cheese is procurable through a cheese , factory, there is no valid reason why i rancid butter Bhould be ■ vended to a i longrsuffowug publio. We have not the slightest doubt but that if the publio put their foot down and / say we must - have,sweet butter, the storekeepers will aupply the artiole—in fact they must do so—and the butter makers will adopt the factory method of manufacture. Butter is so prominent an article in our domestio economy that it is worth while for the public to combine, if necessary, to secure a supply ot the' best and purest quality. A butter reform is well worth an effort, and wehope residents in this town will bear in mind the faot that in a neighboring district an unlimited quantity of perfectly-pure, sweet; palatable butter is manufactured and sold at a reasonable price, viz,; eight pence per pound. Our storekeepers and dairymen will have to march a little with the times in this matter of dairy produce, or. they will simply be left behind. There was a time when good butter, good bacon and good cheese were procurable all the ypar round in Masterton, Now the ffairarapa factories give us good cheese, and it is to factories that ,we must look for the good butter and the good i bacon, which is now so conspicuous • by its absence from local stores.

" Poodle Onslow" is tlie first nickname our new Governor has obtained, It originated with " Touchstone." Messrs Lowes and lorns make further additions to their salo catalogue of 700 breeding ewes, 350 good store wethers, and 300 fat merino wethers.

Mr Tosswill (acting for Mr Bly) has served Mr Briggs with a writ claiming £2OO damages in connection with the Hull-Bly land transaction. The case will be heard at Masterton this month, Pahiatna Star.

The flax industry is going ahead in Taranaki. One mill owner sent away 30 tons duringFobruary, and a small mill is going to be started at Piinehu, and another this side of theMokau.. .

A resident of Masterton, with a scientific turn of mind, designed a windmill on an entirely new principle, and lmd one constructed under the supervision oi a professional man. It .was entered against last Friday evening's gale and was blown to smithererns, No patent has been applied for.

We remind our readers that the desirable freehold property on the Taratahi, owned and occupied by Mr Burton Boys, is to bo sold to-morrow by Messrs Francis Sidey & Co., at their rooms, Arcade, Manners-street, Wellington. _ This property comprises 52| acres, Section 118, and 77 acres (about) Sections 191 and part 105, Taratahi Plain Block; together with a well-finished and appointed two-storiod dwelling-house; containing eleven rooms, verandah, and usual outbuildings, splendidly laidgarden; and about an aero of orchard, woll stocked with fruit trees, AH tho land is well fenced. It is worthy of record (writes the Eotorua correspondent of the Weekly News) that a bicycle has at last pierced the wild soltitudo of tho Wiotapu Valley. The natives assembled at Scott's Bungalow wero not a little suprised on tho first March on soeinc; a figure rapidly approaching them, apparently iiying on the top of the scrub. This turned out to be a tourist on a bicycle, and great demonstrations of joy and wolcoine were accorded to him. This gentleman had accomplished the distance between Eotorua and Maungakakarauiea in two hours, an hour less than it usually takes a buggy. He spoke in high praise of the road, which only g«es to prove the utter fallacy established in somo people's mind of the trreat difficulty attending a journey to this beautiful valo of thermal i wonders,

, A humorous " reporter has written an account of" Presbyterians in Session," giving a good idea of the groat amount of talk that goes on over trifles;' Describing the members he says they were well dressed, and adds:—" One or two had pretty flowen in their coats, the Rov. J. Treadwell being a down right swell." As to the Bov Mr Patersou, of Wellington, " bis clerical costume is nearly ovening dross—altogether 1 -very spruce—but from the seat of Government you expect more than from olsewhore," and the Rev Mr Ogg, also of Wellington was " one of the swells." When things were getting a bit dull and" a row could not be' worked up" on the missionary question the Hev Mr Treadwell lose and declared that the missionaries had a great deal easier time than many clergymou bore.' This quizzing journalist goeß ou to say:—The speaker's words carried groat weight, inasmuch as the chair collapsed, so tlmt after finishing spoaklng he still occupied the floor of the house,"

. Two monster Russian guns were sent to Sebaatopol for the purpose of being placed in the new.ironclad Sincope, and although some of the details must be inaccurate, the officiol description is too interesting to be ignored. They are 12inch pieces, weighing 50 tons, and throwing projectiles nearly half a ton. The powder ohal'ge is 270 lbs., and tho initial velocity 3,000 metres, while tho cannon's range is said to be 20 vorsts; or over thirteen miles, As a consequenoe the fire of tlie guns can only be directed by the map, the object fired at being out ef sight. Two tnen however, suffice for each gun, as they aro worked by hydraulic macbinorv. '■ A French physician, Dr Felz, raontions a curious apparent cause of lefthandedness, A child in a cortam family was left-handed, and tho second appeared to be so at tho. age of one year. It' was then learned that the .mother always carried her children on her left arm. She was advised to change, and, held ou her other arm, the infant, having its right hand freo to grasp objects, soon became right-handed, Taverns may bo traced to the thir-'

teentli century. According to Spelaian, in the roisjn of King Edward 111, only three taverns wero allowed in London. Taverns were licensed in England in 1751. - -

San Francisco numbers 80,000 Orientals among her population. A Biccarton; farmer, Mr Hack, has thrashed 1220 bushels of dun oats from 11 acres-all but' 111 bushels per acre. A quantity of ore for the London market, from the Champion mine, Coronjandel, ha?be.en shipped on board the Tangariro. Mi de Lostalot Bachone, tho neiy Acting-Vico-Consul for Franco arrived at Wellington by the steamer on Mon. day from Sydney. , ,

Mrs Booth, wife of General-Booth, has lost tho use of her right hand, and the disease from which she is suffering is making steady progress. / Tlie Samoan'Timgs,'after suppression by order of tho Gorman ' resumed on Saturday, February' 9." Its motto is, " Sworn to no master, of , no sect am I." Th'f Tiniessays:—" Wo are not permitted at present to enter into political questions," !. Eleven of tho _ Maori >Haka Troupe that left. Tarauaki for Australia about four, months • ago have returned by the Wapaka. '-Three of the troupe elected to stay in Wellington, while .the remaining four were to follow from Melbourne, s fjwjveeks after they had left. '. T i,„ m—i'Olerk of Birmingham has received from tho'-SlI! 0 Secretary official .intimation thafc:tho.'QiieeiVV!!? ; been graciously pleased to -approve. of! Birmineham being created a city. Tho ohange will not take effect till a Supplemental charter; which is expected iii a a few days, , has been received.' ; f ;

L A meeting of the Peers' of Scotland; called by" royal proclamation, was held in the Picture Gallery of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, on: January 10, when the Earl of Lauderdale "was ■■ unanimously elected aKepresontative Peer ■ of Scot' [and in the.presbnt VParliairieriti,' in ; of the late Earl of Maraud Kellio.'

• Oxford House is advortiaod.to bo let;. ■■ ■ Messrs Lowes ■jUnd -lorna announce an ; : extopyo'; general ;*Baleior'Satflrfay; next.". ' :Wo .are requests!' to remind our readers of Messrs Lowes & lorns' sale to-morrow of race ; privileges: in connection with tho St Patrick's day meeting. ' ' . :

. Tlio Theatre 1 Royal fixtures; for the week appear in our advertising columns. ■- Several new lines are added to-day to Mr F, H,: Wood's catalorae of stook for sale at Taratahi on Thursday next; ■" Mr' F. H, Wood announces a stock ealo- at Maryborough for Tuesday, Mai-ell. 26. The preliminary catalogue is published,' and further entries aro invited. 1

■ ■ MrOhas. Haines, formerly a resident •in this town, has just returned to the Wairarapa after a year's absence spont in a trip to the old country. ;

Mr Buiok's horse . Mariner, whilst being exercised yesterday morning, collided with a dray horse that was in the course enclosure, and put its shoulder out. The ncoident will disable Marirer from taking part in tho Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting for which it was entered. ;,

Dr Johnston, who during the past 1 three years has been in medical practice I in conjunction with Dr Smith of Carter--ton, has v purchased the residence of Mr | W, McKenzie, in Worksop-ltoad, and | notifies iu another column that he may | be consulted there daily, between the hours of 0 and 11 a.m., and 6 and 8 . p.ui. Dr Johnston is a bachelor of medicine, mid a master of surgery, ■ Messrs Lowes &'lorns report at their stock sale at Tinui ou Saturday last entries-were good, but prices showed a slight decline on previous rates, Store wethers made 7s 3d to 8s •, good' breeding ewes, 6s (id; culls, 2s Od; aged rams from 10s, In cattle all sold. Largowoikingbullocks,£7;per head; a team of working bullocks yokes, bows, .etc., 150; store steers 60s; lieifera 20s. ; The Crawford-Hunter party succeeded on Saturday evening last in übtf niug "a fair house for their third - and final programme. Tho entertainment was as successful as its predecessors, and encoreswere the rule rather than the exception. We are informed that Mr Dalry'mple has presented the local Star Football Club with n complete gymnasium set of appliances as a gifc, that body being about to inaugurate an athletic and gymnastic club for tho winter. > About 11 yesterday as the people were , wending their way tu Church; some littlo excitement was caused at the Post Office corner by the presence of an eel ■ in the wator course. Someone with a ; walking stick jerked tho fish out on' to the road, and tho prize was soon seized . upon by a nimble youth and borne off i in triumph, Tho eel was but small, : probably a pound in weight. In the ova-

ning, however, a much larger one was caught near the same spot whore its progress was impeded by a grating. The Bay of Pienty Times states that it is'proposed to start-a flour mill at Wakatane. It is also proposed to have a plant for making starch from potatoes and maize, connected with .this mill. There are over 450 works on New Zealand in the Auckland 'Museum Library. Three or four others, if tlieycould bo obtained, would include all the books that haVe' been published, but they are, we believe,- very unimportant, A well-conducted line of coaohes between Queenstown has been themeans of securing Lakes Wanaka and Hawea a considerable number of tourists this yoar. Messrs Cameron and Tolson's boro at Oorinda Station, neat Aramac, Queensland, has struck a further supply of artesian water. The estimated daily output is now 100,000 colons.'

Tho small birds aro very troublesome in most districts this season, It is becoming quite a common practice to encourago the presence of hawks by leaving dead rabbits about in the, fields for them, '

Wo are informed that this will be tho best season for maize that Te Puke. has I seen. Where, before there were 40 bushels to the jicre, there will bo from 89 to 100, this year. .The average, will be about 70 bushols per acre.. . ' The Bishop-Designate of Chester is j firm on the question of funeral, reform, Science, religion, art, and economy all, so the Prelate says,, declare that the present system is monstrous. The Sultan of Turkey's chief confidantes are his mother, his barber, and one of his youngest wives, who is a Goorgiun, and these three are extraordinarily important personages iu affairs of State. At tho conclusion of tho sitting of the Native Land Court at Diirgaville a few days ago," several chiefs stood up and expressed the great satisfaction ol the Maoris with the manner in which Judge Puckey and his Assessor (Hamiora Mankahia) had done their work, The Govornor proceeds to Melbourne via Southern ports on the 18th inst. Pneumonia causes tho death of over 37C0 people annually in New York City alono.

Sinco December Ist 1160 caßos-ol typhoid have occurred in Melbourne, with 135 deaths,

Estimates ot the cost to the country of tho Te Kooti business range from to £IO,OOO. -

Probate has been granted to the. will of John Wilson, squatter, of Woodlands, Victoria ; real, estate, £137,595; and personal property, £220,074. ' A settler in the- Pukerimu district writes to the Waikato Times that if apples affected with the Codlin moth are immersed in a tub of water for a few hours, the grub will be found, lying dead at the bottom of the vessel. The apples can then bo wiped and packed away,

. Christmas is not celebrated in Mexico with a treo, but with a pinata, The latter.is a largo earthijji vessel, gaily, decorated and filled with toothsomo dainties or candies, hung from the colling in tlib middle of the room.. The children aro blindfolded and armod with sticks to break tho jug, and'when it is shattered they throw off their masks aud scramble for the scattered goodies. Presonts are then Distributed, and dancing follows. One of the umpires, who was villager, would riot give anyono "out" unless he was bowled,: In the evening I askodhiniiQ, "Were you over umpire beforo ?"' A. "Noa;" ho answered, Q. '•Did j ou ever read the laws of cricket t" A, "Noa| never heard of 'em.": Q. "Then, why did you stand umpire j" X "Because they offered I- half-a -crown and a'soopper, and I never guy nobody out, and then 1 could not offend anybody."—Sports and Recreations in Town and Country. By Frederick Galo. | Steven's, a young lawyer, once lost his caso by what he considered a wrong ruling of the. judge. Disgusted, ho banged bis law books on tho table, picked, up his hat, and started for the door with some vigorous words on his lips. The judge, feeling.:'that his dignity ms assailed, rose : impressively and - said, "Mr Stevons |" Mr Stey'cns' stopped, turned,andbowoddeferentially, "Mr Stevens, ".said the judge, "do you intend by Buch conduct.to express your contempt for this; Court?" "Express my contempt for this court!" roplied Stevons, with mock seriousness. " No, indeed; I was trying to conceal it, your honour|"

■ A Paris .professor: was given a losson in vivisection, and was oaressin? a small I curly dog whom ho intended experimenting on. In due time he made a Blight incision in the dog's throat. The poor little'ahimal jumped out of the professor's hands and ran.to the farthest bud of. the table.- There, however,' it came to tho conclusion that the professor's .object in cutting it was to induce it to beg. And the dog stood i|pon its bind legs in .the: usual fasliion. Wo are glad to add that the sight so touched the' professor arid the students that the animal was spared wvUirthw' attempt at being killed Science has, no doubt, .its r»l;;"i«EI!-; but its claim to torture away life by tho vivisection process' : is '.one' Jhe London Echo, which lws at timos ejtpressed strong viows on the subject) that can liovor bo admitted. -

Amorioan" yduth faged six): Now,: if the'effect ot.Bo volts of electricity equal in applied Santa OlauB: •'Holy Grail, tl;is ist he youngster that I brought a yqllotf morikey on a red stick

c .'A /o'<>tbalJ-mat6h 'ViLia : B|rt]iday;t:bctweeh;tlie; second fifteens of the Ked Star and „} v ®' 8 (Wellington), to bo played in Wellington,

Y.Mr W., fl; Beetliaui' spent three days tmvellin? over, the To Awaiti Run last week and during this time only saw three rabbits,.: Once, oh : .this"property tehi thousand rabbits" were slaughtered, iu six weeks but tHe natural' 6ntimy:; has done it? work;ajid now a aingla ;.rabbit iii;, nii long day'smarch is.a .fair av.era?o/ ; ' A; general meeting-of ;- the; Maatetton Agricultural and Pastoral Association is convened for next Saturday to consider proposals from' joint .committees of the Wairarapa- and East Coast Pastoral Society and tlie Masterton Agricultural i and Pastoral Assdoiatioii iii reference to holding one united Show in the Wairarapa,. V 'M: ■

In Russia joßt ; year 80,000 dramshops we done awayvrith by law, ; It is stated that therearelOOO pledged .abstainers amongst the 14,000 oibmen in London. . : Two of the wealthiest liquor sellers in New York never .drank a drop of liquor in thmr lives, • • The circular fortification wall around Paris, which .cost £3,700,000 Will pro-' bably be torn down. The Marquis of Lome tells out that there is. a marked tendency shown in the Highland counties against entering the army.' . , . / ; Tho Danube's famous Iron Gate is to

be improved out of existence, if a BUI introduced in tho Hungarian Parliament goes through . Long hair is the newest fad among men. It is ' said that Henry Irving sot tho fashion in England,.. Smoothly Bhayen cheeks go with it.

Mr Akei's-Douglas- avers that' the result of the Irish Ministerial policy has 'been a gradual upward tendency in all tho industries in Ireland,' ■■■■.

- The number of living , children per family in France is 2.07, which ,is believed to be a lower average than can be found 'any whip else in the world. Mr W. Green, formerly M.B.R. for Dunediu East, is now editing a temperance paper in Adelaide, This was tho " Conscience Green" of tho New Zealand Legislature. The six Great' Powers and tho Balkan States have twenty-six millions of men ready for war, ■ A hasty, word or a rash act might sot them at work destroying each other. Tho interest excited-by tlie Stuart Exhibition, now being hold at the New Gallery, has been so wide that the directors have decided to'hold, next winter,' an exhibition of the House of Tudor, m which tho royal portraits will bo supplemented by a representation of eminent statesmen and men of letters belonging to each reign, Parisian cabmen are now obliged to undergo a searching vim wee examination; Experts sit daily at the Prefecture of Police (the Graphic tells us) to crossexamine all the Jehus. Searching questions respecting the routes and the faros

are put to each cabby,, who must then harness and unharness his horse and drive round the yard before receiving his license. ' .

Walter Webb was taking part in an amatour theatrical performance at 'Austin, Mo. He suddenly tripped on the stage, and a knife which lie held in his hand pierced his heart, killing him instantly. The Maine Pomological Society is making a collection of choice apples fqr exhibition at the World's Exposition, which opens m Paris next May. The apples are to be placed in a preserving liquid before bdng shipped, The Mahommedan missionaries are throwini' down the gage to Christianity, and declaring war upon our chief contribution to Central. Africa—the gin trade.

Anyone in, France killing a wolf which has attacked a human being gets 200 francs; for the killing of a wolf iu young the award is 150f.; for a malo wolf 100f,, and 40f for a cub.

The Queen Rogent ot Spain has, says the World, offered tho Pope an asylum at Madrid if ho decides to quit Rome, where bis position is daily becoming more difficult.

A late report states the fact that M. Hekel has discovered citrio acid in cow's milk—a fact hitherto not admitted. In 40 tons of fresh milk there is as much citric acid, in the form of salts, as in 50,000,000 lemons; in other words, the average daily milk supply of of a cow contains as much citrio aoid as two or three lemons,.

Mr Scobie Mackenzie ' recently appeared before tho Otago Land Board to ask that certain,runs be subdivided. The Board told him tho matter was sottled, and ho had better appeal to' tho Minister ot Landi. Ho replied. 1 have already dono so, and got an unfavorable reply. I have appealed to Philip drunk, and now I appeal to Philip sober." • Prince Alfred of Edinburgh is being educated at Naples Tho flagship Alexandra is being sent to Naples to bring'him home again. To have an ironclad to bring you homo for the holidays is travelling eu Pnncc indeed I Tho Duke of'Westministor,' at the rout audit of his Halkyn Castle estates, Flintshire, on January Bth, granted his agricultural tenants an abatement of 26 per cent, ou the express condition that the rectorial tithes, wore paid, in full by the tenants. This stipulation was readily complied with, . Recent elections in- England havo placed medical men at the head of tho municipal government in tile towns of Hull, Bath, Marlborough, Wolverhampton,' Liskeard, Morpeth,. Godalming, Congleton, Calne, New Roroney, and Yeovil, '

Tho Popo has refused to bless medals distributed in Ireland. He is reported to have said r " I cannot bless them. The people of Ireland are disobedient;. They seem to prefer the gospel of Dillon and O'Brien to the Gospel of Jobus Christ." ;

A, zealous, and in his way a very eminent preacher, whose oloquenco is as copious and far more lucid than the waters of his beloved Cam, happened .to miis a constant auditor from his congregation. Schism had already male some depredations on tho fold, which was not so large but to a practised eye the deduction of even one'.was perceptiblo. " What keeps our-'friend farmer £— away from us ?" was the nnxiousquesfcion proposed by our vigilant minister to hit clerk. " I have not seen him amongst us," continued lie, 11 these three weeks; 1 hope it is not Socinianism that keeps hinvaway." "No; your honour,""replied tWork. "it is something .worse than tnac." " Worse than Socinianism ?" God forbid that it should be Deism." "No, yourhonour, it is something worse than that." "I trust it is not Atheism." No, your honour, it is something worse than that." " Worse that Atheism I Impossible—nothing can be worn than Atheism I" " Yes, it is, your honour • it is Rheumatism i"

During tho last fortnight. we have done satisfactory businoss in clearing out much of our inmmer overplus stock which lias thus, been considerably ', lessened at tho Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington. ' Nevertheless thero are a ; large accumulation of remnants anda Variety of odd lots in every departpient, which must be turned into money, during .the next few days at Te Aro House, Wellington. - ■ These remnants include a'number of very ÜBe(uj u eyery. day articles, such as calicoes, sheetings, prints, zsphera, chess fabrics, hoiMb, &0,. and are in- varioft lengths, froth - . B to 10 yards.' With a view of rapidly selling tliese we have inarmed them $ astonishingly low. prices, such as can be easily tested-, at To Aro House, Wellington. There arc also various lots of summer milinery, mantles, costumes, parasols, silks, carpets, men's, boys', and youths' clothing jSSt'2«. Mijj wked at suoh low prices as'to make them the most undoubted , bargains Cvor. offered to a discerning piib.ljc either utside Qf■ iflsiMTe Aro Bo : usis, : . Wellington, Tqr 10 days Olily will tl)esc. price? rule and at .the' tomination of'. tliis.'. perjot} wo ots,'; and: tagetat. come toitfend'at : the. Wholesale Family; : Drapery" ,Warehouse, To AroHoiißß Welling-