R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3461, 17 March 1890, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTERTON-SATURDAY.

(Before Colonel Roberts, R.M.) ■ Coustablo R. Darby v Charles Williams. ' The accused was charged with that he did on the 27fch day of February last resist the Constable, It. Darby, when in the execution of his duty. Mr Achesou, for the accused, pleaded not guilty. . T. A. Boston, sworn, deposed ibat, lie remembered the date in question, and that he saw'.tlle Constable'trying to arrest the- accused-near the Marquis of Normauby Hotel, Saw the accused kick; the yCohstable. Heard the Constable ask the'acctiscd to come along, quietly,,which.the accused refused to do, aud resisted the Constable. The Constable had to call for help to get the accused to the lock-up, and he (witness) assisted.

To'Mr'Acheson: The accused was arrested at the'side of the hotel, which is a public thoroughfare for all who have any business to do at the back of the hotel, Did not notice anyone.but Mr Farrell aud himself assisting tho Constable, to arrest the accused. Thought there was another, but did not notice who he was. The prisoner: was rather excited at the time, and he believed he had been drinking! Was there.just beforo the Constable called for assistance When he got .thero he heard the Constable talking to the accused aud trying to persuade him to go quietly. ■■.

James Farrell,. sworn, stated that he saw tlie acoused niglit of the arrest besido the Marquis of, Nornmnby Hotel. Saw tho Constable therb'also. Previous to that he saw 1 the accused coiuo running up to the hotel and saying the Constable was after him. Saw the Constable trying to arrest him, and'also saw him resist the Constable by making a strike at him with his hand, The Constable told liiui to come along quietly for ho was bound to arrest him, but. the accußod still resisted and would not go on quietly,- i'he Constable then called for assistance when he (witness) caught the accused from behind, and held him, Heard a blow likeakick.when the Constable said that the accused had kicked him. .Froin the resistance made by the accused it was necessary to handcuff him, and he had to be thrown to got the handcuffs on him. v ' :■-

To Mr Acheson: The resistance of the accused was violent. The arrest took place by the Hotel, and the place is used by the public. The accused had been drinking, and was excited. Did not think anyone but himself and the Constable had hold of him at the time when ,he kicked tho latter.

.Constable 'K,-Darby also 'gave evidence, which was a corroboration of the previous statements; but also stated that he attempted at first to arrest the accused near the pbtie'e station, and lie got away from him and made towards the Marquis Hotel. He (the constable) followed him up, and again attempted to arrest him, when tho assault took place by. violently kicking him on the shin bono of the right leg, and on account of which he had been unable to perform his duties, arid had been undor'rqedicol advice over since. It was' likely to bo another fortnight beforo he would able to resume bjsduti.es, ' ! '" " '"'.' To Mr Acheson; Was standing by the police station wheii'lie first saw the accused; it was about a quarter past ten o'clock, and ho was using obscene language for' which "he attempted, to arrest him, ' Mr Achesoii having addressed the the Court, aud commented on the soction under which the information was laid, the accused was committed to Wellington gaol for six weeks hard labor, and was ordered to pay the witness' expenses 10s, .and Court costs lis.

BREVITIES, v;;t

Fine, ;;'-...i. Pleasant holiday, , lixc'option to the rulCi • ' Large atteudanco at the races. Typhoid fever at Pahiatua. Caßes also reported in Masterlon. :., Early Cosing extolled from the pulpit. Boycotting denounced.. : . -; : More correspondence with the Borough Council ra tho pollution of the Waipoua. Pearson's' band in the Park, Pub; lie present in large numbers, I'lax industry alaifamhlill in litis district. Mills closing, awaiting further advice from Loudon,. '.:

Disastrous Hoods in Queensland. Suburbs inundated; JJiiinuge eati. mated at ilOQ,000.,„ Weather broken Uh New 'South Wales., Water in the Hooded districts reported to be.receding.". ,,; -.!:).•'. •■ Detectives in Melbourne discovered it complete coinage plant-in : tliat city. Spurious hajf soyerjigns" in,circulatiopV'... ■:'"'■'■■■''..!, iv '": •-''■ tV - i .-< Qbly tl|erjc)| can afford tobestingy, .'.'.lnth«|Hidin(taß fjclagi) lady.

Mrs Machy,,applies fprs patenk| " At the chOTj|(s.-|{Vli|yoiyou I gqt' anything that Miff jl cure oramp in j the stomach hero} are; some pills thaphe if; our/ euslomefi has been using for tbeiast 20 yens*,"'

The King of Siam is described as a mognificent object when in state attire, asho glistens from head to foot with' jewels, worth at' leas'rje2oo,ooo.''' v ife is said to be very kind to his throo hundred wives, and very fond of his eighty seven'ohildren. ••-•••■-"•'- A Gentleman, it was once said, neror inflicts pain. On which a wit remarks, "This is hard on the dentists." . . .' i

Not a had story is told of an aged clorgyman who met a man loudly declaiming against foroign missions. " Why," asked tho objector "doesn't the Church look after the heathen at home?" "-We do," said the clergyman, quietly, and : gave the'man'-a «.5-\ J jp§'!; Oi^'j '* So " far as you' saw,"' Baid. • a counsel to a witness, "she was doing her ordiuary household duty ?" " 1 should aay so—she was talking," was the ironical reply. l,! He never-iiad ; biit-ono : genuine casein his life," said a lawyer of a rival, " and that was when he prosecuted bis studies."

...Some lawyers, havfl had curious pxperientts of iropical wills;; j j Thefo is not' the unfantiiar cose of the French merchant who loft a handsome legaoy to a lady»who had refused to marry him 20 years heforo, in gratitude ifor; .her: 'kindness /in: hot'; taking himatSiis word.'. There is a good deal of pointed satire in such ironical hcetiie as. the following:—" We are reminded that the mania for adulteration is so great that you can't buy a quart of sand and beeure that it is not half sugar," A three-line advertisement, repeated .405 times, recently fappeareij. in' the London .Times, '? ' '■> •; i j ? : ""; Sydney Smith being ill. his physician advised him to "take a walk upon an. empty stomach." "Upon whose ?" said he,

;-The press is,the best justrmneht for' lightning the mind ofiiia'n and improving him as a rational, moral and social being, A little tot saying her prayers was asked by her mother why she had not asked God's forgiveness far some special act of disobedience, " Why, mamma, 1 didn't s'ppose you wanted it mentioned outside the family." A Philadelphia physician saya thata great deal of what passes for heart disease is only mild dispepsia, that nervousness is comtnoDly bad temper, and that two-thirds ot the so-callod malaria is nothing but laziness. Probably he doesn't tell bis patients so, but there is no doubt a good deal of tir,uth in what he savs, •

This is how an Ohio paper prints a marriage notice'.—"William Jones, of Malta township, aged 88, passed peacefully away on Tuesday last from single blessedness to matrimonial Wins, after a short but sudden attack by Alice Blossom, a blooming widow of 35.";. ■"' " ." ' "

The General Secretary of the New South Wales Licensed Victuallers' Association, in a lengthy letter to' the Australian Star concludes as follows: —"Say what we will, think as we wish, actaß welike ( scream,rave,stamp, dance, fume, and swear, we cannot alter the truth that the chalk-fed and cold blooded people are dying out and dropping behind, and that the people who drink in moderation are possessing the whole earth and improving it." All - Moonshine.—A gentleman observed by the light of -tlio moon, a burglar, who was climing into ;lke ; house on a ladder, "What are you doing up there? Will you come down this minute?" "Hush 1 Don't disturb mo ? I am a somnambulist I"

A terribl? incident happened at t wedding,tliatcf a coupleboth of niiddle ago. There was ft grating just in front of tbe alteivraila, which led down .to the pipes which heated the building. In his 'agitation of putting the ring upon the finger^of his bride the unfor-: tunate bridegroom let it go, and it rolled down the grating.' The clerk descended and hunted for some timo. The ring, however,,could not be found. The poor bride shed copious tears', and the bridegroom. : gallantly stanched them as well as lie could with a largo red-and-green handkerchief, murmuring soothingly," There, don't 'ee ciydon't 'ce cry," iri the endearing tone which isoftenused to .a baby. Wo are sure wesympathised, but our syrapathy was hardly'sufficient' to control ourvisiblo propensities. A ring -had to be borrowed from one of tho officials and the bride's tears wore dried at last.

In Springfield, Canterbury, a short time ago, ut young man who had just been appointed a J.P, bad possession of the-bench for the first time. The only caso for hearing was that of an unfortunate "drunk." Having heard the charge,, and'tbeprisoner having nothing to say in self-defence, his Worship pronounced judgement in a solemn tone of voice, but with a palpable mixing of.pounds, shillings and pence with the hours of the day, and the offence of drunkenness with the crinio of murder—" Twenty four shillings; and, liiay the Lord have meroy on! your Mil!" Having disposed of : all the : business the excited young justice descended from the bench, and calling' the sergeant aside asked if "the poor devil had any money." "Nota cint, yer Worship," rejoined;: " Well, here|s a five pound note; yve it to him when he conies out to nuke a \ fresh start wibbl'' ;,'.;'.,:.

The Sensation of Starving. The following extracts aro taken from the. diary of. the .roan' who recently was found in an emaoiatod condition at Dargarville, near Auckland:.:—"Starving, 3rd and 4th day. very hungry at times, after that no, craving for food, Felt very comfortable up tilt the 10 th day, Pelt' weak and ; shaky in my legs, Perfectly comfort lble about niy stomach! ,Thaio is no pain or agony in starving as far as Ibave gone, .■ 1 write this on the 10th day. of my fast,, If I don't cave in to-night I will'- write' more. Wednesday,' .comfortable, but rather shaky, The mosquitoes : here are terrible. -Thursday, very comfortable when lying down, bat very weak and .shaky, Friday) feel rather empty but hot uncomfortable;'' Can't staud- up, aud ijiddy wkeii Hit tip, Saturday, don't feel so bad, ■ Had a drink -.of mud and water,: Sunday,, fifteenth day of my slarve'j' feel :pretty good, 'only very ; weak.' I did hot (hjiikl would have lasted half as long, j thought about five, or six) days' would finish mei"' Monday, ; sixteenth ; day feel rather weak* and shaky, 'No oravingfor food.'..Peel aliltlehiingry Tuesday,!sevenle'enth day, and not/dead yet, ~lam getting siqk of this day-by-day dragging on, The days seems so ,longi'"|l ! wishTlTwere" dead, but it can't":last, mucti' -longer surely. I feel verylittle worse than I felt a. week Jgo,-! -Wednesday, eightceatb.day, getting weak;* 1 don't feel !)«%! I m getting very

restless at times; the mosquitoes are ■: . enough to drive me mad. I feel f. rather empty and rather hungry to-.'? njp,. Thursday, 19th day r getting ;> jwijmer, I feel rather empty about ; ,tho stomach, and could eat a little. I am getting very thin," Altogether <. I foel comfortable when lying down, and could eat a littlo to-night. Friday, 20th day, and not dead, J ir . go" on, Ij am ./getting very*,. weak. >. lamßiCkofUhisj'and'wißbll were' ' deadi'fhedaya and nfghta-aro-flo- •*•) very long, I have no wish or craving' 4jo for food. I could do a good drink of water. I feel a little hungry at times to-night. Saturday, 21st day, weak and. empty. •■• Peel';a little hungry. Comfortable; whilst lying down, I feel a painful craving about tho stomaoh td-'tirght, and am not comfortable. Sunday, 22nd day. Bad in the middle of the night, and last night: thought 1 was going to die, Better this morning; feel pretty good this morning. Afternoon, feel very dry, and would like a drink of water; mußtt;o without, Monday, 23rd day,,,, very weak and thirsty. I will hav«.»«~to crawl out if I :m, and try to get a drink of water. I am .choking. I am afraid Ijwon't bo able. Crawled out part of the way, Could nOt reach roilwjy. If I don't cave in to-night I will try to-morrow, lam bad; hungry and thirsty to-night. Tuesday, 21th day (this, part is indistinctly written, and the words incomplete.) Veiy weak, but so thirsty; no hunger, Icannot Jcrawl. •rdojv'tjthink I can last much longer, ; I am very! much astonished I lasted so long, I wish it was oyer,, I am very, sick of it," I :'--j .. f .'.';-. The Kermadec Islands,

■ AucKtAND, Marcli 10. • The Commander of'thVGerman warship Alexandrine states that: when his vessel was passing Sunday Island, of the Kerniadeo Group, on the way t6 Auckland, a large fire was soon blazing ou a Mud" on a northern coast, It was,evidently a signal, to the ship, and thecaptain believes the settlers wished to send off letters. Ho ran up the ensign, but did not communicate otherwise. Since the settlers from Napier and Auckland landed at the island six months ago only two calls have Jieen made at lh<u?, island by vessels;'/ Q m.H J Art'

Howa Yoiw&LaWClimka % Stile.

Did you fever,see a young lady try to climb, aj style? * Tbia'is she does it': First she looks to find out whether anybody is in sight.- Then, if the coast is clear, she puts one foot on the second rail of the stile and ; looks Ground again. l ';. Then she gives a littlo hop, and gets her other foot up on-the second rail, Here\she stops for to and straighten her hat.

. The next uianamvre is a critical one—to get ono foot over the top rail,' She steadies herself for a moment, then gives a quick upward kick that does not. quite reach, the mark, but causes! her'.to..jump dowti on the ground again with a'tiny i scream,/ and tuck her clothes in ail arouud her.-

Again she survoys the surrounding countryj and again hops up outho " second rail. This time' she is bolder, and throws her foot right to the tjp of the stylo, where it catches, by tho heel on the top rail. 1 ' It is | now or. never with her thon—something must be done Grasping' the top rail with all her • might she pulls herself up until sWkLsits on,the style with the landscaped spread'out beneath her like a map, If anybody appears in sight, she just j drops off'the'stile'at'if she had : been .'■ shot and gathers herself up when she gets there. •■ If the coast ,obntiiuißgfclearJ/B¥e; : / proceeds'in a leisurely wfiy to .get dowiucn the other side of the stile. First she, turns around, faoing the way she. came, and feels backward . with-her; foot for a : good, steady, - reliable rail. Having found suoh r rail she puts herself,upon it, and sets ' to work to get'the other side of the ;•; j stile.j ; ;' ' •• ' 'v- .v

, This is a very difficult and embarrassing piece of strategy, aiid at good many: girls will sic on tho stop of h stile half a day, before;they, will attempt it. Some "will' even: stay 1 there till a horrid man comes along and lifts them off.

i.Notsotlie'trulycourageous&id— i • she who is no more afraid to olmibV i. stilo than' to sit in the same room as a mouse trap., She will never give upV the fort until she gets off that stile in f tho uiicient and honourable way of' herm.' •?. . .■■■• ! V

So.she sottles her hat on her head-! with a'.determincd look, steps bacif*! oil the reliable rail, and with a ' mighty, effort draws back her other foot to t'io yeoy, edgo of the top rail, like an archerdrawing''aii''arrow 'to ' the head.

Oli, if it were not for that Freiioli heel, she would be freo! But, alas, it holdshov''there with the'dull 1 persistencyof fate, , Alookof terrw'and'despair- comes ; oyer her countenance; her oyoa etjokout like.buttons,! < She,gives a ■•■< quick backward ieVp' and lets go.'*''' * ! ' What surpriso, what delight. Sho finds herself alighting, right side up with care, on the soft turf, without so much as a feather jostled in her hat. ■: T

'. She cant imagiuo how it happened 80. She fully .expected to jbo.pioltcd up a' complete 1 * wr|clf,! and fcarri es, '. home to dio among 'lier sorrowiM* ,; friends. ''?ffl.. .' But now that she is really nolo aus /.sound upon the dear old.earth ~ again; she looks up with unspeakable'" ■ gratitude to the olear blue sky; then, brushing her skirts and beating them out so that they will hang straight, she vows that,- should site ever have occasion to cross fields, again, ahe ■ will either go in a.baloon, or e15e.,..,. have a young maii.ijVHlr lier, to \oj>down the stile." '"■■'■' ■'"'"""' "\':\

: MISCELLANEOUS. A' : settler at Castle Hill station, Canterbury, sent his wool to Christ, church; by means of a traction engine.; k saving of about 33 per cent is said to have been flffected.ovor, horse and rail freight ■'' •< .''. *;•' "Quite the latest attraction in the exhibition is theprofossional whistler, Mr A, H, Bryant, who gives evidence of, his remarkable gift in the Dresden piano. stand daily and nightly. Mr Bryant, who is quite a lad, not $k having attained his majority, merwith an accident on the railway in Sydney, some four years ago, thereby lbsiijg his right arm aud leg. On recovering ho resolved to cultivate his natural gift with the view to putting itt6 praotioal use as a means of ! 'jivetiliood. He performed at the Melbourne Exhibition with a fair measure of success, and resolved to giyeour Exhibition a trial. Ae he does iipt formally take up collections, tho numbers who listen to his striking molody anpeav to oyerlwktto .'■'

that lie iS.\yhißlling;,toflam,His living, and so unique that it:-Merits,-sub? atantial recognition by tb,e public. ' The Mataura. Ensign publishes some remarks by feraeH down South as'to-'oats, they intend to t|o ■with tliern,'and from tho utterances of blipgentleman who is said to have .^considerable,experieuce and great, business capacity;" Tve extract the following:~" I shall sell no oats'-under ls ; 9d, though,l Lave 800, acres. I will' 1 thresh "it W aud crush it, and when' niy sheep ari ™ on the turnips I will give thorn four or five ounces a (ky each. It will not be a penny a,week eaph, and-; riiavo proved that it is a very profitable outlay. There is no break in; the wool-no streak ot lean, as it were for the time the badly fed or starved, Oats keep a Iheep warm. Besides they keep him in firm condition, and when spring comes, instead of taking a month to pull himself, together, he grows right away." TEN MONTHS SUFFERING L IN A HOSPITAL %L t There is '. an "old aayingthat physi- * ciaus are a class of men who pour drugs, of whichlhey know little, into bodies ,of which , they know . less. This is botli true and .mirno at the Mine time; Thsro are good and poor lawyers, and good and poor doctors. Tlio trouble with theso medical gentlemen as a 'profession i? that they are clannish,' ami apt tu be conceited. ' Thoy don't like to bo beaten at their own trade by outsiders who havo never studied medicine Thoy therefore pay, by their frequent .flplurcs, the penalty of rofushig iustrnelibit unless tiro teachor bears their own "Hall Mark," in eniinont physician—Dr Brown- • Sequsrd, of' Paris-states the fact accurately when ho says: " The medical profession are so bound up in thoir selfcoiiMenco and conceit that they allow the diamond truths of science be picked up by persons entirely outside thoir ranks." We qivo a most lntetesthig Incident, which Illustrates this important truth, The steamship "Concordia" of flu Donaldson Line, sailed from Glasgow for Baltioiore in 1887, having on board asa fireman amaiiiiamcdliichard \Wo of Glasgow, He had been a fireman for fourteen years un various ships sailin;! from America, China and India He had borne the hard and exhausting labour, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip wo now name he began for the first time to feel weak and w ill. His appotito failed and he Buttered from drowsiness, heartburn, a bad tnsto in tho mouth, and costivenets and irrcsmlarity of tho bowels. Sometimes when at work ho had attacks of giddiness but supposed it to be catisod by the heat pi the lire-room, (juite often ho kjvas Bick and folt like vomiting, and had fSbme pain in tho, head. later during the passage ho grow worso, and when the thip reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria General Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gavo him somo powders to stop the vomiting, and thouoxt day the visiting physician ?avo him a mixture to take every four hours, Within two days Wado was so much worso that the doctors'stopped both, the powdo'rs and the mixture. :' A month passed, tho poor fireman getting worso and worse. Then came another'doctor, who was to be visiting pbysioias, for tho next five months. He gave other medicines but not much relief. Nearly nil tlia timo Wade suffered great torture ; he digested nothing, throwing npall he ate. There was terriblo pain in |Hie bowels, burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and racking headache.' The patient was now taking a mixture every four hours, powders one after each meal to digest the food, operating pills one every night, and temperature puis two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could euro him at all, ltichard had an idea - that he took enough to'do it. But on tho other hand pleurisy set in and f/i« Mors Ivol; ninety ounces of mutkr -mtfiltii right side, and then told him Sb was sure to die- Five month more rolled by,' and there was another chauge of visiting physicians. The now one gave Wado a inixturo which 1 Midwfltfc/iim (rcmWc Me« kojoh tree.

At this crisis Wado's Scotch brood asserted itself. Ho refusod to stand anymore dosing, and, fold the doctors Unit if hi) must die he could die as well without thorn as with thorn; By this time a cup of milk would turn sour on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a.wreck wi a shoal, fast going to pieces, Wo mil let him tell the rat. of his experience iirthe words in which' he' 'communicated'! it to the press : ; ■ Ha says;'' When T was in this BtaW a lady whom I had never n'eeii cameto tho hospital Yihd talked with m She proved to be an angel of mercy, for without her' I should not now bo alive' Sho told me. of a medicine callod Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, 1 and' brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctor; and in only a fm iaijs' lim I teas out of bed (ullhujforhan amhijiji forbmitftii. froin that time, keeping. ■on with ' -pother Seigel'a great remedy, I got well was Boon able to' leave"'the hospital and come hpme to Glasgow, I now feel as if a was; in another world; aud have uoillne'ssof any kind." * The above facts are calmly and imP partially stated, and the reader may draw his own conclusion, We deem it best to use up names, although Mr Wade gave thenuin his' original deposition, His address is No. 244, Stobcross Street, Glasgow, where 'letters willreaoh him' ' ' - ' ''' '•'■' Editor. .