"GUSH."

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1224, 30 October 1874, Page 2

"GUSH."

The following paragraph is from ;i Northern contemporary. As a specimen of "gush " it would be hard to find its equal: —" While it has always heen an aekowledgcd fact that the Taranaki women are fairest in New Zealand, yo.t the half has not been told of them. Their forms are perfect models of ease and grace, and there is a certain style and gesture in their walk which is not possessed by one out of a thousand in the rest of the colony. Their features are regular and handsome ; their skin fair ; light waving hair ; dark-blue eyes, and a peachy bloom on their cheeks which makes them almost irresistible. 'J heir forms are much better developed than any other woman, and though blender enough around the waist, their muscle is sufficient to curb th; fiery steed upon whose back they take their mi ruing exercise. ,f Timon," of the Southern Mercury,

is moved thereat, and thus expounds : I have half a mind to roll my Tub to Taranaki. The weather is " calm and fine " there, according to Knocker (see telegraphic intelligence) ; and so it ought to be. I have heard it sometimes spoken of as the Garden of New Zealand. If the local scribe may be only half believed, 'tis more—'tis the veritable Garden of Paradise, minus the old serpent, and full of dear delightful Eves. Listen to the alluring Echo which softly steals across the envious Straits wafted by musical zephyrs, <fec, <fec, &c. Think of that, dear boy ! For firstrate, high-art gushing- commend me to the Taranaki scribe. What a happy combination of beauty, grace, style, and muscle—especially muscle. That last qualification must be indispensable to such perfectly enchanting creatnres as the women of Taranaki. It is delightful to know that they possess " sufficient to curb" not only "the fiery steed," but also trie still more fiery suitors whom their manifold charms and graces must necessarily attract. How else; could they protect themselves from the fate of the Sabine women of old ? By the way is there only one "steed"— (meaning, I presume, a horse, though there is no reason why it should not be Press-English for a Jerusalem pony) I ask is there only one in Taranaki ? Because our Northern friend speaks of "the fiery steed upon whose bach they take their morning exercise." Perhaps he carries several of the fair riders, all with welldeveloped biceps. Who knoweth these things ?