The Waikato Times. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6 1877.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 724, 6 February 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6 1877.

Equal and, exact justice to all men, Of whatever state or persuasion, reKgious or \ political •# •* •# - # • # Here shall the Presi the People's right maintain, ■Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain.

The Report oj? the CambrtdqblFarMRRS Club, and other matter will be found in the supplement issued with, to-days paper. The Bank-* will be closed altogether on Wednesday (to-morrow), and in the on Thursday in consequence of the race holdidaya. . Waitoa School. — The following gentlemen have been elected a sohool com mittee for the current year, for the Waitoa School District, namely, .Messrs J. Cochrane, J. Walker, S. Ticklepenny,; : Chepmell, and A. Crawford. The Waikato Steam Navigation Company intend running steamers at single fares to sand from Hamilton every . morning after arrival of train at Mercer during this week. This will be a great convenience to visitors to the wees, and ball to be held at Hamilton of Friday. The Race Ball — We understand that a number of officers of the German man-of-war in harbour at Auckland, aro coming up to Waikato during the lace days, and will stay for the ball on Friday night for which they have received invitations. Sale ov Gates, &o. — On Saturday Mr Kennedy Hill so' d t.y public auction the privilege of collecting entrance fees at the racecourse gates, Ohaupo, on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr E Wilson was the purchaser at the sum of £7S 10. The privilege of selling -the cards (printed cards supplied by Committee) was sold at the same time to Mr Missen for £8 10s. Distinguished Visitors. — Amongst thefcpsasengers by the steamer "Waikato, on- Satuiday night, came two.distinguished vi.-itors for the ensuing Waikato Races, namely : Isaao Walton and. Kingfisher, the property of Mr Walters who accempanied them. Isleman ;»nfi Maymoon have also arrived, having travelled overland from Tauranga. THEWEATHERstillcontinues to threaten and the glass is steadily falling, small comfort for intending visitors to tbe races. The heavy rains of Sunday evening and night seem to have been experi enced all over the country. In Auckland they set in early in the day j in the Hamilton district not till dark, but in Cambridge and up country there was a steady downpour -all day and night too. The rain in Waikato -was attended with thunder storms, as it appears to have been else* where. The river was rising all day yesterday, but not to the extent to do • any damage, indeed we hear of nothing in the way of floods in any part of the district. A Serious Accident from the kick of a horse was inflicted yesterday evening, on a child of Mr H. Maopherson. It ap- ., pears that about -7 o'clock yesterday; evening the chill, who is only four years old, accompanied his sister in search of the cows, and the two children were driving them home, when some horses ran at them, and one of the brutes lashing out with its heels, struck the little "■boy in the face, fracturing the oocipital bone. Had the animal's hoof struck an inch higher on the forehead, instead of over the eye, where the skull is thickest, and the bone less liable to depression, the child would have been killed on the spot. He was at once pluckily carried into Hamilton by his mother, a 'Histaoce of over a mile, and by Mr Sandes taken to Dr Waddington's residence, The Dr was himself »ill in bed, but dressed the wound, and, wo are glad to state, that no seriouß result is likely to ensue from the injury. Some stop should be put to the indiscriminate running of horses on the pablio highways and waste lands. It is not long since the child of a Cambridge settler was run down and injured by a maro within the township itself. The. Road to the Rages.— There may be yet time, with the display of a little energy on the. part of local au'.horities, to get two things done which would greatly convenience the travelling public on Wednesday and Thursday, in getting to tbe races. The ono is to indi.ee the I contractor of the Cambridge bridge to throw tit open tfor the two days, even though the work is not yet passed by Mr Allwright, who, we hear, is not able to visit Waikato for that purpose for some ' ten days to come Tbe bridge is finished and ready for traffic, but the work has jet to be passed. If this bridge were open, tho Ombriilge people would be. much oonvenienced. The other matter is the placing the Ngaruawahia punt in working order at Hamilton at once, so as to relieve the crush which will otherwise ; take place at this point. Last year, on the first day of the races, there was a long string of vehicles driven up on the west side, in the morning, waiting th ir turn to oross — many being kept standing . over an hour, while the punt dragged its ' slow dength along with one trap and a horseman or two at a time. There is not only certainty of delay, but risk of danger, while, if the "large Ngaruawahia punt were .placed in position, the work would be done in half the time. With . the recollection of last year before them, .many of the Eait Hamilton people will doubtless send their vehicles and horses 'over early in tbe morning, and join them themselves on the west side.

Instantaneous curb for Rheumatism —The following letter appeared in a late Sydney paper : - «« Cloths soaked in j strong yiDegar, applied to the part affic ted, will remove acute rheumatism in 1 five rainut. s. Should the whole system , he affected, the only drink should be the juice <>f half-a drzen common lemons to a ' qnart of water, sugar to taste, and wrap up iu a sheet soak»d with vinegar, retire to bed, and in fifteen minutes, if previnusy racked with pain, s'een will ensue. 1 am indebtsd to the Eev. J G Southby and Mr Isaac Shepherd for the above, which cured me and one of my children of rheumatic fever, when doctors failed.' Sir George Grkf rated the Govern- ) menc pretty roundly last session, but it | seems that the government with a ohrisItain forbearanee have refrained from rating bim again. The " Wellington Argus" observes:— " IP it were not that collueion between the Governor and Sir George Grey is beyond the regions of probabilty, we might fancy that some little arrangement had been eome to, when we notice that Kawau aud other islands on the Auckland coast are not included within ths boundaries of any County. >. They are thus ezempi from all loeal taxi- : tion, although several of them are very ; valuable private properties. Sir George Grey for instance, is, as owner o Kawau, now exempt from "contributing to the support, of the new sys'em of Government to which he so muci objects. It is almost a pity that the Government did not (further" oblige Sir George Grey, by.makj ing Kawau a Province, as well as leaving it out of the County," i . .. . i H ouTiouLTURAL Curious Fipebiment —If .flowers can be thus increased in 6ize, why not the fruit also, and hence a permanently improved variety obtained. At lest such idea very >naturallj strikes the practical reader after perusing the following : — " A French horticulturist, to study the physiology of the vegetable kingdom, conceived that the smallness of certain plants— the violet, for example — was, owing to an atmospheric pressure; too great for its delicate organs. Having carefully resolved this idea into form* he determined to test tho oorrectne-s of at by some satisfactory experiment. He prepared a small balloon of as light material as was consistent with the necessary quality of durability, and this he made perfectly tight so as to prevent the i scape of any gass with wh'ch he filled it. To .this he attached "a strong silken cord, i,200 metres long, or say 4,000 feet. Attached to the balloon, in place of a basket, was a pot of earth, in which were planted Parma violets, just springing from the root. The result has been wonderful. In the thin air which the delicate violets breathed at that height — for flowers do breathe in their own delicate way — they throve marvonsly, the blossoms enlarged to .five times the size attained at the earth's surface. This beautiful experiment, after, two months of judicious trial, rewarded the ingenious" and scientific horticulturist by presenting him with violets as large as Bengal roses, something probably never before Been on earth. From a needle to an anchor is con. sidered good stock from a general store. London tradesmen go even further. An exchange says : — '* The principle of cooperation is growing very fast in London, and with, it the system of general pro--vision. Under one roof in a well-known emporium" in a western suburb, for example, it is the great boast of its pro prietor that everything short of a hippo- j potamus can be produced oh the counter. ' One side of a street has long belonged to this great universalis, and he has just purchased the opposite side. The other, day ah officer about to start for India bought bis outfit at this place, and after remarking upon the great convenience he had met with in finding guns aud gauze curtains uuder the same roof, observed, 'If you could on!}' provide me with a good wife, niy whole arrangements might have been completed without leaving your threshold.' 'Weil,' rejoined the proprietor, -rubbing his hands persuasively, 'we have 320 joung ladies' in stock— l mean iu our employment — all of unexceptionable character, and I have beard one of the most charming of these speak of India as the very country she would like to dwell •in.'* • The gallant captain asked for an introduction on the spot, and eventually married her — though not on the premises, for a church is, strange to say, not at present included < n the proprietor's arrangements. A 1 commission, it is whispered, was charged upon the. young lady in que-tion, but? whether any reduction was offered ' upon taking a quantity,' is not stated." The Cause oe Empty Pews. — Wei take the. following practical remarks from i the •• Liberal Review" : "Now it may be asked bow it is that the parson fails to obain the attention of his auditors, while lecturers and writers invariably succeed in doing so. This fact appears all the more Btrange from the circumstance that the preachers handles those themes in which humanity generally might be expected to take the most profound interest while lecturers and writers often deal with topios of comparatively Kttle moment. The query is one which it is not very easy to answer. Perhaps, however, we may not be far from the truth when we state that many men preach who are but ill-adapted to do eo, but that there are comparatively few regular lecturers and writers who have not certain quilifi cations for their office. While a man becomes a writer or a lecturtr because he has tastes which lead him in the direction that he takes, young men, of no great natural parts are made preachers of by the score. Every year our colleges -j sending forth crowds of lackadaisioal : young fellowß, of feeble intellectual i calibre, and little strength of character. These youngsters, lacking alike experience of the world and a knowledge of human nature, are put into pulpits to instruct men and women of advanced years and extended knowledge. Naturally, the milk and-watery homiies made up of stale reflections and piety of the manu-factnred-to-order type, which the striplings lisp forth, fail to impress any persona save, perhaps, a few weak'mioded young ladies and others,' -Who are disposed to believe in the pemi-infalli-bility of the clergy, and so are prepared to recognise in a simpering young curate a person of a very interesting type. The ease was different in tho mast, .wihen people were willing to allow that preachers so to speak, spoke with a certain amouat of divine authority. Now, I however, very few believe that preachers j are any more than other men inspired."