SPECTATOR AHOY.
S/R-^ln your issue Of the 6lh*inst, ap-; 'pear's a virtuomly indignant letter signed ! 'Spec, at or* who is annoyed with '(Frontier' for what he wrote as a -kind of reply to A C, Has ** Spectator' ever heard ■ of the adage '^Persons who live m j^lass houses -should not throw st 'n9s.' if he. has, be should bear.it m mind, le3t some • >one have a *hy at him m return, ahd not ' be so fond of -making suggestive insinuations against persons <v bo are not allowed , •the prive'i'ge of ooi trwioting the mmc ! • A C and ' Spectator,** if not the s me person, are very -close together. A celebrated dramatio author makes one of his characters 6ay 'What's m an ime,' a Rose by any other nam j would smell as sweet,' therefore, why Bhould not * A 0' be as sweet as ' Spectator' and vice versa. '■ 'Erontier' having had a siy is satisfied to let 'Spectator' write whatever he likes, -people who take the trouble to peruse it will know its worth. I say, Governor, ( don't be metaphorical. That's a cut be-' yond me. A loafer is he who lias no loaf, should you be passing call m, and I will give you atcrusc, I'm close handy. Oae word of advice m conclusion, don't be rash wh-itever you do, don't challenge any one: iv ; Waikato, some one might take you up; • — I am, &c, Fbokbj.bb.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 728, 15 February 1877, Page 3
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236SPECTATOR AHOY. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 728, 15 February 1877, Page 3
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