The Waikato Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 744, 24 March 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political • * • • «

Here shall the Presi the People's right maintain, Una wed by influence and unbribetl by gain.

Sale of Bank Fittings, Alexandra A mistake occurs in a local paragraph in our last issue, calling attention to the sale by Mr K Hill, at Alexandra, of Bank Furniture, &o. The sale takes place, not on Tuesday, but to-day. Fat Cattlb.—Messrs Fisher and Scott, of Pukerimu, start for the Auckland market of tbe sth of April with 75 head of cattle, the pick of the district. We leabn, with regret, that in consequence of continued indisposition, the Rev Mr Mandeuo'will be unable to pi each at Te Awainutu.and Raugiaohia on Sunday next.

Longbottoms Estate.—Notice is given that all debts due to this estate .must be paid by the 31st inst., otherwise proceedings will be taksn to recover the same.

To Carters.—Tenders are called for the carriage of goods to Mr Woodward's estate, at the Piako, near the Waitoa river. Particulars may be learned at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East. Mr Kennedy Hill gives notice that he will Bell by publio auction, on Saturday, the 31st inst., the stock, &c, on Mr Crosby's farm, at East Hamilton, ulso the lease of the farm itself.

Cambidg Fambrs Club.—The next meeting of the Cambridge Farmers Club will be held on Tuesday evening next, at the National, Hotel Crm bridge.

Sale of Land at Piako.—We were in error when we stated that it was the farm belonging to Mr Jenkins at the Piako, that had been purchased by Mr Cholmondeley. It was not Mr Jenkin's, but Mr Strange's property that changed hands.

Roman Catholic Church Concert, Hamilton East.—We understand that the Rev. Father Golden has secured the services of a very large amount of local amatuer talent for the concert at Le Quesue's Hall on the evening of Easter Monday. Tickets may be procured at all the stores.

Billiard Tabl's and Skittle Allky. —Mr Gwyune ot" the Hatniltoi Hjfcsl, it will be seen, is open to receive tenders from peraoua willing to rent either the billiard table or skittle alley of tbe Hamilton Hotel.

St. Picibr's Church.—Wo are in* formed that during tboir recent visit to Hamilton, both Mr Thomas Ku-aill and Mr James Williaimon subscribed liberally towards the building fund of St. Peter's Church, Each of the two gentlemen gave the handsome sum of £lO towards toe fund.

A heavy storit, of thunder, lightning, and of rain passed over Waikato yesterday afternoon, commencing at 4.30 p.m., and lasting for nearly half-un-hour. The hailstones with which the peiformanoo opeued were of large size, some of them as big as rifle bullets, and fell in immense uuiiiberH. After a time, the rain and hail full together in perfect torrents, intermingled with the rumbling of distant thunder. Last night the hailstones still lay in heaps where they had fallen out of the reach of the evoniug's suu. " Gri ME something to cure a boil/ exclaimed a cit'z m as he dashed into a drug stoie in Hamilton yesterday. "Oh, so you have got one of those things now, have you?-' smiled R F S. "Yes, sir, and it- is just in the right place." "Just in the right place ?" repeated the chemist; why, where is that?" "On another fellow," was the sweet reply. Ngaruawahia will be lively on Tuesday next. During the day the election of a member for the Newcastle Riding of the Waipa County Council will be proceeded with, and in the evening the Pri'Bbyterian soiree and concert in aid of the building fund of the new Kirk at Ngaruawahia will be held, tho soiree in the Church, and the concert afterwards in the school room.

Thb Messrs Coleman, butchers, of Hamilton East, first brought dmn tho price of meat in that township to a reasonable price, and to a figuere somewhat commensurate with the value of meat wholesale. Mr T M Hill, butcher, of Hamilton West, has followed, suit and advertises mutton (for cash only) at 21, 3rd, and 41 per lb. This is in accordance with Auckland prises, and considering the price of sheep, should leave a fair profit to the retailer, that is, when the transactions are caa J, without the risk of bad debts.

. Highway Rates and Subsidies.—Two or three of the local Highway Boards are advertising that all rates unpaid on the 31st inst. will be sued for. They have good reason for this, for no rates pail after the 31st inst., will be taken account of when the amount of subsidy payable to the country districts is calculated by the General Government. Heretofore, rates have been left uncollected to the end of June, but the arrangement that subsidies will not ba paid on rates collected after this month is ample reason why Highway Boards should hurry ratepayers up, as there will be a loss of £2 in subsidies upon every £1 of rates remaining unpaid after that date.

A Cure for acute Rheumatism.— The following cure for acute rheumatism appears in a late Sydney paper :—'Cloths aoked in strong vinegar, applied to the part affected, willjramove pam in <C, ew minutes. Should the whole system be affected, the only drink should be the juice of half-a-dozen common lemons to a quart of water, sugar to taste, and wrap up in a sheet soaked in vinegar, retire to bed, and in fifteen minutes, if previously racked with pain, sleep will ensue. lam Indebted to the Rjv. J G douthby, and Mr Isaac Shepherd for the above, which cured me and one of my children of rheumatic fever when doctors failed.' Home Consumption of Meat.—The importation ot freeh meat from America into Great Britain is assuming considerable dimensions. As much as 3,000 quarters of beef can now be sent over m, a single steamer. It is not frozen, but keeps at a cool temperature by air which has paused through ice-chambers. It finds ready sale in Glasgow and Liverpool at 8d per lb, and is readily taken by muny who will not touch the overcooked tinned meat from Australia and New Zealand.

Love's Young Dream.—lt seems that the hint «iven by the mother of his beloved to the very young gentleman who would go 'foolingaround,' as recorded in a late issue, has not been taken. He will not afford the old lady the opportunity of snubbing, him again, by giving him a large slice of bread and butter and jam, and telling him it ia time he waß getting home, but, goes like the whistling thief, sneaking about the premises after dark, signalling for bis fair Dulcinea to come out. It would Beem from the following letter, which his washerwoman found in his waistcoat pocket the day before yesterday, and left at our office, that paterfamilias intends to give him a hint after another fashion : ' Deer , Doant kum to see me enny moar for a while enny way. Father has got awfully skeered about burglars, and he sets up every night till lait with a dubble-bar-relied shot gun, watching the backyard. He put moren a pound uv led into -—'a big retreever dog which was kummin over the fens after a bone last nite.

* The rose is red, the violet's blue, I wouldn't knm now if I was you.' " Fruit Stealing —We are glad to see that the_ Resident Magistrate at the Thames is determined to put down the stealing of fruit by boys. On Tuesday last three boys were charged with stealing a shillings' worth of grapeß from a garden, and as usual in such cjses, for more damage was done than the value of the grapes taken. The charge having been proved, •• His Worship said he hardly knew what to do with them. They did not seem frightened at going to gaol. They would be sent to pris.on for 24 hours, and be each privately whipped." During the present fruit season owners of gardens and orchards in Waikito have suffered from the same sort of wanton destruction, but none have done, what perhaps they ought to have done, brought tbe offenders before the Court. It may, as the 'Thames Star' s.ijb, seem a small thiug to take a bunch of grapes or a few flowers, but the commission of the first crime, for such it is, may lead to many others, and if unthinking youngsters are made thoroughly to un'ieratand that they cannot do these things with impunity, the lesson will be advantageous botn to them and the owners of property.

Nearest the Fire.—Daring the sifcting of a court in Connecticut, not long ago, on a very co.d evening, a crowd of lawyers had collected round the open fire that blazed cheerfully on the hearth in the bar-room, when a traveller entered, benumbed with cold, but no one moved to give him room to warm his shins, so he leaned against the wall in the bask part of the room. Presently a smart limb of the law addressed him, and the following dialogue took place :—' You look like a traveller.' ' Wull, I suppose I am ; I am come all the way from Winsconsin, a foot, at any rate.' From Wisconsin ? What) a distance to come on a pair of legs !' ' Wall, I done it anyhow.' 'Did you ever pass through hell in any of your travels ?' ' Yes, sir ; I've passed through the outskirts.' '1 thought likely. Well, what are the manuers and j customs there ? some of us would like to trotf.' Oh, you'll find them much the sumo as in this place. The lawyers sit j nearest the fire.' '

Snydur thus moralises in tha " Povorty Bay ,J iau iurd " <»» Preacher* and Players : —" llie.cara more tiling* in heaven and car.h ilomtio than are dreamt of ia your philosophy. This is what Hamlet tells his f i.'ii 1. I think I cjuld tell my friend ther • aro things in th;s world, which, if Irs philosophy did dream of ho would have to call |:i a first class interpreter to make them understood. Here we are in the midst of dull timos. I know it because all sorts of 7 'people tell me so. Tilings never were so bid ; never, sir, upon my honor. Yon couldn't Sir, —you couldn't get change for half a crown all over the town ; aud what a pound note is like has faded out of memory like a vision of the pas*." I hoar this and more of the like : but then I cant understand l it. A theartrical troupe passes by and puts out some flaming placards. A charge of five shillings is made for the right of occupying a fow inches of pi inking with ever so many splintora about it, and there is a rush of people mid to be first for the buying of tickets. In a few moments after the doors of the hall are opened, there is close upon a hundred pounds of money stowed in the place and probably two hundred pounds worth of millinery. I don't object to this ny more than the proprietor of the theatrical company. But what I do object to is, that while we can spend, at the very shortest possible notice a hundred pounds to hear the singing of songs, we allow our elmrcb.es to remaia in a state of indebtedness, and our ministers to wonder whether there is a probability of the current quarter's stipend being paid, the said stipend after all being considerably less than a journeyman carpenter makes upon a bit of contract work. 1 don't think it very creditable, bu*. I four it is only too true, that a clever actor of the present day will draw more money than the most eloquent of preachers. I hoard one little story in which, when a dramatic company was announced to appear, that upon an elderly laundress applying for her washing bill, to a young gentleman, instead of receiving the money,she was asked for the loan of five shillings for the purchase of a ticket, and the laundress lent it like a cherub." Yakkek Notions.—.Electric bolls are employed in the public offices in this colony to summon messengers into the preat man's room. The Americans use them to fetch doctors, policemen, or fire extinguishers from remote blocks. Few

persons in the states can affjrd such an expensive luxury as an|errand-boy, unless tbey are able to provide them with constant employment all day long. What people do, therefore, is to make terms with a telegraph company. Too company keeps a staff of boyß, and lets them out at the rate 7$ cents an hour. The uniform the lada wear is a guarantee of trustworthiness. One signal sounded onco, indicates that No. 254 wants a messenger, and immediately a boy starts off to attend his summons. Should the signal be made twice, they understand th»t he wants the dactor, and they hasten to find one; or if three times, that' some biirgular has broken into bis house, and that he is in urgent need of the services of a p)liceman. When a house id first connected with a telegraph office, it is necessary for the inmates to master the 'signals thoroughly, lest the wrong persons should appear. It is related of a lady in Ne*? York that, anxious to finger the new toy, ; she undertook to call a messenger, and when her husband went'to deliver the note he wished delivered, he was knocked down by a man who dashed in with a fire extinguisher on his shoulders, and was then picked up and ' overpowered' by two policemen. .Warehouses and banks are

rendered burglar proof: by wires much in the same way that they are rendered fireproof. Nobody can euter safely unless he carries the:owner's key. ' Should he steal io unbidden by some window or door, when the. premises have been vacated, and nobody is at home,. tho telegraph office at once hears of it, and despatches two policemen to the frontdoor and two to the back, and they have him before he has found out the whereabouts of the safe.