OLD BACHELORS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 797, 26 July 1877, Page 3

OLD BACHELORS.

Sir,— ln my travels about the Waikato I have often been surrpised at the number of the above eccentric characters, that there are iv this pare of the colony In A merica if a man thinks of settling on land, the first thing he dues ia to look out for a suitable wife, and iv Eiiglaud if a man vsaa to talk of farming without a uifd, bia friends would begin to think that they sh uld call m a coupe of Doctor* and hold au inquiry de Lunatico Sbme of them live together and Si_me quite alone ; tome are pr> tending to made .butter, aoirie cuc-ase, bacon etc. . Is it auy wonder that ho much bad stuff is sent i to market, or that iho above farm pio duce from the Waikato has a bad nain* m Auckland. JFauc^ a > old b<ehilor at dairy work,' smoking peihupß all the time tie is at it. No o»e, uulcss he has at en itAVould believe the horridly uncomfortable state they live m, cooking their own food, Vvashiug, and mi-ndmg their own cl>thes, though as to the vvußhin^, some of them do not ov. rdo that, and the strangest part of it is, that iv many uasea it if not from poverty they live m Lbe above way. Iv one district, out ol abo t twenty settlers, there are about a . ozen old bachelors living «s ab.>ve. I am tuld this as a fact Iv one of the \-u' ii'ba of Auokiand, i'ainell I beli.-vt*, tti re ate about 2UO &iual» women, [1000 would lie neater the mark Ed. W.T.] and no doubt tbe other paits of town are aa well' nupplied. If there are none m Waikato, wny don't some of the above old bachelors put their hands m thfii pockets, an> take a tiip down, I know »ome of their dairy produce wou<d be ■mproved by a change of bauds. Hoping hit jou will give them some good a<:vioe on tbe subject. — I am, &c., Pko Bono fUBIIOO. [What harm have his fellow Betilers d..ne to ' Pro Bouo Publico ' that he v thus bei.t on . driving them into thr: matrimonial toils ? We pubiißh his letter, but a*; the same time the antidote. The same post that brought it, bioughl alao last WedutS'lays ' Northern Advocate, 1 and m that jaurnal the first paragraph that attracted our notice was the following beaded, 'Fea'ful effect of matt imony': — •Popseywack,' v ßaid Mrs Bubhiecoint to her, busbai d, John, tbe oiher day, oar Bailey waysey has got a sore nose, aud it's teethiug. Go and a. kDr Brown to come rigtit away up, ther's a good Jobnseywousey Popseywack.' Mumsey. wumsey,' he replied: 'anysing a Poptewack can do for his'iiaiselewasele is his lovey-j.>y. Kiss'm, old fellow; once more for his little one.' And a year ago Bubblecomo was the pet of the club, tolu good stories, played billiards, and went out buggy-riding over the|country. Poor follow ! How many thousand's are there like him, who were stalwart young hachelois, but whom a jury of twelve impartial citiz na would not , hesitate to faeud tv the Wliau to be treated for sofcness of the brain!' Let the bachelors our coi respoudeut refers to, read this and tremble.— iip. W.T.