TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

To sit down, in st.uul up if 3on like, mid re id, and in imigin.itinn, inli.dc> the golden aiom.i .11 i^nijf fi'iin the peisu.il of a J''in,m(i,d Statement is f iscmatingly I>li iMiit. Thatp'easmtness is humouiously niciei-ed, when tin 1 iici-iiui leading knows, b> the fact of bung a unit of the counti y'i popul ition, as well a^, by tlie knowledge tli it In* doi-s nut pui «>nally possess any " ciicnl.iting medium, ' th.it lie has a- right t<> Wu mfiii Died how public wealth is freely ciicul.it* d with speculative genius, or iiiiscily ihiimml with letiogiadim.' cautiousness. One's impecunious attubutes applaud lav wh public expenditure, foi a few sprinkl ing diops of the golden shown might, by some mu pining fieak <ii cncumstaiice, fall at one's feet, and the rheumatism h.i* not yet been discovoied, that would picvcnt a joyful obeisance to " Mother Karth," and' an annexing snatch of the "hlthylucre,' fiom her bosom. Inipceuniousness is pm city's hi^'ii bmid, but the sign could be taken down and the business gisen up if ono fully act* d up to Di tJohnson's pio\eibial ad\ ice . - " Strive never to become poor,' 1 "Whatewi you lu\e, >Sii, spend 1(""<," Su .lulhh Voxel's c\hausti\e statement of the financial position of tin counti y is, to me, uiy sitisfactni\, so much so, that i feel inclini d t" speculate in a small p;ncpl of 1 mil, in f.ict, " Riab it, "'xh.nk it," oi gi t it by .inj means but the legi'iiate one of paying full \alue for it fcli** fame way as othir people got it, with old blankets tobacco, i urn, nisty musket*, or evin ,i ''canoe of " lillypea ' that is a ton of fiom, a ton of siigii, 400 gallons of watt i, .il! chucked into a canoe, and stnied up ui^li a padrlli', .md .ihoii^iri.tl l.uxlnwneis united to^tmd around and eat it at the no'nmal puce of lOOOacics of land jici mouthful. The eaithein pntn floating on the political n\er, with the Colonial Tie.isiiiei's non <itio, have, or will become sh.itteicd oi sunk in then mailing attempts to bump out of tin 1 couise tlie veteiau nun one that comiiii need its caieei at the mountain so.nceof the nver and skillfully escaping all the penis of toiicnt or locky gorge, now ]il.iLidly glides down the stieam, weatheiwornand dinted, but still the "champion pot ' of the lot. To Aw.iinutu is cleaning herself up a bit, ho .us to do honoui to hei lapidlv piogrertsing new buildings «uid hei old one-> newly |)aiuti d. On \V' dnesd.iv evenings Ik i sons and d.iii'-jliti is meet in the public hall, and l.idi.mtly iudil>, lace lound it light nnkinjrlv. Weekly dull is ennobling the phjsical ,ippe nance of her uciilial son--. The township is beautiful!) lit up in the OM'inng by moonlight. The annual meeting of the directojs of the thee-i and b.uon factoi\ took |ilace on S.ituirliy nifilit. Tin- alhns of tli.it in s 1 1 1 111 1 1 11 1 ■ u ,u e m a s,iti>factoi> condition The spirit of lord entei prise, that staite<| the local mduitiy, can rest quietly now, foi the indiHtiy will do credit to and nchl) reward the " vi ait a wee an' dinna we.uy ' enteipn-e. Alexandra has di-coveied gold Keep it, Alex.indi.i ! And bi happy, nobody envies you a lieu s>ity ><m -o b icll\ ih i d.