TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 13 October 1885, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

"To bo continued" were the last woidsof mv former lettei The question now .nises : Wh.it is to bo continued ' 1-. foil}' to be con tinned' Is the fi own that e\er meets the Christian way to icdecni from sin? Dors it not rathei encourage a stubbornne** tlifit ignores correction, and allows no man —for what hum in being will presume to cast the hist stone- to at logato to himself the egotistically con -tituti d mural powei to judge his ft How ' The sun hhines on all, sinner and saint alike, and a sinner cl.urns Hi equal right with the godhest, l idlest, uid handsomest of i nuts, to bask in its glorious light. Peilnps as uniticnl tiguies of the divine wmk tram' disgrace it, but the (rodhead tint conceived and fiuctihed it dlows them to lem.un, merely that the jrre.it be uity of the beautiful may become iimiu beautiful bv its coiitiust with foolish sinful ugliness. I promised to finish ,i description of Te Vw.unntu's new buildings, but the ex hauntivo natme of my liteiary climb to the crow ned tops of the ornamental chimnej stack-*, forced me abruptly to conclude the splendid account of Lewis' Hotel I had, in an ambitious moment, undei taken to fuinish uiy readeis with. I throw up the sponge ; the Mibject is be\ ond me. I am hko the h.ulequin's horse, which was able to do wonders ; — that is, if tho one fault ho posseted permitted it, but, alas ! that ono fault was fatal to evety ondeavour, which, however glowingly conceived, e\er re in. uiied unaccomplished. Let the English poet Prtoi tell you of the harlequin's hoi>e hinisolf . — Tims Harlequin extolled his horse, Kit for the load, the l.ice, the opuhc. One fault ho had — a fault indeed. And what w as that ? —the hoi se w as dead. The application is my descriptive ability is m the same quiescent condition as a niin would be whose wife is a widow. But promises are not all of them like pie crust, md some of them must bo kept. Well ' the hotel is imposing and beautiful, and the and ease its outside appearance would lead one to expect will m no w i*e be disappointed by an acquaintance with its intei tor arrangements, which boar the hall mark of lUth century excellency. Bndgman's new stoic and tho giddier* shop occupy a commanding commercial poaitio i, and whenever I look at them 1 cannot fulp eompaimg then appeal anee to that assumed by a coy maiden's glance peeping fiom 'neath a mushroom shaped li.it. The verandah is the mushroom shaped hat, the showy v\iud<iw- 5 --c".p"ciilly when lighttd up— the glancing e>e- (laigo onen, eh '') th it peep from beneath it. But, as I said before, my descuptive ability had bcttei subside, lulled to iest by that gr vnd populai old tune, the Dead Maich in "Saul." To Awauiutu is musical; I am wmyl cannot say harmonious, to a degree The choir of tho English Church has been augmented by new member*, and the anthem* they now sing will, I darr sa\ , some daj assume cathedral magnificence. The cavalry band awakens tho echoes mi practice nights and music abounds. The Hand of Hope committee aie busily engiged in getting up a " service of song, and as far as mv musical "ken" will allow me to cnticise its rehearsals, I stoutly state it will be a gieat treat to tho public if they will only support it— and who says they will not, if the price of admission l 1l 1 - low. The foituightly re-unions held by thin society, consisting of "leadings, recitations, imisicand songs " afford to those who have tho leisure to attend them an enjoyable evenings amusement full of miith and goodness, and they richly deHiive the notice I heic give them. Tho sound of pianos and accompaning vocal melody often "trill" thiougli tin) evening aii, while in the daytime tho busy wheels of active sewing machines whirl musically. Kven on unking nights a musical rumbln abounds, thcrcfoie To Avvamutu is musical to a degree. Not only ih this "City of tho valley of the Wai pa ' musical, but it is .ilm> bloat mgly ai istocratic. Its "lock up" con descends to leeoive nobody now but " baront t-, " oi •' baucn-wights," which you will. Two "Sir Richards," in quick sue ces.sion engaged free lodgings thcio. One of them in Ins colonial adaptability to circuuistanccs wiled away the tedious time of his incarceiation by brushing up his Latin, and wrote on the wall, even as in the days of lielsha/Air "Nil mm clavis deest." The other was like tho parrot who thought deeply but spoke not. It is only fait to say the cLe-sicil baronet was criminal, the othei one only too lavish in his libations to Hacchus. Some of the citi/ens played a game of amateur policemen the other day, and run a man in fm diunkenness, but on second thoughts they as quickly ran him out again, for " Magna Chart i" they lenieinbcred had slightly alteied tho doings of the old arrogant day* of feudalism, and that there were still "Haions" alive to main tain and dctend the personal privileges their ancestors wrung from King John for them at Hunnymede. Politeness is almost everything. Once on a tune, I wont say when, I owed a man £."». Whenever he met me he was excessively polite, and lifted his hat and bowed with Clu'stcifieldum depot tmont. I of course, blandly returned tin; bow, and wondried why i'"> had the power to transfoim me into the golden unige he woi shipped To cmc his idolatry I pud the debt, and now he doesn't even look at mo. Such is life, dear bo\ -, On S.itiird.ij list a squad of cavalry men under c-omin md of Sergeant Wateis met it the company s lange for agirreg itne filing foi troop pn/e-. Tho range weie "200 up to ">OO yaids, ~> shots each rango. The following wen; the tlneo top scoies :— H. Noith, .">7, t'-'; C. Stoiey, :>fi, t'l 10-.; K. North, ."it, tl. H. Noith scored ."> sue cessivo bulls-eyes at the 500 range, which was, as tho Yankee would say, "pretty middling shooting." The tiling for the belt takes place on tho list Satuiday of the curient month. Mr Giay at present leads with 2 points, Mr 11. Noith is next. It will bo a close shave between them, foi they both kuow how to " draw a bead " fairly vwill. The railway w oiks arc now progicfising more i.apidly. Thu formation is made and the line fenced in as far as the river Puniu, and thciailway bridge over that nvei is yearningly stietclnng out its arms to hh.ike hands with the King Country cuttings, and work fuither on is being pushed foiward, and the attau now immnct nome ap pearance of that le ility which a vacill iting (iovprnnient at ona time caused somepeskimihts in spito of itinate <iptinnsni to look upon a chemical I visited witno oichards the other day and the blossom on the treos mgus me to say that tho dedication of this pait of the Waikato to the glow ing of tho fruit by which I'-ve was tempted is* sanctioned by Pomona herself. The weather has been beautiful, Minn}', and bright as a bndo on hoi honeymoon, but now, thteatoning and sullen as a much disappointed wife. Bin.i.

List of ViMtmi to To Aroh.i Hot Baths (tliroo weeks). -Mi K. K. Davih, Mr./. Sevton, Mm and Miss Robinson, Mr W. JI. Hales, Mi W. L. Mitchell, Mr H.nt, Mr J5. Bailey, Mr P. Brophy, Mr J. .1. (Jallatfher, Mi l>\loy, Mr Cant, Mrs and M^tcr O.in, Mi '"id Mrs A. Thorne .uul 8 cluldron, Miss Il.uns, Mr Frank Wai i en, Mi-tandMiv, Da\i% Mr C. B. (Jrierson, Mr Totter, Mr Stock-, Mr Turner, Mr Campbell, Mr Klurl.uid, Mi H. Brett, Rev. M. Long, Mi H.unner, Mr Westley, Mr Taylo), Mr Bull, Mr Coom, Mr Tcnn, MrN'org.itf, \h M icDonnoll, Mr M.ide.m, Mr J. Cli.uiitu i-, Mi Kntrican, Mr Jouidiin, Mr Silmon, Mr W. Cr.ug, Mi Hail.uid, Mi O-nnnd, Mr B.ithhon^o, Mr U.-.dc, Mi W. Hi^liop, MrC. M. Ci outlier, Rev. >[r Kelioe, Mi K.ut, Mr Mill, Mi MooiehoiiM>, ilc, Aiickl.md ; Mr Comes, .Nir Cox, Mr Petois, C.ipt. and Mn Home, Mi Ruins MrLoitch, Mr D. H. Bayldon, Mr.T. K. Bulks, Mi .md Mrs S. White lioiMe, Mr .T.is. Ciai«, jun., Mr Cahill, Mih Wiseman, Mm C'»>ke, He\. K. Bost, T.ijn to Wli.it,», Mr Henott, Mr Muir, Mis Mini, il-\, Thames; Mr D. M. Boero, Mi T. (i Sandes, Sir Crow ley, Mr (Je.uiy, Mr ]<'orsaith, Mm < in.ll, Mr Claude, Mr W.iteri, Mr Finneity, Mr Mi«dhnrst, Mi Howick, Mi"s B. Bell, Ac, W.uk ito : Mr B.uictt, P.ieio.v ; Mr K. Umldfoid, Mr W Main, Knffl.ind; Mi Shannon, l'.inmuie; Mr 11. Cotte-, Fiji; Mr Mair, Ireland; Mr and Mis Cli linb-is and family, W.upnk.ir.ui; Mi R. Scullion, We^t Coast; Mis Bamliprgcr, MorunsMllo; Mi>s Tj.vsv, Diinechn ; Profcs-tor and Mrs Baldwin, Clncaßo ; Mr W. (!. Mon/ie, Scotland; Mr J. During;, Wangaiim ; Mr S. Rolinsa, Wollinijton ; Mi and Mr-* Coatee. N^aioto ; Muses Buitfpss(3), I)p\«nport, Auckland; .Nlr I)ono\an, Kihikihi ; Mr Watson, Otahuhu; Mr S. CraiiHtown, Meroiry Bay; Mr Ball, T.ir.m.iki ; Mr Dtiinn, NoKon ; Mr Jockey, London ; Miss Dunn, Wellington ; Mrs <,fuinu, Ohinumnri ; Mr Clftrkson, Sir Puriiifj, Taur.mg.i ; Mr DArcy McDougall and servant, Ouooih land ; Air Lovon, Nelson ; Mr Liddlo, Paoroa ; Mr White, Paknr.inga ; Mr Lavia, TlianiPH ; Mi Cecil Boucher, Tauran(?a,