TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 4

TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Tuei-Uy, Vay I. TmH ppistl.' will b- \\] ■• nn-w 11..1. nft.-i t!) ■ f .> 1 «if ; V"-«» -' 1 «'b'- I)VC ll tv""- ] 0 >m 11 -1 m it, ii"t kii"\\ni« »ii><t I .in h '"in h' t^Hiv, aid I int.'nd t> hn^h >t. >„'»<*•:•;,' tlwii >:t<if ii»in%ii)l«ei.ci«.B tti:<'Cnllc(.t Wii.i» 1 hi..- mi). Quiti> .1 lomniK iU 1 c'l.m^j 1:1 llu* c«m\cr«ati ■.!■> of t'.iN pl.ic h.u M-t J.i during tlio list fo-.v div>. Tlic fcuct, Imc.lic, hum drum ovniv-day 4.ilk .ihout buttr, ojrgs biwn.unl p'»t\t'teh h.i-bvn im-ted by tli«in in- iii-pn itni^r • nunci ttniM nf 1 iitibk-in.it 10 politics. Tim change U due to ad\eitwj 111 MUM tin 1 l».i;i*ln illlll<i"lMClll^ tll.lt <'UI member intend-* ,iddie««Mng his cm-iitM-cnt< licio t<» :iig!.t. „,,,, T.»'i.>ficn.i.'M of p«.lituil chillongj Icmbracing tlu brce/o w ithout .1 cioase, and tllU llul^J ut Its Illltt Illln's .Itll.iuls Hi' ;'t tention <«f tii-J Inthert» quietly gra/iMg mi'litv bu'l-sof UlO district, who range up m lines fci.icu.uily f.r-e <»no an.-tlioi. and hoof th.> dust in niipiitii'iitcNix-ctaiicy.

All .iif .mxi'ins to hi-.ir our moiubfir apeak, und I h.nc n<> doul.t his ad.ln.ss will i'hec-k tlic .h yet sc.ucely pmoepUblo " lift in the lute," and pre\ent it b'ooining a fist<uto of division. His indignant denial of his having any desire to go home and give up liis scat niakrs me wonder at two things namely, the intrinsic value of the position, and the patriotism of the holder thereof. If the position is of value, 1 glory in his contesting it iigaiiiat all comer-.; if honourable, patiiotisin actuates, and, mind you, I do not say it docs "not." I honour him still greater, for in my experience of life I have fmmd few things to honour and many to deprccntf. Ability with—well, s!»y—naughtincs, has been looked ujwn a* superior to mediocrity with goodness, but, wiser and poorer grown, I am prepared to touch my hat to ic'latter qualities as safest for all branches of the commonwealth. The fitful flights of political tfeniuH d,) j)Ot advance the world a* do the plodding, hainmeredout, beneficial measures of long-labouring mediocrity, and the dazzle of masterstrokes is outshone by the steadily increasing light of plodding, persevering goodness. But there, if Igo on I.shall le.ivo unsaid those things of which 1 ought to have spoken, and perhajw speak of those things which it would ba better for me to le.ivo mif<]>oken of. Kaator Monday was a very quiet day here. The 1 a'lk, and nearly sill other places of bjisincsj were strictly closed, fltbough a little trading was done in the gloaming in white glo\e>s, cigar-, and buggy hire, caused by the dance that took ul.ire in Kihikihi. The people enjoyrd thenoliday according to their individual, or party inclmutions. Some went lidm?; some went driving; somo went walking; some went courting; some went shooting, and some went boozing. The householders elected a school committee last week. As not very many were present at the convened mreting, I am inclined to think educational matters are not looked upon with the rare importance they deserve, for wli.it can be more important than lh« education of children ? \lthough thn attendance was small, the householders present elected a good representative committop. A Birthday nee mooting is to be held hero on the 24th, and it is bound to be a Bucce&t., if only a " w^t one." The shingles of the EnglUh Church are falling off, Wing beaten in their fight with tims and decay. The elder hedge along the front of this property, so greenly luxuriant in summer, now present* a hideous appearance of rotten sticks and to'id.stools. The feucc around the We-leyan Chapel has become weary of ht.mding bo long, and it now his a leaning tendency to sprawl on the ground in seai eh <.f rispn&e. The com-mciL-ial, as well as p >litical jealously of the people here, calls to my lecollection the following little anecdotal dialogue. Jemima Hanu : " (iood bye,' Arry ? Yer mustn't come no nearer to the 'mise, case mis.-u'i sh'd see jcr, "'Arry, ''lace, tny darlin' ! you'reo nfe.u-ed o' the green-eyed riiorn«tor, jellossy. 1 I have dreamed " twice" it. is my mission to stand as Member for Waipa. Being bUperatttioui. I have placed an old horse hhoe under my pillow, and if I dream the «vine (Iream again I will honour tho district by soliciting its suffrages. Therefore, mighty, fiee and indeprp.den (!) hornyKaiided, plector-s, await the issue of the superstition, don't pledge your votes to any party, for you may be inspired to plumpy for, _^^____———— BILLT.

Sisce the publication of liia latest volume of posm I*,1 *, Lord Tennyson lias received daily &cores of letters from " tlio pestilent nuisances who write for autographs," all of w liicli he industriously ami consigned to his wastebasket. ' A farmer in Cumberland made his will and in coming homo he lost it at the door of a veiy rich old gentleman, whose sole thought* woe running upon money. The old follow found it at his gate, and began' to read it. He there found that the fanner was giving £.)00 to this per*on, and £1000 to another, nnd a farm in a distant louuty to u thiid. The old man wont in .11 nd sjid, "Ay, ay, -I alway* thought this tallow knew how to look about him." In a fiw days the farmer cimo to tell him he was about to put up ii m.tnufucU'Vy, and to ask him for a loan of £501) ; the "old fellow, who had the will in hi« head, complied without hesitation. In a few months the farmer became bankrupt, without a shilling to pay hit ereditois ; and the old man, on inquity found that the will was nn entire fabrica-tion,-and had been dropped at his gate on pin-pose. I 'Jacob Tkiuiv," the American correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times," sen t thn following item to his .paper, under dite Sau Francisco March 23rd ;— "John B, Gough, the well-known temperance advocate, died on the 18th ultimo iv Philadelphia, at the age of G9 years. He was a native of England, but came to the United States when a mere boyt While serving an apprenticeship in a book-binding and printing establishment he was thrown into the society of a set of jolly and bibulous printeis, and btcame a drunkard at an catly a^e. His dissipated habits made it impossible for him to find employment at his trade, and ho adopted a vagabondish life, relying for sustenance upon his talents as a ventriloquist ond comic binder. Ue had not lived long by his wits when the preat temperance movement, of which Father Mathew was the leader, leached Ameiici, and numbered Hough among its reformed drunkards. Shortly after signing the total-abstinence pledge, Gongh made hia appearance belore the public as a temperance orator, and fii.'Ui the outset his success was remarkable, and remained so up to his death. He has lectured almost continuously for nearly 40 years, upon tempernncc in all parts of the world, and has done mote to check intemperance than any other man living or doad, including the celebrated Father Mathew." American Co's Hop Bitters ar» the Purest and Best Bitters Ever Made. They are ecu pounded from Hops, Malt, Buchn, Mandiake, and Dandelion, the oldest, best, and the most valuable medicines in the woild and comain all the best ami most curative properties of all other remedies, being the greatest Blood I'utitiei, Lu«.r Regulator, ant] Life and Health Tiestoiir^ .Agent on earth. No diseise or ill health can possible long exist whoie they arc used, so vaiicd aua perfect are their operations. Theygi\e new life and vigor to the aqcd and infiim. To all whose employments cause iiieguhuity of the bowels or uiiudiy organs, or who lequire an Appetizer, Tonic ar.d mild .Stinmlaut, American (Vj> Hopßitteisare invaluable being highly cm athe, tonic and stimulating, without iutoxicating. N<> matter A\hat jour teclii.gs or pj,mploin.s ate, what the disease or ailment i.s use Hop Kilters. Don't wait until you aie pick, but it you only feel bad or miserable, use Hop Bitters at once. It may save your lite. Hundreds have been saved by so doing. £500 will ba paid for a case they will not cure or help. Do not suffer or let your friends snffor, but use and urge them to use American Hop Bitters. Remember, American Hnpßitteisfc no vile, drugged, drunk('ii nostrum, but the Purest and Best Meduine evei made. Try the Bitters to d iy. (Jet at Cliem.sts or Druggists. liewno of imitations. Genuine has Dt Soule's name blown in bottle