THE SALE OF CIDER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2660, 30 July 1889, Page 2

THE SALE OF CIDER.

TO THE EIJITOK. "DivUi Sin,—l must ask you tn give 1110 space tn reply to " lUsident." First, ho says nearly nil my letter is inaccurate, and is likely tn convoy a wrung impression to those living out of the township, I must say what I have said will bo proved at the end of my letter. He says he has a few morn shots to lire, but 1 must tell him iVs not tho man that (ires the most shuts that pets tho most game. He goes on to say I was his informant about a man getting drunk and falling from his horse into a gorso bush. Sueli a thing never happened in Cambridge West through cider-drinking. Now, Mr Kditor, I will promise you that after I have .signed my name, I shall have no mora to say on the subject, as I cannot expect you to give me room for many more letters. lJuthe is no man or ho would have signed his name, the writer cannot say he is a resident of Cambridge West. If he will prove to me that he is, I will meet him any time to square this scandal on myself and our township, and I will forgive him for what he has said, as we both hailed from Birmingham, and I don't like to quarrel with my fellow-townsman.—-I am, yours truly. C. JAKRKTT.

To Mr Charles .Tarrett, Dear Sir. —A few of tho people have requested me to obtain tho opinion of the residents on the cider question, this i ha-c complied with and the accompanying testimonial which I now enclose is the gratifying result. An unscrupulous writer can in a few moments do a vast amount of injury to a man's character, but tho almost unanimous decision of your neighbours at onco gives tho lie to your accusers. Myself and the majority of settlers consider the manufacture of cider to be at present unly in its infancy, and whilst we agree that the quality or flavour of the beverage is not equal to the Home Country article, proper sorts of apples not being grown, still it cannot be such a dangerous drink as some would like us to believe. The names I now have tho pleasura of handing you were obtained on tho understanding that they ware not for publication, I have to request you to respect this wish. Take the advice of one who is adverse to newspaper warfare especially under a nom de plume, and let the cider-den question dio a natural dosth.—l am, Dear Sir, yours truly. Wm. Hayter Chubb. TKSTLMONJAL. The residents of Cambridge West who have hereunto subscribed their names, are of opinion that misery and drunkenness said to hava resulted in this district is purely imaginary., and that an intoxicated man is seldom or never seen 111 the village ; they wish also.ci express their sympathy with Mr Charles Jarrett who is in every way a respected neighbour. This expression of goodwill has emanated from the residents in consequence of some very scathing and personr-.l remarks appearing in Thk Waikato 'i mks of recent dates under the heading of " Cider Bens." [Here follows 35 signatures.]

TO TUB KDII'OU. Sir, —The startling revelations of immorality at Cambridge 'West by a correspondent who styles himself (it is generally believed dishonestly) "A Resident" —presumably of Cambridge West —have caused much surprise here. The general impression amongst us is that " A Resident is identical with a person who has more than once gratuitously maligned and misrepresented our community in your columns. Now, Sir, I am in a position to deny most emphatically the libels he has from time to tirno heaped upon us. We are not such a cantankerous and immoral community as he would have you suppose. What few troubles we havo had iiavo been for the most part caused by outsiders, who, as in the present instance, take a delight in throwing fire-brands into our midst, and if any little excitement follows it is called misbehaviour, and wo are called "funny people." I may safely say that for sobriety and general sood behaviour wo can compare very favourably with any other community. With regard to the present persecution of Mr Jarrett, 1 need only remar !■: that, among Englishmen, if you wish to rouse a general sympathy for n .y mat), tho nude of procedure is to persecute him, tho more unjustly the better. —I am, &c., Bona Fins Resident. Cambridge West, July 27th, 1889. [This correspondence musi now cease,— Ed. W.T.}