RANDOM NOTES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 75, 3 October 1874, Page 8

RANDOM NOTES.

" A clilol'« nmnnjr ye lakln' notro. And faith he'd preut 'cm," If " opposition be the life of trade," amalgamation must decidedly hare quite a different effect. Ever since the unlucky hour in which its birthright was bartered for a mess of potage, has the "mercury" fallen lower and lower, until, to the weatherwise, one glance is sufficient to descry hard times ahead. Alas ! what a falling off! From being ot one time the messenger to the gods, and the purveyor to favoured mortals of a perfect ambrosia, its services have been translered to another region, and it now labors to regale its patient readers with hazy tales of printers' devils. And how fares it with the truardian ? It, too, seems to share the fate of its " weakly " edition —pardon the orthography— towards .which with Upas-iike effect it p Wcted the part ot the pilot fish. As the somewhat limited stock of incorporated originality Las of late been rather lavishly expended ni the manufacture ot facts for the daily, the suffering readers of the Mercury have been surfeited with a particular misty production, more notable for its length than logic, and for which their patience is rewarded with the information that the ' Lyttelton Times' had substituted an s for an "r " ; the • Dunstnn Times ' had been published Tip T,U. !° n l g - Ut T f T aU "I I ,"' an <*-horror of horrors! IHE Tablet had misplaced an "1." Poor Timon! you have indeed, a great cause of grievance against the Press— of which you appear to be the self-constituted censor—and it is too bad not to have relieved you from your dilemma, and furnished you with a growl Although you have proved yourself to be a "man of letters," and tkut j,otcr orthography is unimpeachable, candor compels me to state that you are sadly deficient in originality. Week by week the Echoes become more weak— this is fact, and not intended as a pun— which seems to presage the date of their final dissolution as not afar off. "lis pity, but 'tis fact, my dear boy. 1 have heard it " on authority " which docs not require the arrival of Home papers for confirmation, that Chief Tiler (which I presume TW fe£T« g ri W ?° P° rfol ? ll9 the " abating " operation). Bakewell £mii * • ' V ?," & ?" 18 . to reccivea severe rap over his masonic knuckles tor imprudently drawing such a hornet's nest about the ears of the mystic brotherhood. Very many months since the moral and Christian society of which the zealous but indiscreet member seeks to be the champion, received a most wholesome lesson, and one it had the sense to profit by. Now, however, by a piece of stupid officiousness. the discreet silence so long maintained may be rendered nugatory I have been assured that notwithstanding the pseudo-official tone of the document, and the imposing alphabetical array appended to the signati re a very smaU corner of the mystic veil has has been lifted for the enlightenment of the worthy medico ; and further, that if it were sought to ' draw the badger," the lion, member for Trinidad would be the asfc instrument selected for the purpose. The worthy doctor )w of late secured a lasting renown for his scientific researches into the watery element and the monsters which his analysis brought so disagreeably to light, and ho had better rest on his laurels. He has lust entered upon another analysis which if pursued will necessitate a mere tropical temperature in the element, and the monstrosities of indulge Ins morbid craving tor notority, let his cacoelhes scribendi be devoted to his interesting experiences as Health Officer of Trinidad Si] ?Zi°m SHS H T .".^.""fH^^uily of their being new to any', still on matters Tnmdadical he is an authority.