LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume X, Issue 2373, 6 May 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Large cheques are always fashionable for lawyers' suits. Ninety-seven per cent of the men belonging to the Nonconformist Theological Colleges are abstainers. - „ Musselburgh (Dunedin) has pronounced m favour of an all-round increase of licenses, but only one soltary ratepayer took the trouble to record his vote ! Captain Fairchild is credited with having discovered the " boss " lazy man. He says of the individual.in question that "he was suffering from the ague, but was too lazy to shake." "Lookee here, mister. I ain't complainin', but this ere moosic-stool you sold to my wife, we've 'twisted; it round till we've twisted off un's'ead, and nofcah'aporfch a toon can we get out on 'un." It is estimated that the late Charles Keene made no fewer that 6000 designs for "Punoh." His first signed drawing m that journal appeared on June 3, 1854, so that he was a contributor for over 36 years. This morning, Mr David Thomas, J.P., J sentenced J. A. Cowburn, an old offender, to fourteen days' imprisonment for having been drunk on the traffic bridge on Tuesday J the sth. Cowbnrn had been twice convicted within three months. The Waiareka (near Oamaru) licensing district has elected a "Moderate" Committee, The polling was ve.ry close, there being only a difference of nine votes between the highest prohibitionist and the lowest moderate candidate, Charles I raised a considerable revenue by inflicting exorbitant fines upon his subjects. Thus, Sir Anthony Roper was fined £4000 for converting arable land into pasture j and a citizen of London was ruined by a heavy fine for having called a swan on a nobleman's crest a goose! Writing to "a correspondent, Mr Gladstone says he steadily voted for the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill while it was confined to civil marriages and the legitimation of children ; but he could not approve the authorisation of the national clergy "to use m such cases the matrimonial office of the churoh. The London estate qf t<he Duke of Bedford covers 118J acres, and is spread over the three parishes of St Pancras, Bloomsbury, and Covent Garden. About 20 acres are devoted to pleasure gardens. There are close upon 3000 residences or shops on the estate —1630 on building leases, 882 on repairing leases, and 400 tenement houses. Lord Greville, who early this year was bitten severely m the leg by a rabbit retriever, m the cause of humanity makes public the cure which m his case has been effected by M. Pasteur, It was proved beypnd a doubt the animal was mad, fop portion? of the brain were injected into a rabbit and two guinea pigs, which shortly died distinctly rabid. Lord Greville was inoculated 21 times. As supporting the higher yields given by the estimates made by the agricultural papers of Victoria m comparison with those of the Victorian statist, the "Leader" mentions having been supplied with the area and yield of grain of twenty farmers m Rorung shire, which shows that from 11,450 acres 45,250 bags were obtained—an average of ov2r 16| bushels, as against Mr Hay tor's average of 13, bushels. At the monthly meeting of the Committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club on Monday it wa3 decided to endorse the action of the Ashburton Racing Club m warning off Henry (" J)ilb") Smith for using abusive language. The handicapping qncstigu was left over till after the -general meeting, when the new Committee would arrange the appointment. The Messrs Hobbs wrote asking the Com- , mittee to re-open the case of Prime Wardenj but beyond mentioning that the disqualification reflected on them sa> public trainers the letter g«ive no reason for the Committee |9 acgedg to tbe request, {

The Rev Father Chastagnon will eelebratt miss at Methven on Sunday. Vespers at Aahburton at the usual hour. The statement made by the " Dunstan Times " that Mr Scobie Mackenzie has joined the staff of the "Otago Daily Times" is declared by the latter w> be wholly without foundation. At Edinburgh, on March ] 3, it was decided by five judges on au uppoal thnb the operation of dishorning cattle was necessary m the interests of the animals themselves, and tlifvt, thciefore, the perprctator could not be found guilty of cruelty. T!io judgment of the Scottish Court oh thi3 point is contrary to that pronounced by English judges. Duringlast week several instances of sheenworrying haveoccurredinthe paddocks round Tinwald, resulting m the loss of some valuable stock. The offending canines were greyhounds and demoralised shepherd* dogs. Of the former there are too many allowed to roam at large, and owners should keep a better watch, or they are likely to find their dogs rather expensive as proceedings are intended to be taken to recover damages. The Committee of the Ashburton Racing Club met on Saturday night, and passed accounts conectsd with the recent race meeting. In consideration of the success of the recent, meeting, to which the excellent handicapping materially contributed, Mr Cresswcll was voted a bonus m addition to ilia fee. The ground Committee were asked to bring np a report upon the state of the course and grand stand, m ith recommendations of what should be done to each and estimates of cost. The Victorian Government is about to\ establish an experimental irrigation farm m connection with the Dookic Agricultural College. A similar farm will also be located near Kerang, and at both places farmers will be instructed m the best methods of applying wat«r to land. Arrangements will be made at the same time to provide a regular course of instructions for students desirous of becoming farmers. At last week's meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club Mr Sydney James reported that a memorial against proprietary trotting clubs had been sent down to Christchurch for the chairman's signature, and that at the Hon G. McLean's request he (the secretary) ' had obtain the consent of the different members of the committee', after which Mr McLean, as chairman, had signed the same and forwarded it back. This memorial will be aigned by the whole of the chairmen of the clubs throughout New Zealand. The Southland Acclimatisation Society's curator, Mr A. N. Campbell, recently captured a number of large lish m the Aparima estuary at Riverton. It is possible (says the " Southland Times ") that they are young salmon on their first trip back from the sea, but it is also possible that they are simply trout, it being an extremely difficult matter to distinguish between the species m their earlier stages. Several of the fish, however, will b« sent to Christchurch by the Waihora, so that Professor Button's opinion may be obtained on this important question, In contradiction of unfavorable reports as to Kossuth's condition his physician and former secretary reports that the patriot is m the best of health, and that although eighty-nine years old, Kossuth works at his desk eight hours daily, and finishes the day with a game of billiards, which he plays with a steady hand and generally wins. Kossuth is about to issue the fourth volume of his memoirs, covering the period of the Polish rising m 1864. He has prepared four further volumes, but prefers that they should not be published during his life-time. Some very strange stories are afloat as to the effect which the Indian tour of the Czarewitch left on the native mind, "At Delhi," writes a correspondent, •' he distributed 50,000 rupees to the poor. This bounty was variously interpreted m bazaar gossip. One story went that it was preliminary to the formal handing over of British India to the Czar, an event which, said the people who where m the know, would take place the following day. Another report was that he had received the money from his father, m order to seduce'her Majesty's subjects from their allegiance. Personally the Czarewitoh made little impression. He looked small, mean, and uusoldierlike," Curious as it may sound (writes Sir G. Ciietwynd m the "Badminton" book on racing) I believe some of our racehorses—l am inclined to cite as a prominent example the French horse Mortemer (sire of Apremont) —stay beciuse they have speed and a long stride, with hocks rather high off the ground. It is the good looking horses which a hunting man would pick out as likely to carry him to hounds, with good shoulders and bone below the knee, and show little daylight when you are walking behind them, with great developement of thighs, and hocks close to the ground—a point usually regarded as specially desirable—that as a rule, fail to stay. It is stated that for some time back a syndicate of Englishmen has been trying to secure control of all the leading seed warehouses m America. A number of interviews with leading seed firms had taken place. The syndicate represents upwards of £4,000,000, the intention being to buy plants outright; each firm, however, may take a certain number of shares, and retain an interest m administering the affairs of the brand once their own. The largest number of teed houses are located m Philadelphia, as five times as much business is done there as m New York. The entira capital invested m the seed business m the principal eastern cities is estimated at £2,000,000, arid the English syndicate has offered more than this to secure full control of the business. One prominent seed merchant had said:—" The syndicate has been trying for some time to secure control os the seed business, but they have been of long about it. that I think the thing will fall through." In the December number of the Journal ] of the Royal Agricultural Society of England Mr Pidgeon publishes an article on trials of a ciderrmaking plant at Glastonbury, m which he quotes the following anecdote, He says ; -^Not many years ago some shallow muddy pools, hollowed out m the lias formatioh of the neighbourhood, formed the only water-supply of a certain Somersetshire village. These m pre-scientific days, excited no man's fears, but house-wives cooked and scrubbed m happy ignorance of the microbe and its wily ways. At length there came a new sanitary inspector, Pasteur-bitten, and a microscopist, who, shocked at the state of things he found, could not rest until he had brought down Mr Bailey Denton to inspect and report. The authority arrived, and was duly horrified at the mud-holes whence, he presumed, the village drank. Turning to the hale old native who had shown him the way, he said ' And is this the water you drink, sir V ' Whaat did you gay- auh ?' was the surprised reply, and the question had to be repeated more than once before the Western man could catch its drift. At length he 'caught on,' and, with a burst of hearty laughter, exclaimed, 'Oh, Lard bless 'cc, noa, zur, we doant drink no waiter down here; we've got plenty o' good aider m Zummerzet!' The best medicine is Sander and Son s Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. Th« official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communications of the Consul General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded by the International Exhibition Amsterdam—all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Sclmltz, M.D. Professor, etc,—."C, &, 24 y.gaps old; congestional abscess on the'thigh. Incisions made m two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed J^d m its, pla. ce . were rijad* during the daytime repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive fceter disappeared very soouj the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after ihe lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact that the latter treatment wived the patient's life.' (Advfc.) 3