AT HOME AND ABRGAD.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 36, 20 February 1878, Page 2

AT HOME AND ABRGAD.

Extraot'of li letter 1 froni' 1 Scuiiv Enghind,, to, his t ( iophew in I\ovv ijijitlnnd. ,' <"-. < ■ " Tho news of 'you h&rcj. a (Jood 'JVhiplar.iga'vo your aunt .much comfort, bu,t further' on in your lottcr, when, in spanking of th,e gold niinos you -helrny your •connection. With quart;} ! such a wail of anguish arose that' I havo not been ablp up to the pros;ont timn to bsru-iro, Her sight being dim, she ujids it difficult eyon with the > ;?l!Cfit aid of fho optician!,' to follow tho truiiiugs of the must legiblo penman, ftn.J aflor Ulmfc niOHt urifortun^to adiuisMon or oxplfiniUkm, cull if. '.'vv lint ( you will, sho would noti v,qiu\ o,r |i.ston,to an« othor word. I will ray dear boy endea« your to make 1 your j><'t\c.e AvllU her, of which I h'nvo no'doi;bt.o,f doing, but timo will bey n quired, i mid as a of' coUrNo it h not; to bo expocMcd M\o should bo ro aufait in mining, ormiuing tQruis, ,iis hiysolf ; or oven to lie on a pur with | tlio 1 litnitod oxporieneo you have, .ai'qi^ired. .Vfy c^peribnee, I admit, has oost mo'.dearj but dining, iho time my capital wii,s in* vested in tho celebrated Emma niijio,'! mao'o mygolf cohvorsnnt witfe all tho itermH in nw nn.fl applicable to, tho t\*ftnts and workitigH of modern mining, so that in a dtjucription of the workings, of, a mine lean fojlovv the writer as fncily as if I had inspocted tho whole concern. I ' thorofore, admitting your orthography to, bo defjeetivo, it woh, entre. noup, searbely necessary, although! havo a prejudice \n Us favor to montion your connection with powter measures of any kind. Out nothing in your loM^r surp^isjod m.o moro than your apparently iuoidontul mention, of " ha'ngiij^g wall. 1 ' pondorod long over two Woriln, aiid fety v'ory thpnkful that your nunt hnd olosodhor car before 'I fiad reached this most aatoimdirtrf Htatot monti f<?r rogrot, then for your,, carlea-megs , would bo dcopeucd into anxioty for tho Hafoty of your prirsdrii living amongst a community so lawless and criniin^l as tho. necessity of hanging walls botrays it to be. I wao, ' awaro, from Mr, TrollopoV book that a"lar|jb extent of tho ]\Jiddlo Island was barren of thia^, a low and conveniont branch being in some of iiiQ, South* West Ststrsof Amerion, soloctod to aid in carrying out Iho scnlonoos of Judgo Lynch, butt to think it necessary thnt in tho. absence of tyoes, walla, slono Wi 11 1 1 presumo thoy lire,' should" require to 'bo built, for tho pu.rposo of hanging criminals, botl-uys n state of sortioty such as no" ono _ hor'6 has any idea of. In olden times tho 'lioadn, of criminals wore struck, of!" and. exposed on pikes upon the walla' of towns nnd.cnslloH, but i Hoop Walla served for dofenco also, and 'not merely as yours, seemo'to be, for the purpose of nuspond.ing somo unfortunate malefactor by tho nock. ' It is' evident so'cipty' at' your ohd of tlieworld is rotrogniding, for capital punish tni'ii I, nO'V hfipP'b' •'» 'lum favored land is curried out only on tho most W'oodilu.-sty I'.ivniiwilsr HC-: m \-i hnv.- ■ ■<.;■ I- : ; '■■"■' '" V..,!',l- >->S) ] !'S '• ■>•• >

oivotionH you so innocently term hu- '^iii({ Willis testify. On tl\o sooro.of economy nlono those walls nro n mistake, niid ifl'or such' purposes as those nny portion of tho millions borrowed in tho English market ig applied, 'I liopo nnd' trust thnt all further "nttonjpta to ruiso monoy until motif, ndvancod and jiumano v'iows ' uro intr'oducod'will bo' fruiCloss. \S|)Ofikin h r of moiipy romindg ipo yoj; mention your spo'oulntions liuviiifi failed owing to •' tho rcof runnio« out.' 1 Surely thoro is nothin^ surprising in t|is or |»ow it should nffbet you lamat a loss., to jifla«ino. As V matter' 'of ftipf " roofs ofton do run out tho spa for instnnco— as I havo but 'to Hlnnoo through tho window to' see tho reef -where ' tho' ' last summer ydu wore down you bumped off tho fnlso"keol of my best.'luggof. Porh'aps some venture of yours has como to grief by bumping on Bomo roof' or bar, surely tho fuot' of tlm't i-ccf running out must havo been known, or of w|ji»t use'aro" charts' and guides for manners' P In' tins «nso, hovvovor, Ido hot feel quite saticfiod with my okplana* lion, oqd'l trusi yoMf' next letter will go moro into particulars, and throw a brigher light upon coloninl lifo than can be seen in tho shadow of hanging wivllsif