ST. PATRICK'S HOLIDAYS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 38, 20 March 1878, Page 2

ST. PATRICK'S HOLIDAYS.

In spite of tbo dolugo which ushered in St. Patrick's Diiy in ltoofton, r.o complaint oould bo mado aa to tho number of \isitors comparocl with provious yearsTho numbor.bow.ovor, wan not a tilho of tho attendance during the Christmas wook and wo nro afraid 1 tho amount of business done by hotel koopora and other business pooplo was very far short of what was oxpoctod. That tho " flushnois " of tho times should bo gauged—oven collator* ally—by tho provalenco or non-provalonoo of drunkennoss, is not a vory elevating ro . flootion,. but that it is bo oan hardly bo disputed,, nnd this . oiroumotanoo appliod to our own community would not load to tho prosaraptioa that money is at tho prosont timo over abundant. Tlusno is this to. bo said, howovor,. that communities, as thoy gcow old leso much of tho ••ooklessnosa of thoir oarly growth ; tho> habits of tho pooplo bocomo changed, and a? men, bcoomo moro sobtlod>thoy becomo moro provident so tliat after all, purlieu." larly in our own onso, whoro tbo chnngp to. Jhftjsattlcd stato in Uia piraumatatifl'ut ofthe inhftbiiauts has been' ho rapid, tho übscnoo of exoessos uwy bb afclributod to something moro oommondablo tluui tncro noocssiby. Throughout tlio holidays tho utmost good fooling and decorum has provailod on aUsidos, and tho amtisomonts provided havo boon, ewjpyod- rationally* and with, moderation.