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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1329, 28 November 1883, Page 2

New Advertisements. [advertisement.] MAOBI^WHAEE. ♦ (To the Editor, Inangahua Times.) Sir. — Your contemporary's issue of Tuesday last contains an article from the pen of "Anti-Darwinian," headed " Maori Whare in full reply," thereby indicating (I suppose) that he has had pretty well enough from Darwinian on the subject of the Maori Whare, my last letter having been rather too much for his weak nerves' not only for his, but also for those of nis particular and " respectable " friends, as the reading of my letter in the camp of the Philistines acted like a bomb, aad <&ugipd such an explosion in the prineigppgjfnamite magazine, that, had it not BeqjJifEpr the amount of ventilation which the camp is noted for, and the means of exit (in cases of emergency) which the law strictly enforces, the consequences to a certain unfortunate individual, who was entirely innocent of any complicity, would pave been something terrible. A sit was, he providentially escaped with the loss of part of his beard, and I suppose, a good fright as well. I shall certainly, under the circumstances, be justified in taking out a patent for this latest invention in detonating composition, if my productions continue to have such effect on the weak and diseased nerves of my opponents. But, to return to A nti- Darwinian. He starts by asking a favor (apparantly from that hard-working and highly respected journalist) to publish his nonsensical productions for nothing — a very mean and contemptible request on his part — considering ihe very reapectable "job" he has set himself to accomplish. If he has got anything to say which is worth publishing (which is very doubtful), why not pay for his whistle like a man, the/same as Darwinian ? 1% would be much more creditable, and would, perhaps, lead some of his friends to believe, that he was in a fair way to produce something out of the "Mares Nest"' he has apparantly got hold of, or found. He next goes on and hints at taking proceedings for libel, like a school boy who provokes a quarrel with his superior Bchool fellows, and, consequeutly gets the- worst of the engagement, and then runs crying to his father, or, may be, his bigger brother, to take his part for him, and avenge his well-merited chastisement. It cannot be doubted for a moment but that A. D. has got more than he bargained for from the tone of his reply, and his allusion to the assistance I received (in his opinion) from abler pens than my own. This is certainly something* gained for A. I>. to acknowledge that there are some in the Boatman's district who are ablo to defend their actions with credit to themselves and all those concerned with them, although he denies that qualification to me, and I think he will be more cautious in future how he treads on the tail of our coats. He further, in a very pitiful strain, goes on to inform the "editor" that there are many gentlemanly hearts beating under a. digger's flannel, &c, &c, which is a well known fact, and which I am not prepared to contradict, and then calls me a dodgur, a viper, &c, &c, and accuses me of trying to annihilate his good name. Well, not knowing exactly who Anti-Darwinian is, but simply judging him from the style of his scurrilous productions, I should say that he never had a good name, otherwise he would be more cautious in dealing with the characters and action'R of other people. I can further inform him thatlshould not have entered the lists against him at the present time only for his unwarrantable attacks on individuals who are fully entitled to the respect and esteem of all gentlemen whom they have labored with, or become acquainted with in the Inangahua. A. D. has evidently some slight regard for me, as evidenced by his remark about putting me on my guard, and then he goes on to ask the most absurd questions imaginable. One, two, and three, he puts to Darwinian — the fourth to the contractor. What will he want next ? Perhaps he wants to put salt on my tail. Is it a usual thing for any one accused of crime to enter the witness-box and give evidence against himself? The thing is an absurdity, aad clearly shows that when A. D. put these questions he was'nt compos mentis. I am thinking he will have to whistle and pipe a long time before he gets any mort. information than he has already got from me in my letter of the 14th inst, and which he is not prepared apparently to contradict, but simply content himself with slinging mud, and asking further impertinent questions. As for the contractor giving him any information on the subject, the idea is really absurd, considering the manner in which A. D. has attempted to blacken the character of that gentleman, and the character of those who have been associated with him on the School Committee of Boatman's. These questions he puts to me and the contractor, his base assertion about jobbery in connection with the building of the cottage (which he is not able to prove), and the concluding portion of his letter of the 20th inst, show him conclusively to be a veritable decendant of the scriptural Balaam. As Balaam was a prophet, a teacher of his people, and A. D. lays claims to, or arrogates to himself the title of critic and teacher of those who surround him, and failing to profi t by the rebuke of the ass and the angel, he will eventually (if he has not done so already in a literary se se) share the same fate as his highly rt ejected progenitor. With reference to A, la remarks about the builder of the chimney, I may inform him that the quantity of "Cologne vinegar" the builder imbibed during his