"TIGER ASTER" AND THE J.P.SHIP.

TO THE EDITOR, Bib,— l have roeeived by post, from Pipiriki, your issue of the 27th January with "Tiger Aster's" effusion on the above question. I don't generally reply to anonymous abuse, but make an exeepI tion in this case, as your correspondent claims to be a settler hete. Mow, I do not suppose for v moment that I have got a neighbour who would be guilty of such lying abuse. You must know, air, that in moat new districts there are a certain number of lick-spittles, or parasites., hanging on,men who live on the industry of others. Their position is only a question of degree They remind me ot the .^ of the Hudibrasiou conplet : — ' Those (leas have other dens to file 'em, Ami llicso fleas flees ad inAiiituni, It is now about threo months since tho general election, &nd our parasito hasn't got ovfj^.yet. It hits taken him all that timo, tOvTollect a few newspaper pats to hurl at my unfortunate head with a Latin f) notation from a shilling dictionary to finish me off with. The pars aro enough j he might have spared the Latin, as lam sum it nevor hurt him. Now, . according to our parasite, " most J.P.s are gentlemen." 'J he proof of this, and their chief ability, is to respect the ' Queen's English, And now for the crugial tost Ho says:—" if the Government intend to give us a J'P , lot him be a J.P., not amurdorer of tho said Queen's English." Why, of courto ; the Government gives us J.P.s, but evon though thoy are J.lVs they are not J.P.'s. but murderers of the said Queen's English. Thin, with the dictionary Win, qualifies our parasite for the J.P.-ship. So all the other candidates can ttand down. But if this is not enough, I will repeat one of his nowspaper quotations. Hero it is:— " The soul of the democratic cockio hungereth after distinction." Ye Gods and little fishes ! Protect mo from sui'li double barrelled words ! Tut ! Tut ! y " Democratic cookie," fiom a <;ontloman. ' You must bo mistaken, Mr Kditor. Now I submit, sir, the above quotation is noc complete. It should be:— " i'he soul of the democratic cockie hungereth after distinction and the brainless parasite squirms at his triumph." It is ovident our suporflne gentleman docs not bolioyoin what he calls "Dick Seddon-Willis Liberalism." And yet Binco he claims to be a resident here he muet have licked thespittlo md voted for Mr Willis. As you know, Mr Willis gpt a block vote here, but of courso that bad nothing tp do with ''the vf.rdant plane sblf." And now life is a burden becausa hethinkß I am going to follow in his footsteps. Well, he need not take poison yet. fJut enough of this. Is it necessary for me to contradict his lies about me writing to a Eoad Boaru to say thoir action was rathor previous, or about what took place at the Makatuku meeting? Will lie bo Burprised to know that my neighbours done me the honour to appoint me Chairman of that moating, and when my name was coupled with Mr McDonnell's, of Karioi, for the J.P.-ship I declined the honour, because I was the first person to suggest the other gentleman he mentions to Mr Willis. In conclusion, sir, I have no objection to abuae of this sort as it is only the angry snap of a whippod cur. But Ido object to your correspondent claiming to ■"^" be a resident of this district. ThaDkiug you for space.— l am, &c, jtf P. W. McLAniN. CjA> iew, Waimarino, Feb. 10th.