TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6868, 5 March 1883, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Aet Exhibition.— The Art Exhibition om Saturday attracted a very large number of visitors, especially in the evening, when it is admitted by alt that the painting* are wen to the beet advantage. CnBIBTOUUBCK AXMXVM SWIXMIHQ Club.— The annua! race* of thie Club .canal off at the West Christchurch ewimmiog bath on Saturday afternoon, and were Tery successful. A report appear* eliewhere. Aooibbht.— Mr* Uyam, of the Harewood road, wa« knobbed down by a pawing trap on Saturday, nearly opposite the Bank of New Zealand. She was immediately taken to the hospital, where her injuries, fortunately only superficial, were attended to. She was able to return to her home yeaterday. Aquatic.—A double-sculling race to decide who should represent the Union Bowing Club in the sempr double sculls at the Eaiapoi Begatta, came off bn Saturday afternoon over a mile and a half course, and resulted in Q. Wright and B. Borland defeating 8. 0. K« steven and J. QUmour. Wright took the lead soon after the start, and was never pushed after the first hall mile, winning easily by some fivp or six lengths. fan AvokiAkd Buxoans.—Xhe Auoklanders have been counting their chickens before they are hatched. Our correspondent has telegraphed a letter from the Government Analyst'which shows that at least three out of the four supposed gems are merely crystal* of the sort made famuiar to us by Mr Jacobsen 1 * experience. She other Ur Bond is not quite sure about, but he say* enough in hi* letter to show that the discovery of diamonds in Auckland it certainly no further advanced than ip opr own Province. Deputation.—A deputation from the Ao* olimatisation Society, consisting of Dr Frankish (President), Mr H. B. Webb (VicePresident), and Ur 8. C. Farr (Hon Secretary), had an interview by appointment with the Hon the Premier, at tue Commercial Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The object was to endeavour to get Government to place the Society on a more satisfactory looting with respect to its occupation of the present acclimatisation grounds. She deputation pointed out that a portion of the ground* now in the occupation of the Society was urgently required for an extension of the Christchurch hospital, and » rough plan was submitted, showing where the necessary alterationiof boundaries would require to be made. The matter met with the Premier'* approval, and a promise was made that should the Domain Board offer no opposition the Government would be inclined to favour 'tbe wishes of the Society. After thanking the Premier for their courteous reception ana S remise of assistance, the deputation with* row. Mb Mixk»b Btk*h»k.—Mr Milner Stephen gave hi* second public ibseoe on Saturday afternoon last. After some introductory remark*, in which he criticised the report of hit first idsnce, which appeared in the Xytiefion Timt» ol this day week, he proceeded to operate. Nothing of public Interest occurred, except a disturbance which took place in the pit, owing to the interruptions of a gentleman, who said that be had paid Mr Stephen two guineas for curing hie child, and the child was do better, the gentlemen was very much excited, and so was Mr Stephen, who ultimately, after tbe use of strong language on both sices, put on his hat and declared he Would perform re more cure* aatil the originator of the disturbance was removed. This was accordingly done, and Mr Stephen recommenced. There were immense numbers present, every part of the theatre being crammed to excras. The stage was invaded, and' Mr Stephen had great difficulty in eeeurisg a clear space In which to work. He was not nearly ta successful as on the previous occasion, and, as before, there waa no opportunity of testing tbe reality of the so-celled curse. Several’ who had been operated on the previous week earn# a second time, apparently iu ne way better than they were.

Ms Awanuft® Foiuw.—Tb* celebrated ww conwpond*nt ba» oonwiited to drifter one of hit lecture# in lb* Oddfellow** »•!), SWapcl, oti Thursday, March 16. He !im toon specially invited to do.to by a number of the leading resident* of Ksiepoi. l»qtri*T,—An Inquest w« held at Bm* bright'* Racecourse Hotel on Bn4tird»/, on the body of Faith Bowman, who am found deed la the garden attached to her heme# on Friday i*st. Hr Coward, Ostomt, presided, end Mr Robert Brigg vu chosen foreman of the jury, The avlouis* of HrNedwill, who had made » poet mortem etomiaition of the body of deceased, showed that death bed resulted from aa affection of the heart, and a wdirt of M Heath from natural carnet ” ni returned.

fwawiraw—-By the telegraphed malte, appearing in another column, of the racing on the fleet day of the V.H.O. Autumn Meeting, it will to teas- that Archie baa admitted Navigator’* performance of but year, following op hie Normenby Stale* victory by winning the Aaeot Vale Stake#. The V.B.C. Herby winner, Navigator, carried off the V.K.O. Xwger, and thu* took rank with Angler, Firework*, Melbourne, and Grand Flaneur a* a winner of the two stmt three-year-old event* of tbeVictorisa Swing Clop’# programme.

Booth CUjtrtammy Tbacjikb** Asaooutiow.—The monthly meeting of the AeiMwia* tion wae held •ia the public echool on Saturday. Mr Thompioa preiided, and there waa a good attendance of teacher*. The following bueinea* waa tnwaarted s—lt wm agreed to call ujmo tb* old member* of the Aeeodatton to maka good a deficiency in the fond* of £9 Id# j to memorialise the Board cf Education with a view to having the echool* supplied with Profeeior Bickcrton'* «cience model* § and to diictu* at next meeting Ibe po«ition of popil teacher* j and the iciiolar•hip queriioo. Several email account* baring been passed for payment, the meeting adjourned. BrsiHOSTOir.—Oar correspondent write* : —Tb# farmer* in tbl* district are busy getting in tha remainder 0! the crop#. Thoae who have threshed find they have not reatifed the avenge nnmber of bnsto!* aatidpatod. The late crop*, In many Instance*, have yielded a very low average, which ie to to attributed to late lowing and r-ut. In Hay’* road, where tha land ia of a awampy nature, the yield ia about 36 bnebels to the acre, but on one farm it ia as low a* 10 bushel* on tb* avenge. Tbe lato raina and wind* laid a great deal of the crops, and gave tb* machine* a lot of troubl* to eat them. On tbadriar land, aom* paddookt have yielded welly two of Mr Mnl/a gave an average of 60 bntfael*. Towards tbe Plains, £0 boshelt is considered fair. Altbongb mamr considered that tb* harvest this year would turn out extraordinarily well, I And very few her* tore realised their expectation*. There are not many oatein this district, but the samples shown are very good. Barley, except In one or two case*, ia a complete failure,* due to late sowing and rust. Turnip* on the heavier lands are doing fairly, but rain it vary much wanted.

PKMEtTATIoIf.— On Saturday, which mu tho anniversary of the opening of the Kaispoi Clothing Factory, a very, pleasing ceremony vii performed, in the shape of the pmentolias to the Manager, Mr T. Gluyas Bwoo, of e valuable silver salver, u ft token of respect from the employees. Ihe presentation wm made on behalf of the operatim, by Mr Q. H, Blackwell, who, ia the absence of Mr Wilson, spoke of the rapid growth of this department of the Company, stating that twelve month# ego only 80 operatives were employed, and that the number now reached nearly 209. He had great pleasure in handing Hr Pasooe the pteee of plate, which bore the following ixucxiption“ Presented to T. Gluyae Pascoe, Esq-, by the employees of the Saiapol Clothing Factory, as a - token of respect, on the anniversary of the opeaizur of the Kaiapoi Clothing Factory. Fob. 24,1883” Mr Fasooe suitably acknowledged the pxeseatalka, and staled that to him the success of the factory-was a source of great pleasure, and that If the employees would strive in the future as they had done in the past, there was little fear of Kaiapoi holding its own in Hew Zealand against all competitors. A hearty veto of thanks to Mr Blackwell, for presiding, brought the interesting proceedings to a dose. las CasisTcauucn Totax AEsxiNßSca Soowxx.— The usual weekly meeting of this Society was held on Saturday evening last, the Bar Mr Crewe* in tho chair. The speakers were Mr Clark, of Biccartoa, and Mr W. : Parkes. Mr Byron discoursed some very good music on the piano. The attendance waa bettor than that of the previous meeting. Tho Chairman and other speaker* dwelt upon the necessity of following up the recent action of the Committee appointed for the late elections of the Licensing Committees. A more determined eours* was strongly advocated, and the appointment of a tuirpetnal commutes to devise means and oolkot funds to secure a more successful mult at the next year's election was suggested. It was stated that one gentleman outside the temperance body had offered an annual sub* scription of £5, and- another had offered £3, and others lesser amounts. It was contended that the outlook of the temperance cause was never to hopeful. An arrangement wee made with Mr Byron to ■score hie semes* for leading a choir weekly, and at the next meeting a good number of eiagen are expected to be present, as wad a* readers, leeiters, and speakers. Full particulars of the programme will be advertised. 8t AnniiWe OHPasH.—At the morning terries In tit Andrew’s Presbyterian Church yesterday, the Bev 0. Fraser announced that an arrangement, which he hoped would be satisfactory to all parties, had been arrived at between the representatives of that portion of the congregation worshipping ia the West Christchurch school, and tores gentlemen who had been appointed by hm to act on hie behalf. In consequence of this agreement, the service he was then eon-, ducting would be the last he would hold in 8t Andrew's Church. He wished them to understand, however, that he by no roeane intended'to withdraw from the work of the ministry, but that wherever he settled down he wmud continue to devote himself to the interests of religion and Mr Fraser then proceeded with the service, in which no further reference was made to recent event*. The congregation numbered between 40 and SO persons. In theafternoon, the rev gentleman delivered a brief farewell address to the children of the tuaday school, at which a number of the parent* and friends of the scholars were present. It la understood that Ur Fraeerhas, through his delegates, screed to give up possession of tho church at ones, but that he is to continue to occupy the Manse for a time, until ho can make arrangements lor taking np hie mldeuce elsewhere. FMWHotrQRT Haxx.—A correspondent » himself “Freethinker, atias Wicked 'in reply to a letter which appeared in our columne on Saturday, sends us a note, from which wa make the following extract 11 We should be allowed to enjoy ourselves on a Sunday in our own way so long at we do not interfere with either the rights or privileges of other persons. We have neither bigotry or intolerance amongst us. Batoneiehthi of us are opposed to {Sunday labour. Wa meet together for amnsemeat combined with inetruotion, and we do not attempt to force our views or ideas on any section of people with whom we dwell. What we claim for ourselves, and what we think wo have a perfect right to claim, is the liberty of free diapalon and fmthonght, and to be allowsa toleration for both. Since* writing the above t have for the first time ia Canterbury been paying a visit to our Lucatio Atjloca* Og* portion ot tho shibiiiiml of the patients particularly took my attention and moiM Ky admiration* Ibu wti that the warden and inmates did not seem to interfere with the saying*, doings, and occupations of each other so long as they did not do on* another any bodily injury. & you not tjrisfc, Mr Xditor, that the lunatic* on this •id* of the gal* might *hew the same eon■iderarion, and the warden who as* appointed to govern jb* grant us the tame anoant of toleration The reel of the letter not being relevant to the question at Uhlt, W#d ° Bo * tbtek !t pub*

Habveit Xnamz.-Bpe e { a i »K ?nV • . aasras s Liogard. * *'• Mwtatmn Maoi*t»ai*'# Corar-.'n, •uasmonaebeet for this moraine’* 9 f U. E..ld«.t IWtour. S.VS fourteen caees. Two of there m 0 publican* for eelliog ti qaor on MMll M rl t «dw > ..d «tw.b < ft f«M pretences, and there u also % C L. •fsioet a person who remored a nttsabtr willow mimatnm the Waimakariii tft# work*. The others ere unimportant. Kaupoi Eoencuttrgji;, g O -. ItTT a meattef of Ito Commute* of thu aorietr «tli held on Friday night, at whieh there »« a feed attendance. Mr J. h Wi hi «w toted to the ehair. | t WM rt ,,t . to «nf»ge the service# of a doovk*,*. eo the ocearian of the show, Tb* tary reported that Hettr* W. K. Ironr W. Norman and H. Orook* h«d to ae judge*, and be was requested to « MW# «. Katrn’a service* to ttegteg the d 4. Arrangement* were mad# for the oiust’ luncheon, and alio for* satirical pm*r*T.c# ia tb* evening. Kilim Batlim. A meetieg of tfa» Kaiapoi Begalto OommiUee w*« ;.,il OT3 Friday awning} jnwrt-Mmn E. Moom (Chairman), Mscfarlaae, Biot*. F mw Baler, Clarla, Fiper, Faltman, and |> t i (Boa See), Better* were «c,iT*,j the Cure Boating Club, placing * the nee of the Committee on th« jwtu. Hay, and afro reflecting on the ra!« * iTiC * the Committee power to order ar» «to b» rowed over sgsin ia the mot of a bo»; brier •wamped. The becretary «a< wqw { | aolaowtedge the offer of the W ,;th thank*, and to ray that the Committee M « no maoe to amend the rule refemi to It, waa decided to add a junior prir i r*c« in atmap oat-riggere, end to hare 10m* Ucd •Pfrt* if lb* fond# peraitted. Mr Sis* offered the use of bi» large boat for the me of the Committee, which wee accepts with thank*. The meeting then adjourned. Biinwiy Xxtnraios a OutrasaciT.—lt wm be rsmemberM that the Hon the Premier told a depcation that waited m him on Wednesday l u t wlatiro to the exteoeioa of the Main Central Canterbury KaOwey from to Ccalgale, ic, that there wm no aratlabl» ( for tfaa purpo*a. The i.ocorabie Minuter was probably no; . vir « that a ctmeideralie quantity of lud tioeg tha lisa hat been reeerrsd ipeeullt that the proceed* of it* eals might pay l.r the eonitxnrtimi ef Ibe Jinej aid that »;~ a :• Una land ta to be sold daring the p-snsot month. II u etated that a meeting 0f tb« intereeted will abortly be convened, acd that tl:e matter If not likely to be to lapee for want of agitation. ILsro «so engineering difSenltiee to to o-itr-r-t, uid the dietanea for which the line is it but tome (mm and a*ha22 mils;, ‘,r.:r;rh * rich coalfield. There will be a meeUn* in the Pydenfettß,thisevtaioy.to hear the »•<■»(,(•»> didatee lor t»« ntesaoy a the Borouri; ; -..if, Tha (ooadatlos atone of Use jeaUcn’ H-.=* i; Lyttelton la to to laid by the Mayer. »t J i'ccii this afternoon. ■'The Lincoln LtomrisgCaaiaittoe in: meetinc today. The TU ®ipo mm tola plan* to-morrow.

I How tO HaSO A HJL3K.—A corrsipoc- ! dent tends the following, which he in;»i » us is worth knowing Why ihocld this i here be to dry ?* we ill, 'lt it young ted ■ tender, end has been hanging any length of > time!’ It is just this banging whka hu . made it dry. Day after day it has hang i with it* bead downwards, and all the jokes : of the body hare drained into the hem and I shoulder*, a part which is seldom eaten, lea»1 icg the bind quarters dry end fsvourlaes The cure for this is very simple; to tie the bare's front legs together LUca the back ones, hang it alternate days head or tail downwards, more especially tail downwards. The difference in flavour of a bare hong in this way is marrellons. It is best if the hare is a bought one, to get it quite fresh, and then the juices will have a better chance a! being i equally distributed. By this means of hanginf, a hare can be kept double the time or one : hung In the ordinary way, eo that it has the extra advantage of gaining its full gamsyseas before cooking." i PaS-AKJ>ISK POBtSIIT OF GA VIBSTTkOoe of the moil graphic descriptive; of ' Oambetta's appearance ever published was (according to a contemporary) written by . Mr George Makepeace Towle soie two jet» ago. "Imagine* figure of medium height,” he wrote, “but ungainly, awkward, burr, somewhat obese and loose jointed; :c? . limbs short, large and far from firm i j i-;:; the head joined to rounded ’ short, thick neck, suggestive of a t.-.: to apoplexy ; the shoulders not only bat high and heavy ; the bead, larg.- '■ ■■■:* than above, broad near the neck as a i- ~e ■ Jaws, narrow and rather flat at the top : • c;mg in veneration, as the phrenologist »-'-d tell us, but great In passion, in comba'.ivf-iis , and in language; a fine, well set f->.~-.ud. i however, wide just above the eyre, *=d t sltghdy sloping to the hair; a still intellectual brow, the bed feature but .me of the countenance that one beioi m exceedingly well-oat, expressive, hauusotns, lull-lipped mouth, bat hail concealed beocaki moustache and beard; one eye apparently permanently closed, the other smalt, black, at times piercing and wide opes, but aiuslij half closed like the eye of a oear-eighled mm, who bring* bis lids together lbs better to discern some object, or by a shrewd person, who would let you know by * the expression of his eye* that he knows more than he tells; » large, thick, ansonsitirenoie, bold and Jewish, with small nostrils; the attractive mouth shaded by a heavy, jet-black moustache, whkh Joint on either side a beard also mostly jetblack, a slight tinge of gray; the hair hue, straight, one® black, but nearly gray cow just where it is smoothly brushed back from the temples over the Urge eats, and falling in a curve behind over the neck j the complexion of an unhealthy, bilious hue of pale yellow ; the face todoleue in general expression, giving scarcely the slightest hint of unusual ability of any sort, and the movement slouchy ana careless, nonchalant, and often heavy, as if the man was weary of carrying lire superabundance of flesh." Daoc-oxc *w» loanan is a I-au-wav Causuoa.—The JSaliarai Slar has the following t—“ A story that baa been told the police by * man named Ambrose Taylor i* psrhaps one of the strangest in the records of the Colony. Taylor state* that he took the train at Horah&m for Ballarat at 6 p-tn, on Feb. 3, and to the same compxrtmenfc there was only one other individval, a man, who on the way down produced a bottle which ho said contained whiskey, ar.d asked complainant to have a drink, which he did. Taylor then alleges that ho fell asleep immediately, and did not awaken untd the train arrived at Ballarat, when he «•* aroused by the porters. Ho is of opinion that ho was drugged by hi* fellow traveller, who was seen by the guard leaving the same carriage at Ballarat, carrying a crprt bag m his hand. To complete this strong* story, it may ha stated that Taylor alleges that no was robbed to th« railway carriage of a surer English lever hunting watch wd , ch * l “» ?! the value of £l3. It Is norewary further to add that Taylor appeared at tha City Police Court yesterday morning on the charge drunkenness, and was discharged. Constab Coffey slated to the Court that ho was on duty at the railway station on Saturday mg® last. When the train from Ararat amveo, shortly after one o’clock on Sunday Taylor was found by a porter lymg on the scat of a carriage apparently uniw»og demand the fullest fcveebgataou. - iKitnuiciou* Ssawss* s " ,si! wsS letters. "Myown conviction, J3p»*S» writer, «iau*twbMft amo fladshimratf »•

Btomry executor, hi* natow undergoes a transformation. The gravest mw» become* a humourist, and the most rcspwtabio eight of the decencies. I am «$»%“• lamed tot to editor of * Carlyle # BemiMscemwi* i* still utterly at a lo*» g lecture whal harm he b»» done toMmm* mwed friend's memory, and how it «m come atout tot from having ten one of the most respected of writers Ostblo h»» In to barometer cl public rmpwt. I am convinced that every maa ought w edit m* own posthumous works." Moxesk of tub Bishop of Lima—An effiekl telegram from Lima, dated Nov. w, S«d at Bio Janeiro, states tot to had ton in revolt on learning that IWeres intended ecUicg tho sacred vessels ansi ornaments heteffiag to to Calaedral. nfa Bishop used, ovary effort to calm to ess U<?d Indians, but tin vain. On toe Bishop's tviura to Lamar at night the Indians, mis* taking him and bis aueadaotslor vacate, fired a volley, killing toe bishop and wounding some of his oosapamoan On discovering tome mistake, .and learning that toy had ekin the bishop, whom they greatly esteemed, their hum redoubled, and it was greatly feared that toy would sack mad destroy the town. D«a» Foacrrswl—A carefully arranged and most daring raid wm successfully made on toe pHMTVM of Baroness, WiUooghby D’Ereeby. at .Qrimstorpa Cattle, Lincolnshire. A few weeks fgo eemal well-dressed ssta called on to head keeper, sad so far infloriated themselves with him' that he was iaaueed to show tom through tho preserves, which are about too' largest and beet, stocked ie the county- Best day it was discovered tot eeveasl of tho amt noted covers'had been- Utsssliy steipjjed .tee, and many,: hundreds of pbaaeaata and hate must have; been killed* there had been a largo shooting ■ parly al the eaetio, Mid the watchers were engaged on toe Other tide of the nark, which is «f vast extent, so tost to poachers were undisturbed* it afterwards tranepawl that an saormeu* quantity of game was toot away on toe following morning from a neighbouring sstslien, consigned to Nottingham, Several detectives have been employed to trace, the perpetrators. 188 fixvx Qs»3M«r is Isdia.—The Tiatm publishes a foil account of the new rent legislation proposed for Bengal. It •ppanm this tost toe peasantry have re* ' ceniiy shown symptoms of disaffection, pro-: dated 'by..the constant efferta of the land- ' hMders to raise rents, Under tho Perpetual Settlement, the agrarian Charter of to Fmi4casy, to Government pledged itself never go mso the quit-rent payable by the Zemindars, on the w«U-undmtood condition. tool’ to rents of the herediiaiy pess&nte should also resuain fixed, Gwing to the rapid insrease of: toe popularioo, there is now a fierce oompetirisn for _ land, and toe Zemindars, touch admitting that an hereditary tenant is' i-o ixifcj, evade toe principle, by toifring tcsan'ls from,: jndch to patch, and tom alto wing competition seif they were new tenants. Am Act passed ,in IS&9 gave the peasants fixity,- if they could show twelve years' oosnpaaeyj but this hae proved inand toe Government is anxious to device a’ more complete system.. Three proposals are -tofew it—one .to separate peasant keds from Isnds, giving absolute copyhold on' the forms? $ another, to grant fiiity on a twelve yearn* occupancy of any bolding on an estate j and another, to reaace tha term lo three years. There can he so doubt that to tel proposal is in exact accordance with the intention of the dettlemest, but eacially it hardly goes far enough. Ik 'would be necessary, also, to fix a maximum rental for the demesne lands, which, if paid, ahordd bar ntl legal proceedings. -

' Axomm .luse bmwws Man Aim tbs A SfS. —A Mr Bosk has captured and 'brought to -England & curious specsmea of too- human sped**, whom exhibition will most likely give ms again to discussion on ih« Darwinian theory. Shis repeseutstire of th» M hairy people” Is of the female rex, between six usd seres years of age, and is ca3le4 '‘ £rao." It it asserted that site is one of a family captured in the jungle of Laos, the father haring died of cholera in captivity, while the chief of the district in which the capture took piece refused to allow the mother to leave the country. Zs addition to her hairy covering, the peculiarities that distinguish “ £rao " from an ordinary human being are a double net of teeth io the upper jaw, the asserted presence in a rudimentary elate sf the gorilla task, the absence of certain Busetai In the arm, and of the upper cartilage in the ear. The presumed oxuteree of on extra rib acd an additional joint in the vertebras are oho held to indicate the potrilulity of the development of a rudimentary ML The expreiiiou of the features ss pleasant, the face is round, somewhat fist, •yes large, of a liquid brown colour, and very expreetsve. The note and eheekc- are somewhat bulbous, end Hr Famzi says that iurido the cheeks ore pouehliko cavities similar to those la the toon key, trite.Thetoes as well «s the Hagers ere prehensile, and the Joint* of both, as well as ike soles of the feet, can he tent backwards to a right eagle. “ Kroo ” hi very good-natured, end Judging by one or two -mediate that took piste when Mr Forint exhibited her to n&’.ur&iute and- representatives of the Frees at the Westminster Aquarium, Is iatdJiyeiit, and' possessed of A food memory. She repeats in Saglish after Mr Farini severs! phrases distinctly, clearly end In rather a musical volte. Koussi fisttsv is WircEesArr.—An Utter eampeadest of a. London' paper writes ■; A remarkable inalauoe of 'the hold which witchcraft retains upon aby so means •sail proportion of the -.'population occurred is Devonshire. A smack-owner of Brirtom recently put to sea. ' lloon afterwards one of the crew, a young man, began to suffer so such with his eyes that his employer pat back to Brixhaa.' A medical mu' there advised the young' man that ho was sot in a' St condition to go to sea, and that farther, unlm gnat caution were exercised, to would probably lose Us sight.' This was told the muster, who nesromtuded the youth’'to goto Plymouth end conealta ‘white witch.’ Se wont, bat this personage, .alter some mysterious performances, Oiiuied, Mm that he could do nothing for him*it wl# not he who was bewitetod, it was the ship.* The * witch,’ however, aided that to must see the captain. The youth consulted the captain, o&d a second journey to Flymouth was undertaken, this time in company with the captain, but with the same result—for sojso mysterious reason the ‘witch* could do him no good. The young man then bad recourse to the common-place expedient of going Into the infirmary, on discharge from which institution he brought an action against his master to recover £3 wages due to him during the time be was there, and £3 damages for non-payment of the same. These he recovered j but his faith io the omnipotence of the * white witch* has received a rode shock,**