ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1055, 14 February 1878, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir—lt is deeply to be regretted that there are so many aspirants for a seat in the Education Board of Southland hailing from this County. If these gentlemen will persist in coming to the poll the result will be that we shall not be represented at all. Of the qualifications of the various candidates I have nothing to say, but I trust that they will have the good sense' to seriously consider their position in relation to the probability of their being returned, and so fulfil the evolutionery tactic of letting the weakest go to the wall, so that the strong mav be made stronger. There are only live Counties under the Southland Board, and surely such an important County as the Lake ought at least to have twy representatives. This they may obtain by united action. I would suggest a method by which the difficulty might be overcome, that is —let a list of the names of the nominees be submitted to each of the seven Committees in the County, so that each member of such Committees may choose two names out of the list, after which a general meeting of delegates from each Committee may be held at a central point to decide which two have the highest number of votes. Then let those two, whoever they may be, be supported by all the Committees. Trusting that these suggestions may assume a more practical form, I am., ic.. Dux.

Mat/fair is responsible for the following: —An interesting marriage waa celebrated the other day at Moscow, the bride being a lady of considerable beauty, boundless wealth, and aged twenty-two. The bridegroom was a beggar by profession. The fact is, the young lady's fortune could come to her only upon her marriage. Her relatives had fixed upon a man who was particularly obnoxious to her. Still she wanted her fortune, and accordingly she cast her thought upon an old beggar man, to whom she had been generous for some years, and she under took to pay him 300 roubles if he would marry her and then straightway depart, never to see her any more. These conditions he cheerfully accepted, and the marriage took place, all the beggars of the town assembling to see the ceremony.