Anybody's Coloum.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 202, 28 August 1869, Page 2

Anybody's Coloum.

ANSWERS TO COKKESPONDENTS. " Herald."— Earl Granville's motto is "Frangas non flectes" New Zealand politicians think it very appropriate. " Quibble." — Execrable. You have got into a very bad habit; you should remember that although a pun does not always justify a blow in return, still if a blow were given for such a cause, and death ensued, it would be quite competent' for the jury, if the pun were of a very aggravated character, to return a verdict of justifiable homicide. " Cocoon." — The principal silk - producing countries are Spain, the south of France, the Levant, Persia, China, and the East Indies. We hope some day to be able to include New Zealand. *' J.M." — The battle of Corunna was fought on. 16th January, 1809. M.A.T. — In England, persons giving false characters to servants are liable to a penalty of £20. We do not know how the law stands here. "Amans." — You are evidently very soft. Here is a piece of advice, not original, but very appropriate to your case. When a young female wears a flat circular side-curl gummed on each temple; when she walks with a male, not arm in arm, but his arm against the back of hers; and when she says, "Yes?" with the note of interrogation, 70a are generally safe in asking her wliat wages she gets, and who the "feller" was you saw her with. Think over this.

In the discussion of the Maori war by the English press, a want of knowledge of the geography of New Zealand has been exhibited enough to make friends of the colonies almost despair. This ignorance is as wide-spread as it is lamentable. The newspapers seem to think that the whole of New Zealand forms one island, and that, because there are 200,000 Europeans in the colony, they ought to be able to deal very cavalierly with 40,000 natives. English editors persistently forget that, the Maoris are confined to the Northern Island, where their situation and ciream- . stances give them, every advantage in warlike operations*— European Mail.

The facility with which the marriage tie ' may be dissolved in some parts of the United States is illustrated in the story of an. Ohio woman, as related by the Cleveland Herald. This woman's married life began in 1861, when her husband enlisted in the Union army, and was killed at Bull's Run. Within a week she married another man, who was killed shortly afterwards in a street brawl. As she returned home from the funeral, much admiring her good fortune, No. 3 proposed to her, and the next day they were married. She did not like this one, and as he seemed rather tardy iu following the example of his predecessors, she sued for a divorce and gained it. A few months passed and she married again, but once, more the courts were iuvoked to dissolve the tie. This brings the romance of love down to May, 1867, when No. 5 married the experienced wife, but after two months she disposed of him with the aid of the friendly Divorce Court. She re-married, was again divorced, and in February, 1868, married No. 7. This union lasted a year, when the persevering wife applied for another divorce, " and she is now anxiously waiting for No. 8." A better client than this no lawyer practising; in the Divorce Courts could desire. Her daughter by adoption is said to be likely to eclipse the reputation of of the mother. In 1867 she married a brother of her mother's husband, " thus," as the Cleveland paper truly says, " mixing up the relation question fearfully." But she was capricious in her tastes, obtained a divorce, and married her second husband on the day her mother married No. 7. By the last accounts she had just been left a " grass widow," at the age of 17. This interesting family would be a credit even to Chicago. Land Saxes. — Mr John R. Mabin sold to-day some parcels of land, by order of the directors of the Permanent Building Society. There was a fair attendance, but the bidding was slack. Town acre No. 286, in Murphy-street, was knocked down for £8. A part of town acre No. 623 corner of Waimea and Bronti-streets, with building thereon, fetched £50. An allotment, with building, in Bridge-street, was bought in by the Society for £130.