Flotsam and Fetsam.

Otago Witness, Issue 1332, 9 June 1877, Page 14

Flotsam and Fetsam.

Si quid novtei rectiutittii - Candidas imptrti- si nmi hit tUeremecum."If you -know anything? better than thete remarks of mine, kindly tell me; if not, use these with me." " " - 1 •'■-'-' l '

; - Dr'Bake'weirmay Kdve.^^ry; blunt way of writing,^^ but'certauiiy,^ and beyond all doubt, there is no - mistake about his h ss n S *W r V|f y t n>il;.oii; the Head that he aims' at. His definition of squp.willfdo hia illustration of the water supplied by the~-Coirp~Oßrtipn~wttrap^^^ hit at the outburst 6i Cbrporatiori' piety will do best of aIL When the Scotch ministers; /asked for 'la 'dayil&inatfoiiid. humiliation from Lord ji Palmera^oii, t ?jie was dubbed heretic^because he told'tiiein to cultivate cleanliness, and look after sanitary regulations. I have riever'baen accustomed to loot with reyere^nce.cj r n v jme bankrupt. who.proposedytoopeiijtneJfirst ■meeting- of his outraged creditors with .prayer^ but I don't think all the absurdities of all the ' Churches, &c, are worse' than the Corporation * laying* J tlie bursting 1 6f the pipes on "Go^^and'an an outburst of hypocritical' piety that their supineness J was >1! "lihe u ' ! act* : 'of God." ;; ;• ;; / " Z v.v !' Two excitements, I am told/filled 'the breasts of certain worshippers at ja, certain church at a quarter before eight^oni Sunday, night last. True,- the* sermon ,'wks Spiirgeoriesque to a thrilling extent;' but then' 1 the fire-bell was ringing, and it "might be .'fmyain little place." Some staid," chanced the'burning of the babies at home, but made .sure \pl the, words, that burn at. church. ;.ByJ' l tlie way^ "what an opportunity^ ■■ 105t. , , ' «*', Listen, brethren, 'tis the voice warning you cpncerningr-the fire that^burnefch— Ac. - - ":i-!^L J.~..J^. . h gannot jj>utf drop, .axtear 'fpyercthoise dear grey.^raesjthatcdrgwOthe ladies oiiDunedin round -the city with -such— ease. A certaincelebfated auctioneer ii recorded to have sold a lady's horse, at Balclutha once in these 'terms : V Quietp.she.us, jfand gentle and; easy ; I will -warrant her to carry a lady up' to , the, very?h{)ur/bfJh S 6r confinement.'.' , Sou.iwould -Fitzgerald's horses do just that. . v. . . • . • ,; >-*ahsi

The defence. of,, the. D.V.F.B: -against those unkind and untrue reporters of the Daily Tftne3 is worthy,; of being recorded. So long as the members ;, confined their attention' to pitching, into the Press, they came off very well indeed ; ' when'it'came to pitching; into .each 1 fother,'/ they cut.quite, auchva .dash:' I- divide the opinion oftthe Press' and the opinions.^pf the members J into two, sections^ The members gave, us the cause of the;confusion at the fire,tthe Press gave us the results. When captains run about swearing, even though itVas like Marryatt'a heroine, ever such a -little.<one,;,and when the lieutenant is invisible' for an evening, then it is at least likely" that", the Fire Brigade would^ prove no ; good at their work. Mr Gawn appeared to ! be the 'enfant terrible of < this "unhappy' family. He told the captain that he did too much at the fire, and- that he ought not to have given the Press some amount of ; reason for paying what it clid. This,!-be<it remembered, after the Brigade had deter- | mined to ask an apology from, the Times for telling, the trutli. 1 ; Mr Grawn was sort of sat upon for, Opening "his? mouth' "not at the proper time" — that is, we suppose, for talking about facts before the reporters. There seems a good deal to conceal about the -Brigade dodges, but while they have a member to Italk likejGawn