ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 88, 8 September 1863, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

WE DO NOT HOLD OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE TOR THB OPINIONS EXPKE9SED BY OUU CORRESPONDENTS. DUM V VIM US. VIVEMUS ! To the Editor of the In vercaraill Times. Sir, — Allow me through your columns, to c: l\ the attention of elderly widows). Spinsters of a ceitiin age, and the class of small capitalists generally, to a spocies of industry which has beon much neglected, which would suit their purses and capacities, and by the undertaking of which they would have the undying gratitude and weekly " washing " of a legion of amiably disposed young men. I allude to the keeping of respectable private lodgings. This description of establishment is within the writer's experience, entirely unknowu in this " loveliest village of the plain." Neither peace nor privacy, nor polished boots have hitherto been possible for him who is indisposed to embark in the dangerous speculation of keeping a house and a " sweet Anna Maria." The celibate has thus far been, compelled to have a cell in a monastery, whero the monks of the holy order of the Screw, are the niirht lone: communing 1 with spirits and singing c'launts by no means Gregorian. Or h^ has hod t > form one at the social mahogany of a Mrs. Todgers, who to her other amiable qualities, has aided a forgetfulness of buttons, and a partiality for her lodger's gin. Or he has been forced to livo away from the haunts of men, amidst water-rats, tinted Bedouins and fallen trees; where the voice of the milkman is dumb, and whither the hoof of t'iebutcher-bovs' horse has never penetrated. Or, in desperation he has been driven ti dwell with a friend who-ie children are ever squalling, whose cocks Bre ever crowing, whose wife has a voice, the' v«ry whisper of which, would have awnkened Rip Van Winkle years het'oro his time. For the ur>happy man accustomed to the lit tie comforts of an unmtrudt?d-upon snuggery, the abode of smoke aid study and rare engravings, such as 1 Sherry, Sir !" and " the Pride of the Harem," therfl are here but bar parlors; the Southland News, coarsest " nigger-head," and "harmonious blacksmiths." I say it in all humility— l may be wrong ; ii so. I shall be happy at a moment's notice to stand, or if an easy cbair be provided, sit cor- | rected. Yes — I say it, that respectable private i lodgings are, except crossing-sweepers and cats, the greatest social want in Invercargill ; and I will also aver that a very decent competence awaits the elderly widows and spinsters of a certain &c., &c, who shall undertake the cause of suffering young men in the way of ministering to their , woes with comfortable rooms, good fires, steaks j not always raw, beds made at any rate twice a ! week, milk occasionally, and clean table cloths ' sometimes. \ With the strong hope that my suggestions, aided by your powerful support, mny come home to the elderly widows and spinsters of a certain, &c, &c, I remain, Sir, yours obediently, Apocaltptus Gamp. To the Editor of the Invercargill Times. Sir, — Our magistrate here, I find, has the same difficulty to contend with as the R. M.'s have in mot other places in New Zealand, — that is the ! enforcing proper observance of discipline nnd respect to the Court from the solicitors, or barristers. I was glad to see the other day that his Worship very properly cheeked a young gentleman for stigmatising the magistrate's decision as " absurd." This very young Senior Barrister. I hope will take a lesson from this and bear in mind that Mr Price is a very old magistrate, and that, however " absurd" his decision may be, his (the Senior Barrister's) experience iv law previous to his making his debut hns never been much beyond clerkly duties. I truit that he has had the gratitude to privately thank the magistrate for accepting a rather abject apology in the place of incarcerating him for forty- eight hours. I might say more, but I j think the very young senior has discovered that politeness and deference to superiors loses nothing and gains a great deal. Yours truly, Govkmtm:kxt Officer. Invercargill, September sth, 1803. « . (To the Editor of the Invercargill Times.) SIR, — Now that the jurisdiction of theTlesident. Magistrate's Court is extended to £100, •would it not be as well to have a second J. P., or even a larger number on the bench, to give some assistance to our present Police Magistrate, whose work is certainly none of the lightest. Yours, A*c , An Atte.voant to-day. P. S. — Of what use are our J. P's., if they never put in an appearance on the Bench. ■ » (To the Editor of the Invercargill limes.) Sir, — A noble iord, speaking of an edifice within a certain diocese, as a " damp old church," in the Times the next morning, was made to niter an execration, instead of the simple adjective. On remonstrating with your great prototype, he was refused all redress on the ground that it was impossible he could have been misreportcd, and therefore the peer must have sworn in his place in the house. With this notable example before me, I have never questioned the infallibility of a reporter. Yet on reading your report of what I said at the "greit meeting for tcstiug the state of public opinion on the genuine sausage question nud the free importation of beef," 1 do not feel quite comfortable in having thrust upon mothe authorship of a very lame and ttacrilif^inus pun. It is evident the "devil" is at fault, for the right vowel has been dropped and another substituted in the wrong place. So far as I recollect the few remarks that I improvised, they were these — (following ft " knight of the junll,"} I said, the question under consideration idt'ccted both tho bodies and the soles of men, that, I could speak feelingly nn tothc former, nnd that tho descendant of " Crispin " who had prcceeoded me, could bonr me out in tho latter. 1 hoped however that the law restricting the importation of cattle would be al>ro«iit;d, nnd that, in the dovelopcincnt of native industry, » h an ivrtiolo of manufacture, wo would substantiate the old adage, thnt " there is nothing Hko leather." Hoping that Mr Kingslnnd nnd tho rest of llu.' ftonUomcn who formed tho deputation to tan Honor, wore not soul on n " bootless errand-" T am, Youth, &o. chakm2B w4.tt. Piinco of Wiilpr Hotel, lnvuicnrgill, 7th Sept', 18G3