Concerning Featherston.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1663, 21 January 1885, Page 3

Concerning Featherston.

f- th, h j. <-t ?/■ Sm,k; ;,d. Si a, —I am like th: emulous ■tarn ■ d proverbial memory , I must hive the- last word. anJ oi course if mv csaitel tii-uid " Fiat Jostitia " thinks tit m hi« nasil organ, and take what he e insiders & higher Sight. I wiil not further disturb his ethereal soarings t lut. -a? it tw - at least to enter into & eonMovc-rsy, i; re-pures I tV.re i'. m-'u-tbano ie t-- ie.- 'ive to c-.'ic’.udt: the <a-uc; >•■ ascnliisiutc h*s dvepred th-’ eu Lv-L I now oa my si le. as hi m ike this the last effusion d none urn the subject, In qnotinc the mystic characters • B N.Z " in his la?! and hi >1 one, I am at a dkadvint-me to be able to fathom hi? meaning n= to mv coni'i*’tion with hi-r.vlvcliies. without I.v die chir.iot> is 8.N.Z.. Iki i.khus IV uccahh-. but NrVrr Zeal' ns : if such is th-> e !.«•». I deny 11 ■a- uu iiion bn; c-mce '■ ' ■'■■■' ! • art li a - ; Vo— o ti-. As in id- I think Wit'a i' f.u; tint tl; ■"uV Ik ■‘raises t;-- hi--" hr lies n*. pa, ■: >ri: !v apply the reme iy. Asti putting hand in his pot-kt-r, I .nn rd -it h-- d---*-?, and al-o keep? it tmre. N - ■ i - with sol*mn gravity, we do not reallv want nf-v-.-j----pap. r war! or ,;uu- -.v, *,i rocket -’s-i'ta’ace What we want at the time pr.-sent >< r. *1 earnest wi-li direttnl eneicv and uni'on_! stamp out adiu- and dismal vi-iiatKii, which is just now sh awing it? Hydra hea led and loathsome and a:-a insidious form mth ■ midst of our little community. I tefer to the diitiaem scomge. Pres any man fn” r realise the extent .-I the -lev istation ilia* in>” ensue:' Can any one <•; us fe-.-l s- cure wh: the snireptith :..s pbi.we is nvwhim amu- -1 our lack doors, or mn euteiioc int-a our nostrils from .mr drawing-room windows, I called ta see a neighb -ur a few days arm . I do not wish t > make any invid : ou« cooments. Inti tm-nght flora the foul st a ; arising fr.-m the nick prendses. : h- t "o* .. the Inspect -r Xir-ci.’K Lr th.*- w.r ■ Town Eoatii. of whirh I -I - it* t nappe t to sianiiiiir, might w, l; r : :h-ha in-'v-*- ■ nous rxi rtioos to ~t on. s *-u ir o-m: ’ V "■ ti-i.n - I tor :<■; :.i- of ii; ■ it .li iv'Or , W',| Vr - .SO , hj .hits, si -hi » GUI ;V-; o - .. J : ... 1- ; i'.’o--; '■ -- y nip-. 1: on o .n.t •'. I. t ! K a t b.u'd: at la trvo'is'-oV.'irUss. :n; l I s;v*.V h' mv hit oh hj r-hKiaii l‘V‘m^;-t.s.''a i d'u-r',ll'’- : -o c.r.i -li i its ‘ 1 -hr Hi ’ the ’ - i etti-triK .. tsi •- ■ it ,-I'ii s f oti; r ! > -thi' r.;L .ic O', i -~t -is awr-y -.00 by 0; 0 r-ur pir i -a? -h*. i 1 -r. *- -I hj .or.-- a- I 1 -penr - iv-maiaj.-r * i . u. a.a-s. with a c mi.ev at .ro h-aits I.ever t.j hj ■ ic-a-t -1 uvh i-.e ir.cyi trl.-h- ir-ii-cih it .is ( ,;r r imf.- to etrf-.-r the ra- ksof the po at mrj -r; - y, vo.rre In-p.-ef-'rs of Nuisinees cuw fr’-m troubling, and nil existina' iir-oii.-r,.- of ih-tvii B osls will s -niedaybeat rest. I say artain that the time is not now for 11= to l e a divided nod f-llow-criticising c immunity, but let us s.et to work and with a will, let onr drains be rigorously 1 inspected, and where required doo lerised. and not a vestige of contamination or contagious encouragements be allowed to exist within oar boundaries, to that the townspeople any wove about, and breathe with freedom, well satisfied that every precaution has been taken to relieve us from the scourge. Then and not tiil then will i c- the time f--r the “ AntiHaiiibnis," "Flit -lastitia’s,” an 1 “Fiat Lax's" to re-engage in frivolities, nod in the piping times cf iif-Ith and secuiity find 11s some food for excitement and amusement, and with these words sir, from a very bumble pen, I will now drop my title of AMi-HfMfim-Featberston, January 17, l' s '>.