The Wanderer’s Return.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2058, 22 April 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Wanderer’s Return.

“How cold mum my passion blows tbc wind, Over the old sweet fields—so sweet that I Could wander more, yet for all memory Xot sweet enough, beloved, ah I have I sinned, That all but these dumb fields looks so unkind, .And I, without e'en one familiar face, Must sec the darkness in the sunny place, And set my feet here, wandering still in mind Then glancing up, if heaven might look sweet Cpon his sorrow, one bright star he spied, I’ut as he gazed his hungry eyes grew dim, And the star seemed so many worlds from him. Heart sick, he fumed; and hi the pool beside, Lol the same star was shining at his feet. Adulteration-— No one can deny that adulteration is a swindle, and it should not be permitted except, the manufacturer stamps the character of the article on the package. There is no objection to c-dton in woollen cloth, if (he article be labelled and sold for cotton mix. Nor is there any objection to chicory in coffee, if people know it is there, and are willing to buy it. We should have some strict laws in this country against swindling adulteration, and heavy penalties for their violation. If a man can t be punished for chopping coffee berries out of chicory, a farmer shouldn't be lined for putting stones in bis wool, to make it weigh heavier. Over in Kugland they have a good law, under which government analyzers are appointed in nearly every town, and it is their duty, on application, to analyze, fora small fee, any article the purity of which is suspected, lie is required to make a record of this analysis, and to take all precautions against, injustice to either seller or buyer. In totrmany the inspection service is i borough and searching,and when umerchant is caught handling impure goods, he must either tell where he purchased them or have his shop closed up. In this country we need some such laws,