The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 83, 12 February 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.

It is very grievous to us to say one word in disparagement of any membor of that sex which mankind chivalrously characterises as the fair one, We know that lie who docs so is rash and unwise, and places in jeopardy Ins reputation and tranquility; but occasionally it may be the duty of the journalist to venture to pass the Rubicon and mildly but firmly intimate to some of those who are of course tho never-failing objects of our admiration and regard, that they might in some respect or other be capable of improvement, The danger of breaking ground in this direction is perhaps less when one alludes not to any particular ornament of our social world, but to a collective number of them; but even in the latter case Ave think it prudent to commence by a general and unreserved apology, and a promise, if necessary, to retract every word which Ave are about to utter. It is with a certain amount of regret that we feel bound to admit that the farmers' wives of the Waivarapa are hardly equal to the farmers' wives of Canterbury, About one farmer's wife in the Wairarapa out of three makes good butter, about one out of six cures good ham and bacon, and about one out of twelve turns out good cheese. In Canterbury it might be said that not one in time makes bad butter, not one in six inferior bacon, and not one in twelve indifferent cheese, Most people must know the flavor of the bulk of the butter, bacon, and cheese turned out in this district, the former a little pallid and streaky, and occasionally a little gritty, with n somewhat marked deficiency of flavor. The bacon is usually briny to a fault, and it is either very fat—and that fat of a soft, blubbcry texture—or it is very thin, and very dry, and very lean. The cheese, too, is never very firm, sometimes not very sweet, and never very fine in flavor. We are sceptical whether good cheeses or good hams are made in the Wairarapa, although if any lady wishes to prove we are mistaken by sending us a good one, wc are quite open to conviction, A very large quantity of Canterbury cheese and Canterbury hams and bacon is imported into this district, and the purchaser at a store usually finds in them an utter absence of the distinguishing traits which characterise the local article. How is it there is such a marked difference in Wairarapa and Canterbury produce 1 la it a difference in the pasture or a difference in the atmosphere 1 Wo would not be at all surprised if one of the fair sex answered both queries boldly and decidedly in the affirmative, but as journalists wc could not admit such an explanation of the dis-. crepancy. We can quite understand, too, that the glide wives of the district should lay all the blame on those who, by gentle irony, are termed their lords and masters, There may be something in this, but still we imagine there is hardly enough. We fear that there is a want of care and thrift among the farmers' wives of the Wairarapa, and some lack of pride in their dairies, that they should let their sisters down South beat them by such long chalks. Is it fair for long-suffering men to have to cat week after week all the year round inferior food, when by a.little patience and attention it could be superseded by a more wholesome article ! We dar6 not pursue the subject further, We have perhaps already said too much, and can only hope that our gentle warning, if it be not attended to, will in time be forgotten or forgiven,

A meeting of the Council of Wairarapa West takes place this morning, To-morrow being the first day of the Wairarapa Races, there will he no publication of the Waikaisai'a Daily. • On Friday it will appear as usual—one day's racing being sufficient for poor printers.

We call attention to an advertisement of an illustrated work in another column called "The History of the Sea." It comes out under very strong recommendations, and no doubt the canvasser for it in the Wairarapa district will succeed in readily disposing of a large number of copies.

Tho House Committee of the Masterion Hospital meets this afternoon, It is hoped that there will be a full attendance, as public attention has been for the last few clays drawn in a very pointed manner to this institution, and more than ordinary business claims the attention committee, ;. /

The Masterton (School Committee meet to-morrow afternoon at 3 p.m. The first sale in the new sale yards at FeathcrstMi takes place on the 2Cth inst, We call attention to ,a Halo of podigree 3tock advertised in another column by Messrs Bethune and Hunter,. Mr H. H. Jackson of Stonestead has been roturned without opposition for the Greytowii Hiding of Wairarapa County

The Toll gato over thoHutfc Bridge has boon removed, This happened on the Ist inst therefore the crowd to the races escaped one demand to stand and deliver.

We have it on the best authority that tlio telegrams which liavo appeared in the Now Zealand Times, with regard to Eewi's treatment of .Government officials, are without foundation.

At a vestry meoting of St Lukes Church Greytown, held at the Town Hall, it was unanimously resolved " that a vote of thanks be accorded .to Mr Payton, for' his past services as lay reader, At a meeting of the Greytown Volunteers on Monday evening called for the purpose of electing a sub Leutenant in the place of Mr E. A. Campbell resigned, it was resolved to let the matter stand over till a future meeting with the viow of having a larger attendance.

It has been suggested that the building formerly occupied as an office by Messrs Dalrymplo & Co. would make an excellent station for the Masterton fire-engine Wo approve of the idea, and trust for'the sake of the Brigade and the tinder in the building wo allude to, that it will be carried out.

A meeting of the Masterton Library Committee was held yesterday afternoon. President Messrs Feist, McGregor, Renall, Teakle and Murray. The Eev Mr Tealde having been appointed to the chair pro tern, Mr Foist was. elected chairman for the ensuing twelve months on the motion of Mr McGregor. It was decided that the Library should be opened on Monday 17th and that Messrs McGregor and Bennett, should be-appointed a furnishing committee to furnish the two front rooms. Mrs Bennett the custodian was authorised to collect subscriptions, Mr Teakle was elected Hon. Sec. to the Committee and a code of rules was adopted and ordered to be printed, Mr Murray gave notice that he would move at the next meeting that the reading room be open from 2 to Son Sundays. Tho meeting then adjourned to that day fortnight at 3 p.m.,