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Western Star, Issue 99, 2 October 1875, Page 7

Most- any' sort of a ; fight- between* men is a-c\o-ill.;. There'is-a well-known story of two scavengers who,, wjien proceeding at early dawn to the scene of their labours, picked up-&, sovereign by some careless reveller over night. Elated; with their prize, they turned into the first tavern, they’found open, and, resolving to be as good as their belters .fop. once in their lives, ordered the.. ■ yawning and sleeping-potboy behind the has-to,) . supply them bottle of port wine. Gtmmbliiig and wondering at their demand, the bottle was eventually rummaged out from the cellar by. him, and a ccuple-.of glasses were at once? filled; sniffed, tasted, and emptied. Each looked at the other, with a. wry face. “-Well, if that’s what the quality drink, I can’t say much for their . tipple,’’ said one, whilst Ids companion suggested it might mix-better with boor, and accordingly the pout was washed down by the. aid, of-half agallon of porter. The pair of connoisseurs then retired-affocted witlu a, thirst that continued draughts failed to quench, and which only helped to confirm their opinion as to the aristocratic. * nature of the beverage they had-imbibed. Onq the landlord coining down,, and being informed., of the transaction, 'heyrated' the boy for his stupidity in having given the men a strong bottle* o.f widnut ketchup, which his .wife had made a fevst 'days., before.. Much the same kind of ignorance a? was exhibited by the scavengers with., regard to port used to prevail among the general public where pure natural whies were concerned. The taste for these can only be said to have-, spread since the .reduction of duty in 1860 afforded every one-nil .opportunity of comparing the light, fresh-tasting*vintages of France with , the strongly-fortified wines. olpSpgin and Porta-, 'cr.il, to which the bulk of wine drinkers in this, country had been almost exclusively accustomed. Yea>- by year thq former hare steadily advanced in public estimation, aud now large associations, having alike special,knowledge and ample capital at command, are continually being formed for the purpose of supplying pure natural wines, at reasonable rates. Foremost among these is the Apollinaris Company, the p.uijity of -whose agree.-., able flavoured ceratecl water has been so satisfactorily established.. Within .the last few months they have been turning, their .attention to tbg_. supplying of wines equally pure, selected in every instance with judgment on the spot, and suitable either for mixing with their fresh-tasting sparkling water, or for separate consumption,— Ifome paper. The following is what the Cincinatti Trade. List thinks of those characters who complain of their local paper, and instead of helping .to support it, send off for large papers,, aud thus helpto sustain them : —A gentleman-, writes* to , us that his home paper is so poor-that ho has stopped taking it; therefore sends us three dollars for the Trade List. We repeat>wo.don't want subscribers on these terras. A man’s town. paper is worth more to him, than any other, paper in the world, or, if it is not* itus-his fault* If the paper is properly encouraged,, it may be,, relic i upon for information of"more value.to, 'the people in whose interest it is issued that cam. be found in all the city papers., in. the United. States. No one can afford to stop tho paper, that publishes the official advertisements of his own town—the public sales, market, and other local intelligence. If the paper is poor the peopla are more at fault than the publishers, for ust giving liberal patronage. However poor the paper may be, it is always worth more than it costs, to those interested in affairs of the ,*