A MANCHESTER MAN'S VIEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 2, 4 May 1872, Page 2

A MANCHESTER MAN'S VIEWS.

I - Waikato, April 30, ISJ2. *" Ayr Dkkl: s^m,— Tlrijj home iiz welTuz it leves me Vo want tu fi.no lieaw wer gitten on i' Waikato, un o' obeavvt us. , Aw'l tel yo uz wel u:z aw koii. The kuiitry is n foine un, sum on it—sum esn't. A giul deel on it i. ez, loike. Ciiat -Sloes ; yo ..kixo Cliat, Aloss —uz the, ' Iviveqnil un'Jtaik'Kesstur ralei\-de flotcs 'on—loike ' - thet. Toother-ez wat, they koin ; ritch loud, uu j griMz arriak o' stuf ez itr no yus aither fur mon ur • beest—funi, un sicli loiko, uu tea-tree. They koen , ; ntthet'eor titsoio gud to mak , tear.. Aw kno," fur" Jaw troid it, \m it wer nasty. Theez ur the natrul i I produkslnins. We'n got sniii gras ncaw uz wel. j J Uz fur th' peepul,. aw think ut inun be sed uz j i we'r a feightin' lot. "We'nHot dun no feightin', j 'cept vt'i' eawr.grub-; yer'd wwico <>' a chap ' j uz nct2i*iy hit "a o\vd"'oss" iiz freetent 'im wtin Heet j j wen lie war a century. Hβ wer thowt a deel on, I wer thet chap. But we'r alus reddy tu feight, al ! on us—niiiisher, yollenteers, un a soart o' hauf I sogers hauf pleecemen uz they koen konstabuls. j We'n not got so mony men neaw; aw ineyn proiyets, 1 but we'n got no end uv ofhshei-s. Lefteudunts un , captens un majers un kurnels ur uz' tliik i , this j kuntry uz blakberries ur wi , yo. Aw wundur heaw ; they Icon hike eech uther i' the fase wi'-einyt lafliii' at th'joke—sumtoimes they doo. ' . j We'n sich lots o' Guvermunt sarvants i' this , kuntry uv o' soarts uz yo'd wunder heaw they o" '

git pado. It's dun i' this rode : . Th' Guverniunt ; borros a lot o , 'brass, un pays o' its ofiisbers wi' it; I nu wen thet's dun it borros a lot moor brass to pay I tli interest o' the furst lot —nn moor offishers. ! We'r a peeeefull lot o , peepul, fur o' wot aw've } bin tellin' yo. We'n plenty o' justis ; aw meyn I justisses, to keep us strate. They mak o' sorts o' j chaps.justices'-i , thi& kitntry, so ixz ivry moh-k-on be j judged by his peers - un uz ivery w uin brings \ his oan law, we'r ehure to be roight. j We'r relijis, too. uv a soart. A. mony on ns j attends reglur at the korner chappils—wat yo koen 1 " publics." The" miniature, o'i'tjhis persvashun ur a 1 rum lot, but poplur, un draw ama:ziii'--bwoth beer j un brass. They mak',fortune i' no toime. . Thur.| an't mich 0' ony other koind uv religion to speyk | uv. But aw'l happen' tel yo sum moor aimther ' toime obeawt theez things un obeawt sosiety un I obeawt farmin' un ralerodes un a malt 0' things uz ; the ]>eepul ur gooin , to doo sum toime. This lettur's,: too lung oreddy, un awl stop. ' I 80 no more at present fro ' i .- , ; ... Thy affokshunet frond 'Aruy. ; F. ft.—lTeaw ur o' the folk i' Manchesstur '! i ....... i