THE FARMER.

SETTING EGGS. As a rule, the less sitting hens ar e inter fered with the better. Stolen fruit is the sweetest, and in much the same way stolen nests turn out most successful. Nevertheless, a little attention to detail does much good. Fowls are more apt to regard present appearances than future contingencies, and not infrequently find out the mistake too late to apply a remedy. A hen has'hoen known to steal a nest and start busijjfcs on the top of a hay loft, for getful of to fact that ladders were made for men and not chickens, and as she hatched the eggs her little ones came to grief. However, if a reliable hen steals a com fortable nest in a well sheltered spot, such as a nook under a hedge, leave her alone, and she will bring out a brood far better than if she had studied all the set rules of “ Wright’s Book of Poultry.” Find out where she goes after feeding, mark the spot quietly, and if necessary, when she goes off for her periodical dust-bath anc feed, gently substitute your choice lot of eggs for her surreptitious sitting. A little sulphur sprinkled over the nest will create dissension in the family circle of the lice located there, and a pan of water should be placed where the hen can get access to it in a shady place. If it is necessary to set a hen in the ordinary way, a clean whitewashed box not too roomy should bo obtained, and about four or five inches of moist earth put in the bottom. Over that some clean fresh hay not too long, or it will get entangled in her legs, should be arranged, with a slight hollow in the middle. Good-sized well-formed eggs, the fresher the better, should form the sitting —seven, eleven, thirteen, or fifteen in number, according to the size and spread ing capacity of the hen. The eggs should be marked right round with a pencil, and bear the date and initials of the breed upon them. At the time of setting, a memo, of the date, breed, number of eggs, and the name of the hen, should be made for guidance. Before setting a hen, care should be taken to see that she is :v good, steady, healthy bird. A few days’ trial on china eggs is not a bad precau tion. If she develops her motherly ten dencies over these dummies with commend able prudence for three days, coming off and returning at regular intervals, she can he trusted. It is sometimes neces sary to lift a hen off to feed every day, as some are so anxious to carry out their duties that they stick constantly to the nest. It is, however, far better to let them “gang theiraingait,” as they know by ins duct how far to go and how to act. Give a sitting hen a fair chance and she will render a good account. Watch when she goes off, and give a look at the eggs, removing any that are broken, but never disturb the sitter if it can be helped. If any of the valuable eggs are slightly cracked by accident a piece of postage stamp or any gummed paper wetted and put over the fracture will probably pre serve to. the poultry world a chicken. Eggs should be kept clean, and that can be done by gently wiping them with a cloth damped in tepid water. Eggs get covered sometimes with the yolk of broken ones, and this should always be wiped off in the way described. A hen should never be fed on the nest, as it is essential that she should come off at times so as to allow the foul air to escape and enable the tem perature of the eggs to lower and admit a little air to the interior. Eggs sat on dead-on-end seldom hatch, or if they do the chicks are sure to he weak. Replac ing the old straw with fresh once or twice during sitting is not a bad idea, but it must be very carefully done. With good food, clean freshwater never stinted, and no bothering, a hen ought to hatch out a good clutch of strong healthy chickens in twenty or twenty-one days. The last.day or two she will probably stick close tofff 'est, as her instinct tells her it is a critical period, and she ought not to be interfered with. The instinct of these poor faithful feathered mothers is wonderful. In wet damp weather no temptation in the shape of food, no amount of inconvenience will induce a good-jitter to leave her nest, and in hot sultry days she regulates her work with equal judiciousness, remaining off a little longer. Her patiently borne monotonous task ended, she is as careful in her manage ment of the piping brood of fractious youngsters she tends and caters for so proudly. PURIFYING RANCID BUTTER. Calvin Peek some ten years ago ob tained a patent for restoring and preserv ing butter ; his invention relates to a new process for purifying butter, having es pecial reference to arresting fermentation and restoring rancid butter. His process consists in melting the butter in a clean vessel under a slow and regular heat, and while it is melting he adds two ounces of pulverised alum to every five pounds of butter, the butter being stirred gently while melting. When thoroughly melted it is strained through a fine strainer into clean cold water. The butter will rise to the surface quite pure and transparent, the alum coagulates the albumen, the caseine, and other foreign matter, all of which are retained in the strainer, leaving the butter perfectly pure and clean, and of uniform consistency. When the butter is sufficiently cool to be in good working order, it is carefully taken out and thoroughly worked, adding to each five pounds of butter three ounces of good dairy salt, one ounce of clean salt petre, and one ounce of pulverised white sugar. The butter is then packed in clean vessels and is fit for use. By covering it in a strong brine and keeping it in a cool place, it is claimed it will remain sweet for any desired length of time. A prope rs to the above a correspondent in “Land and Water” answers an in quirer in its columns who wants to know howto sweeten rancidbutter, asfollows : If her butter is very had, promises the writer, I cannot promise that the following plan will entiiely restore it ; hut I can at least, describe a process which I once watched at an agricultural show, where a machine for washing butter was at work and where some very horribly odorous butter was in a few minutes rendered edible. It did its -work very quickly and by the simple turning of a handle, and the same sort of process might bo accomplished by means of a wire sieve or a strainer anywhere. The butter was forced through a finely perforated x'eceptaclo into a large tub of fresh cold water, it came rapidly raining clown in a pne capilliform shower, lying upon the clear water in a tangle of golden filaments, singularly beautiful, till the water was all covered with them. When the whole lump had been thus transformed into yellow threads, they were stirred arid beaten about in the water with a wooden benter ; then collected and pressed into a fresh lump of greatly improved appear ance, and again, forced through the ma chine in another shower of delicate fila ments. This process was repeated several times, till the butter had been washed litera|ly through and through. JUNGLE AN MILK CANS. ItTnay not he generally known that cans that are not kept thoroughly clean are liable to impart to the milk a dangerous form entire poison. Yery recently a case occurred in London where a family suffered an attack of sickness and purging immediately after partaking of the usual morning’s milk. A physician was called in,A|bretraced the cause of the attack to tSfffnrty cans from which the milk had been taken. Dr. Muter, in his report of the case, says the milk delivered to him •was in the can in which it came, and also a larger amount of the same milk which had been boiled was likewise submitted. From the latter he made a careful search

for poisons, but with a negative result. On opening the can he was struck by the foul smell which emanated from it, and on putting the milk under the microscope ho found nothing which indicated disease, but noticed some bodies which ap peared to be fungoid cells. He then turned his attention to the can, and found that the smell, although partly com municated to the milk, really existed chiefly in that vessel. On washing the can he obtained decided j’.ppearancs of fungoid growths and some bacteria adher ing to the joints, which wore entirely filled by a mass of decomposing milk constituents. He at once concluded that the milk had been rendered poisonous by being placed in this dirty can, and he re ported according!;.-. His conclusion is that ' a poison, probably of a fungoid nature, can form in milk vessels when they have had the milk hardening in them and are only given a prefunctory rinse. We think that selling skim milk or milk adulterated with water is a virtue as com pared with milk brought to our doors in dirty cans. Wo are not in favor of in creasing the class of public officers known as inspectors, but a rigid official examina tion of the milk cans brought into our cities, made at frequent but irregular periods, wo think, would ,be eminently salutary. Cans on their return from the cities should always undergo a thorough scouring and scalding before being again filled. It is a poor excuse for the farmer that his cans are kept so long on the read that he has no time to clean them. Tltey should bo bright and shine both inside and outside every time they leave the dairy farm. NEW" ZEALAND FARMERS. Under this head the “Hawke’s Bay Mercury ” writes : The New Zealand Farmers have got the name of doing their work in a very slovenly and careless manner. This is mainly attributable to the majority of them (the smaller class of farmers we refer to) starting with a very little capital : but when they have got once fairly started we fail to see this state of tilings should still remain. There is no doubt that, by care ful and judicious management, many of the farms at present in occupation might bo made to bring in a far greater return than they do now. The fanner may pos sibly agree, but Ira will doubtless say that the increased labor necessary to do so would not cover the extra return. 'Ye , wish to show that it may be done without ; extra labor, and that the. labor at present employed on the farms would be quite sufficient to bring in this increase. How many farmers rely entirely upon their harvests to pay all their expenses, and carry thorn on to the succeeding year I If that harvest fail them, where arc they ! most likely ruined, or going deeper into 1 debt, in the anticipation of a succeeding harvest recouping them for their losses. In our opinion it is necessary for the sue- : cessful working of a farm, besides growing < grain that a little of every tiling should be kept, for tire following reason;; : —Cows, for by their produce a number of pigs may be i fed, ealves reared, and butter sold, which are returns independent of the harvest ; ; sheep also, for a return can bo made from i their wool, lambs, and the improved con dition of the land by their manure ; pigs and fowls are also necessary to a well conducted farm. Independently of the ; extra profit made by these animals, the land will be benefited by the manure, and ; the farmer would also bo able to rest in rotation the whole of his farm, and not : have to find (as so many do) that at the end of five years their lands are run out, i and grow but a mass of sorrel. To those about to start on new farms, and with the increased facility offered by the Govern ment under the deferred payment system we do not doubt that many will start, to them these remarks may be useful, and if carried out we should hear less of agri cultural failures because grain happened to bo at a low price, for by these means the farmer would not be entirely depen dent upon his harvest to recoup him for his time and labor. The antidote we offer for the slovenly style at present in vogue may he conveyed in an old adage, and which the farmers would do well to lay to heart, “ every"'little nratvesr-- a"" muckle,” for it is the neglect of small things and small savings that is the whole cause of our present style of slovenly and careless farming. Valuable Cows.— Evidence in favor of the little, scrawny Jersey cows is con stantly accumulating. Not long since a gentleman who had for years enjoyed a reputation for always selling good butter found his customers leaving. On inquiry as to the cause he found that it was the owner of a herd of grade Jerseys that had supplanted his product in the estimation of some of his best customers. Our grade Jerseys satisfy ns of their superiority as butter cows. The Decatur (111.) “ Re publican ’’ also mentions this stock favor ably in the following notice : —Mr. V. Barber, one of Macon county’s most suc cessful farmers and stock breeders, resid ing four miles north of Decatur, owns a very remarkable two-year-old Jersey milch cow. She was tested last week, and it was discovered that on each of the six days she gave thirty-throe pounds of milk, or four gallons daily-—tiro daily per cent of cream being ten. Tins young cow alone produces twelve and a half pounds of the finest axrd sweetest butter weekly. Wo doubt if there is another young cow in tire country that can show as good a rosord as the above. Getting Ready in Time.— We have frequently called attention to tho waste of time that is incurred in running to the blacksmith's shop during tho busy season to got broken machinery repaired, or to get an extra bolt in the place of one broken. A half day lost during haying and harvesting by the sudden giving way of a portion of the machinery may bo quite expensive. All farm machinery should be carefully examined a few weeks before it is wanted for use, in order that broken or defective pieces may be replaced or repaired. Manufacturers arc improv ing their machinery every year, and there is less breakage than formerly, yot acci dents will happen. There should always be extra bolts, knives, nuts, &c., and, when one of the extras is used, another should beat once purchased. As reapers and mowers arc now constructed, almost any one can substitute new parts for those broken or worn out.

THE CITY OF CABUL.

❖ Tiro Bala Hissar of Cabul comprises two portions ; one is the Bala Hissar Bala, or upper citadel; and the Bala Hissar- Pahin, or the lower fortress—Pahin meaning -‘lower,” and is a common word as well as Bala, combined with Afghan names of villages. The Bala Hissar- Pahin contains about a thousand houses. It is also divided into its Mallas, or quarters. One is called the Malla Araba, from an Arabic population ; another is the Malla Habashi, from its inhabitants being descendants of negroes ; and another is the Alalia Armani, from its Armenian residents. These tell something of the very great variety among the dwellers in Cabul. Timoor Shah, who began his ream in 1773, built a palace in the lower citadel, where it forms a part of the walls. There were also without the walls a num ber of structures belonging to this palace, which the Baraokzias have simply allowed to go to ruin, for they were monuments of their hereditary enimies, Suddozias. Among these is the Eadshah Musjid, and near it is an old tree, now withered, and the Cabulese point to it as having become so from tho number of perjuries which have taken place under its branches, and they have a kind of superstitious horror in regard to it from the various, crimes and yillianics it has been the witness of,

There used to be seven gates to Cabul. These were the Lahore gate, the Sirdar gate, the Jabur gate, the Muzzling gate the Dob, Afghan Gate, the Guzzar Gall Gate, and the Pet Gate. The most of these are now closed up. The Lahore Gate still remains. The Ivohistan Gate, on the north, from which the road passes out leading to the mountains, as the name implies, is seem ingly a newer name, as it is not among taeso older ones. It was about three miles away from the oily on this road that the .British cantonments and Sir William Macnagliten’s Residency stood, of which there now remains scarce a vestige to mark the spot. The houses were built of mud and wood, and such materials soon dis appeared when a place is left iminhabit' , d. The Cabal River passes a gorge formed by the two hill ranges on the west, already mentioned, and flows through the centre of the town. At this gorge the walls and towers of defence come down on each side and join to a fortified bridge, with which is attached t’ne name of Birclar Jehan, by whom the linos of walls over the hills were constructed. The principal bridge is about the centre of the town. Opposite the Residency there was another bridge, audit was at a spot, on the left bank of the river, between these two last-named bridges that Sir William Macnaghton met Akbar Khan by appointment when tiic former was so treacherously murdered. Immediately after the river passes out from the eastern wall of the city the canal of Morad Khani begins. This runs paral lel to the river, and passes along on the old English cantonments. Close to this, bat slightly westward, are the Bemaru heights, and cm the eastern side of the river are the Siah Sough heights. Cabal is proud of its bazaars. The principal one is called Bazaar Dunvaza Lahori, from the street connecting it with the Lahore Gate. The west-era end of this is called the Char Chouk, from its f our covered arcades. The construction of t!ic bazaar is attributed to Ali Mirdan Khan, of the time of Bhah Jehan, and to whom are attributed nearly all the archi: tectural buildings of Afghanistan. This market is described with such words as magnificent and handsome, and is em bellished with pictures, while there are wells and fountains in it whore those who are thirsty may drink. The Shore Bazaar is situated nearer to the Bala liissar, and is of considerable size and importance. In these bazaars may bo got all the kinds of fruits for which Af ghanistan is noted—melons, grapes, cherries, apples, mulberries, Ac. .Dried, fruits are also plentiful. Wine is still made as it was in the days of Baber, and it is also imbibed, in spite of the pro hibition of the Koran. Cabul and its b izaars are also noted for their cookery. The quality and flavor of its various kinds of kabobs are spoken of by the Afghans with a gusto which makes one desire to taste and try. A “ kabob,’’ it may bo mentioned, is any [deco of meat iwhich is cooked by being roasted before the (ire. Most people who have travelled in the East limit their notions of kabobs to what they see in Turkey ; but a fowl or a log of mutton when roasted is a kabob. Af ghanistan is again noted for another splendid disli—that is, a pillow. This triumph of cookery should bo a lamb, its inside cleaned out and tilled up with rice, plums, and various spices, then sowed up again and roasted whole, without remov ing the wool. A Cabules'3 utters a. sonorous “Lismillah ” whan ho extends his hand, and inserts his lingers to get the first mouthful of such a dish. The winter in Cabul is very cold. The snow covers the ground for a considerable time nd the people shovel the snow from tl r .op of the flat houses into the narrow „eets, whore it remains protected from the sun, and these thoroughfares become impassable masses of mud and filth. The people at tins season of the year do but little. It is a period of easy idleness. They live upon the dried fruits of the previous summer, and sit round a sanduli, where they eat, sleep, and exist in a hibernal state, something like the dor mouse. Tne sanduli is a vessel to hold Are, with the poorer people it is simply a hole in the ground, and charcoal is generally used as fuel. Over this is QflacecV'a table,- on which food or other refreshment can be laid at meal times. Quilts, loonghis, or anything approaching the size of a sheet, is placed on the table, and extend over the knees of those sitting round, and thus the heat of the sanduli is preserved. When they wish to sleep they do not “retire for the night,” as wo put it, but simply recline where they arc, and draw the sheets over thorn, and thus where they have sat all day, and eaten and drunk, they use the same spot for their beds. It may be remembered that the Mir Akhor died last winter from being burned one nightat a fire of this sort. The population of Cabul is composed of Afghans, ivr zzlebashes, Tajiks, Hindoos, Armenians, and a very few Jews. The Hindoos arc not largo in numbers ; they are mostly money-lenders. Tire Armenians and Mohammedans seem to agree very well, and it is curious to find that they even intermarry, and they attend each other’s weddings .and funerals. The Armenians had at one time a Bishop, for in their burial ground there is a tomb stone with a mitre on it. There is another burial ground, on the side of the Koh Assa Main, a tombstone of a Georgian Bishop, which is three or four centuries old. These are curious mementoes as evidence of Christian teaching at a past date.

THE COMUS.

❖ The following description of tlio Comus, which has boon ordered to look for the missing ship Knowsley Hall, is taken from the “Loudon Daily News” of Out. 23 :—“ The steel corvette Comus is to be commissioned at Sbecrness to-day, and will proceed at once to sea ‘ particular service.’ Considerable interest attaches to the new vessel, not only because she is the first war ship constructed of steel, but because she is one of a long series, all of precisely the same type. The Canada, Constance, Carysfort Cleopatra, Curacoa,. Champion, Cordelia, and Conquest, will all of them bo steel ships of similar dimen sions, and may bo considered identical with the Comus. They are ujwmnrcd vessels, destined to fulfil to those winch devolved upon fmqpßgate class at the beginning of this century, and will not only take care of distant Colonies, but ensure the safety of the seas. In case of war witli a maritime power our commerce would no doubt be harassed by vessels of the Alabama type and the safety of our ships would be jeopardised in all probability by privateers lightly armed and powerfully engined, which would only light when pretty sure of a prize. It is to chock any such action on the part of an enemy that we are forming a fleet of steel corvettes, of which the Comus is the fore runner. Their spued, with the guns and stores on board, will bo, it is hoped, that of a mail steamer —namely, some 15 or 1G miles an hour ; while their armament is heavy enough to render a good account of any craft less formidable than an ironclad. Most of the cannon on board are G - pounders but each corvette will carry besides a pair of heavy guns to be used as bow or stern chasers. Of the nine steel corvettes, six are already built and fitting for sea, while the others are in course of construction at Chatham and Ports mouth. The Comus, like its consorts, is a ship of .14 guns, 2383 tonnage, and is fitted with engines of 2300 horse-power. ”

ARSENALS FOR THE COLONIES.

The following communication has been received in Australia from Mr. Edward Palliser, late captain in the 7th Hussars : of the 13th October, with an important leading article on the subject of Russian merchant cruisers and their objects. There are many at home who think that a war with Russia, in consequence of our forcing them to avoid Constanti nople and our- conquering Afghanistan, is quite possible before long, when, if the Australian and New Zealand Governments are not prepared to fit out their merchant steam marine to cope with the Russian merchant (?) steam marine crusiers, great damage will result to your shipping. Rus sia being essentially a war brewing power, and England, Australia, Canada, and Now Zealand being devoted to peace, places the latter Governments at a great disad vantage. As, however my brother, Sir- William Palliser, has pointed out, you have the money, you have the ships, you have the men, but you have not the arma ments for the ships, and your- Govern ments are naturally slow to purchase the exceedingly expensive guns made in England, excepting a moderate number for your coast forts. Sir Vr. P.i’liser and I have taught Urn Canadians how to make then guns, and in consequence of the first gun made in Canada having passed proof in that country before the officers of the Royal Artillery, ten guns arc placed on the Estimates, to bo made in Canada by Messrs. Gilbert and Sons of Montreal, who courageously came forward to join us in tire work. These guns will be just suited to a merchant cruiser, and can compete with any guns of their calibre. They are to be DO-pounders, with a length of bore of 25 calibres, and a charge of oOlbs of powder. There are 1500 Palliser guns in our service. Australia is rather far to go and instruct your engineers, who are quite as call able as Messrs. Gilbert and Sous. But it may bo acceptable to you to know that Palliser guns suitable for the armament of your sea-going steamers can bo obtained in England at a moderate rate. This is well known to your military advisers, who, I have no doubt, will not forget the circumstance should it appear- advisable, as we believe it to be, to store an arma ment at moderate cost to be ready in case of trouble with Russia. If all the colonics followed the example of Canada and made preparations in time, wo should hoar less of the boastings of Russia as commented on ir the leading article in the “Stan dard. ’ ’

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1880.



Sad Result or a Lakk. — A Marl borough paper tolls of a man named Porter, a good swimmer, who, while in a boat with his mate, would persist in sitting on the gunwale and falling over board intentionally. He fell once too often, capsizing the boat, and getting drowned. His mate was saved.



The Heathen Chines. —Tire “Knniara Times ” is responsible for the following : —A good illustration of the peculiar cunning with which the celestial vegetable purveyors are endowed, as also the means they adopt to test the honesty of their European customers, was afforded in this town on Saturday last. Stopping in front of the house of a female customer whom John detected standing in the doorway, and with whom he was in no way on friendly terms, lie hastily placed down his basket of vegetables, and dardng into tho road, snatched up what appeared to bo a coin of the realm, exclaiming “little sovereign ! welly good ; mo Undo, me keep©.” Instantly his female spectator was in the road demanding the supposed coin, and emphatically declaring she had unfortunately lost it the previous evening. With a grin of tho most sardonic char acter John held up a shankless brass button, and pointing to his interrogator, exclaimed, to the amusement of the on lookers and the discomfort of the party in petticoats, “ You one bad woman ; you one rogue ;me catche you dis time.” It is needless to observe that a hasty retreat was the order of the day for one of those present.



Meetings. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that a SPECIAL MEETING to confirm or otherwise the resolution referring to the levying of a special rate in the Forks part of the Upper Ashburton Riding, for Protective Works, will be held imme diately after the next ordinary meeting of the Council on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of February, 1880. By order, F. MAIN WARING,. Cleric. Ashburton, January 12, 1880. ■ Copy of resolution, and description of district liable to bo affected. “ That the Engineer be requested lo see to this matter as early as possible and carry out the work recommended, and that a rate be levied as requested.” Description of district above alluded to.—All that part of the Upper Ashburton Riding lying between the two branches of the Ash burton. 414 c: DISTRICT IN consequence of the Annual Meeting of the Longbcaeh ratepayers, adver tised to have boon held on WEDNESDAY, the 7th inst., having lapsed through non attendance at 12 o’clock noon, I HERS liY CALL A MEETING of the Ratepayers of the Longboach Road District to be hold at the Road. Board office on FRIDAY, the 23rd inst., at the hour of 12 o’clock noon, when nominations will he received of per sons duly qualified to fill the Three extra ordinary vacancies on the Board, in the room of Messrs. Clark, Taylor, and W right. A poll, if required, will ho taken after the nomination, closing at 4 o’clock p. m. This meeting will now' supersede the adjourned Annual Meeting called for Wednesday, the 14th inst. JOHN GRIGG, Chairman. Loimbcach, Bth January, 1880. 017a—371 a Tenders. ’ TENDERS. mENDERS WANTED for STOOK- I. ING, LOADING, and STACKING 800 acres crop on Hart’s Run, and 500 acres on Longbeach, also TYING about 280 acres oats. Tenders to he scut to the undersigned not later than TUESDAY, January 20th. Contractors will have tire privilege of rroin" with the threshing machines. JOSEPH CLARK, 743 g Tiawald. THRESHING. mENDERS are invited for THRESH ING 5000 acres of Grain. Specification can be seen at the office of 3COg SAUNDERS BROTHERS. A RARE CHANCE. mENDERS are invited for LEASING, for a term of three years, the ASH BURTON RACECOURSE, consisting of 146 acres of first-class land, within a mile of the Ashburton Railway Station. Tenders will be received till SATUR DAY, Jan. 31, at sp. m. The terms arc very liberal, and all particulars can he obtained at the “ Guardian” office, on application to JAMES WILKIE, Gs3a—4o9<i Hon. Secretary.



Wanted. XKT ANTED, a SIT UATION as Baker, ' * by a first-class ]iand; one who is accustomed to small goods. Apply to Mi’. John M'Namasa, Railway Hotel, Rakaia. 41Go WANTED, by a Married Couple, with out encumbrance, SITUATION on a farm, or at a gentleman’s residence. Man is used to horses ; can drive, and do any thing about a farm. Woman a competent cook. Apply Herald Registry. 417 g WANTED, by a young person, a SITUATION as Housemaid or Nurse. Apply M. M., Office of this paper. 3970 HARVESTING. WANTED, TENDERS for the entire HARVESTING of 1000 Acres on the Laghmor Estate, of which quantity 400 Acres have to be tied by hand. Ten ders will be received up to SATURDAY, 24th instant. For particulars apply to 3990 DONALD M‘LEAN. SHEEP, 'ANTED—To PURCHASE 5000 Sound Mouthed Merinos or Cross breds, in lots. Apply to SAUNDERS BROS. 313 Ashburton. 117 ANTED Known, tluA TWENTY Vv Words arc inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid,' and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. ANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes VV cid Notcpapur can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. fi42 KNOWN—That Money can Y V bo saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” "Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ngs, near Station. WANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed hi various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai ’"•iy Station \WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap- V\ e-fi ..nd neatest CARDS may be hat at 1 h e GUARDIAN OFFICE.” Puhli-j Notices. WAKANUI HOAD BOARD. RATE NOTICE. ALL RATES for the year 1880 are collectable during April, and OVERDUE RATES MUST BE PAID forthwith. JAMES WILKIE, 418 a Collector. MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST. TYTOTICE is hereby given that the J3I VALUATION LIST for. the Mount Hutt Road District for the year 1880, will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION from January 15th to February 15th, at the Road Board Office, Methven. All OBJECTIONS thereto must be left at the Road Boai’d Office, Methven, on or before February 15th, addressed to the Judge of the Assessment Court, and a copy of such objection must be left at the same place, addressed to the Chairman of the Board not less than seven clear days before the next sitting of the said Court. W. B. COMPTON, Clerk Mount Hutt Road Board. 411 g UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST. mAKE NOTICE.—The VALUATION | LIST for the Upper Ashburton Road District for the year 1880 will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION from 15th January to 15th February, 1880, at Road Board Office, Wcsterfiold. All OBJEC TIONS thereto must be left at the Road Board office, ‘Westerheld, on or before the 15th day of February, addressed to the Judge of the Assessment Court, and a copy of every such objection must bo at Road Board Office, Wcsterfiold, addressed to the Chairman of the Board, not less than seven clear days before the next sitting of the said Court. ROBERT D. PULLER, 412 a Clerk to the Board. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST. TAKE NOTICE—The VALUATION LIST for the Mount Somoss Road District for the year 1880 will be OPEN FOR INSPECT CON from 15th January to 15th February, 1880, at John Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers. All OBJECTIONS thereto must bo left at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, on or before the 15th day of February, addressed to the Judge of the Assessment Court; and a Copy of every such Objection must bo left at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, addscssed to the Chairman of the Board, not less than Seven-Days before the next sitting of the said Court. JAMES FRASER, Clerk to the Mount Somers 404 g Road Board. CAUTION. A NY Person found removing Timber f\ from the swamps in the Hinds, part of the Laghmor Estate, or trespassing thereon, after this date, will be PRO SECUTED. DONALD M'LEAN. January 10th, 1880. 381 a V. R. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF MESSRS, HOOPER, AITKEN & CO., STORU.KEEPERS, ASHBURTON. LL DEBTS dub to the above Estate, if not paid to mo on or before the Ist instant, will be SUED FOR without .rfcher notice. By order of the Trustees. W. R. BOYLE, )2o Moore Street. M R. FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY, Barrister, Solicitor, & Conveyancer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next Messrs. Orr and Co.’s. 3G2c ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. )VERTISEMENTS received for tha GUARDIAN up to 9 p.m. at the charges, afterwards at double rates sertion over the leader.



Public Notices, SPECIAL NOTICE. pROFESSOR WALLENBURG, ~ Oculist. Auiust, and Specialist (From Europe.) May be consulted upon all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, Deafness, Noises in the Head, Defective Sight, Cataracts, Amaurosis, Opthalmia, Gutta- Serena, Loss of the Eyelashes, Inflamma tion, and all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, treated upon new and scien tific principles. PROFESSOR WALLENBERG. HAS ARRIVED IN ASHBURTON, And may be Consulted at his Consulting Rooms at MR. THOS. QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, For TEN 10 DAYS’ ONLY. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Blindness and Deafness. (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 15.) Professor Wallenburg is still kept busy with patients. We on Saturday received a visit from two persons upon whom he had operated. Their names are Mr. Nicholas Power and Mr. James McGrath, both of Waimate. The first-mentioned had been deaf in one ear for 14 years. On Wednesday last he visited the doctor, and obtained some relief. On Thursday he was perfectly cured, a grass seed and an accumulation of skin which had gat thered around it having been extracted. He told us that he could hear better with the ear that had been operated upon than he could with the other. The last men tioned visited the doctor at the same time. He was slightly deaf in the left and totally deaf in the right ear. A growth having been extracted from the right ear, ho entirely recovered his hearing. He told us that he could hear his own voice— a thing that he had not done for 1G years. The case of Mr. Alexander Aitchison is worth chronicling. He had been totally deaf in one car for four years and slightly affected in the other. He is now perfectly j restored, and was so gratified that he to- , day introduced a suffering friend to the . doctor. Mr. Aitchison tells us that he . could only hear his watch ticking by , means of the diseased ear by pressing it , tightly to it. Now, ho can hear it at a j distance of a foot, although his ear is , stopped with wadding. . ( <f Oamaru Mail,” Dec. IG.) , To the Editor. j Sli!, —-Absmt Professor Wallenburg and , his cures. lam glad that in previous ( issues you have called attention to the , work and remarkable success of the Pro- f fessor-in a few days of his residence in j this town. I only just wish to say that I j can confirm the truthfulness of several of 1 the cases mentioned by yon, for I have seen the patients myself. I would like to urge upon the people of Oamaru and neighborhood the importance of having any affection of those parts of the body which he specially treats attended to at once, or when he has gone they will regret that they did not avail themselves of his skill. Such men as ho are a blessing to humanity. Hoping this may lead to the relief of some sufferer or sufferers, I am, &c., Okas. E. Baeley. 1 (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 22.) Mr. James Gibson, a shepherd employed at Station .Peak, called upon us this morn ing, and requested ns to bear testimony to the fact that he has been cured of almost ; total deafness by Professor Wallenburg. He had been more or less deaf for 30 years, but for the last 20 years his hearing had been getting gradually worse. Ten days ago Mr. Gibscn placed himself under the treatment of the Professor, and has so far recovered that he experiences no diffi culty in hearing ordinary conversation. At the same time Professor Wallenburg introduced to us Mr. William M'Kenzie, of Kakanui. He had been so deaf for 13 years that he had been unable to hear ordinary sounds. On Saturday last he became a patient of the Professor’s, and obtained immediate relief. His hearing is now as perfect as could be desired.£ (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 29.) To the Editor. Sir, —Permit mo through your paper to direct the attention of the public to the following. At the request of a member of ray con gregation, unable to pay, and suffering with eyes nearly blind and inflamed many years, I applied to Professor Wallenburg for advice and treatment gratis. He, with generosity and kindness readily granted the favor. I made the applica tion because I had learned from other clergymen that the professor is ever ready to give his services to the poor when asked to do so by any person on whose honesty he can rely on being assured that no deception is being practised on him. This person was under the care of several medical men, but without any beneficial result. Professor 'Wallenburg has had the case under treatment for about ten days, and now the eyes are perfectly well, and the person is likely to be able to earn his livelihood, to the great delight of all his friends, whose lasting gratitude Pro fessor Wallenburg has earned. I know of my knowledge three others who bene fittod very much by the treatment of the worthy Professor. I write this letter without the request of any one ; but I consider it a duty owing to the Professor’s kindnesss ; and I recommend those suffering in eye or car to apply to him whilst they have the present favorable opportunity. I hereby tender my best thanks to Professor Wallenburg for his charity to the poor.—l am, &c., Wm. Coleman, Roman Catholic Clergyman. The Eye and Ear.—-Professor Wallon burg is effecting some raarmellous cures in cases of blindness and deafness. At his invitation we visited the consulting rooms at the Albion Hotel, yesterday morning, when we- conversed with two or three out of a total of about thirty patients present. The first ease brought under notice was that of James Robertson, of Morton Mains, who was suffering from heavy films in both eyes. He assured ns that for the past six years he had suffered acutely, and during for years of that period he had been under medical treat ment without receiving any benefit—in fact he went from bad to worse. Placing himself under Professor Wallonburg’s treatment he speedly came round, and yesterday could distinctly see a hair at the ordinary reading distance. Richard At kinson, of Invercargill, who had been treated in Dunedin and Melbourne for impaired eye-sight, als bore testimony to the Professor’s skill. He had been totally blind of one eye, the other being consider ably affected, but could now distinguish the time on a clock a couple of chains off. Mrs. W. Jerrett, of Riverton, was the next patient introduced. She stated that she had been suffering from deafness for the last six years, and during that time her husband had expended something like LICO in endeavoring to effect a cure. Under Professor Wallenburg’s treatment she had so far recovered her hearing that she could without difficulty hear a watch ticking. H. N. Bates was the next i patient consulted ; he had been totally deaf of one ear for fourteen years, the deafness arising from an attack of scarlet fever. In England his case was regarded as a hopeless one, and this was the more i serious since the remaining ear was com s mencing to sympathise with the affected i one. He had only been under the Profes sor’s treatment a few days, and could now



Public Notices. hear perfectly well. Constable Buchanan also states that the occulist has succeeded iid curing him of partial deafnes. These are a few patients indiscriminately singled out from the patients in the consulting room, and they certainly go to show that the Professor is thoroughly up to his busi ness. At present he has 75 patients under treatment. We would strongly urge all who are afflicted with blindness ! or deafness to pay this oculist a. visit, and at once, since his stay hero is limited. 1 “ Southland Times,” Nov. 25, 1879. (From “ North Otago Times,” Oamar.u, ■ Dec. 18, 1879.) : Thci’o would seem to be some founda tion for the merits claimed for Professor ■ Wallenburg’s treatment of diseases of the eye and ear, if we may judge by the re sults of several cases that have fallen under our notice. These are the days of discoveries, and possibly the Professor may have come across some special remedy for the disease of the eye and ear, or he may only be an intelligent, sharp sighted man, better able than the generality of his fellows to see where the - evil he would cure is best to be grappled with. At any rate, several long-standing ] cases which have only been under his j treatment for a week are already be- ] ginning to show good signs of total cure, < and are really worthy of some notice by , an impartial observer. The first of these is that of James Beale, who was formerly of the] Gape Mounted Rifles, and lost the sight of one eye 14 years ago in Africa, and who was treated in vain by several army doctors when there, and by some medical practitioners in Weymouth, Eng land. About a week ago he came to the - Professor totally blind with one eye, and partially so with the other, which had | begun to suffer in sympathy. He is now ] able to read small print with either eye, and in a few days, judging faom ap pearances, will be completely cured. Another case is that of a son of Andrew Mel drum, a baker, of Oamaru. This boy, who has been partially blind for several years, and has been operated upon and treated without any beneficial effect by several New Zealand professional men, applied to the Professor about a week ago, and can now begin to see again very fairly, and is to all intents and purposes perfectly cured. Mrs. Kenahan’s case is an interesting one, both for the rapidity and the completeness of the cure of a most painful and seemingly hopeless malady. This lady, when she applied to the Professor, was afflicted by the most - violent inflammation of the right eye, which was swollen as big as an egg, and ] continually discharging an offensive mat- < ter. She was in great agony, and had not slept for more than a week. The sight was completely gone, and worse j than all, the other eye beginning to show signs of suffering from a like disorder. Sage medicos, who had attended her ( from the commencement of the com plaint with a slight inflammation caused by a cold, began to beg I her to make up her mind to lose both eyes, as no cure could he found. However, she is doing well now, at all events, wiih the swelling reduced, and { the sight partially restored in the one eye, and the other as well as ever it was. George Gordon, a man of 79 years of age, who was almost entirely deaf but a few days ago, can now hear words spoken in a low voice from the other side of the room, while the two children of Mr. Townsend, who have suffered from deaf ness for a long time, can now hear the tick of a watch. These cases are cer tainly interesting, as effectual cures of; old standing diseases, after some of'them have defied all the skill of the general: practitioner, and whether the cure is due to the remedy or the matter of treat ment it is equally worthy of praise. Timaru has contributed its quota of tes timonials to the skill in eye and ear cases of Professor Wallenburg. Since his ar- 1 rival here, a few days ago, his consulting rooms at the Grosvenor Hotel have been beseiged with patients. An idea of the .number of cases treated may be formed J when we mention that on visiting his apartments about 9 o’clock this morning we found them thronged. From G a.m. he had been busily at work, and during the three hours upwards of fifty cases had been treated. The best guarantee of the specialist’s success is that the living wit nesses are both numerous and well known. During our visit, which only lasted a few minutes, several cases of restored vision were introduced to our notice. One was the son of the landlord of the Masonic hotel, at St. Andrews, whose right eye, through the stab of a penknife, was ! rendered totally blind about three weeks ; ago. Medical advice was sought, and the i lad was ordered to be confined in a dark room ; but the Professor, without subject ing him to any ordeal of the kind, or any painful operation restored his sight in the short space of twenty-four hours. The lad can now read the finest type with his injured organ. Another boy named Edgier, from Temuka, has his sight in process of perfect restoi’ation, after groping his way in the dark and suffering from cataract for the last three years. He received the attention of several surgeons, but after one or two consultations lie isnowsofarrecoveredthat he can read with but slight difficulty, and the Professor assures us that in a few days he will he able to see perfectly. Chiarini’s Circus has contributed two cases, the patients, one of whom is one of the most accomplished of the lady performers, re maining behind for the purpose of under going Professor Wallenburg’s treatment. Henry Kent, a young man who tells us he has been nearly blind from his infancy, after a six months’ sojourn in the St. George’s Hospital, London, without ob taining relief, demonstrated the efficacy of the Professor’s treatment, by reading an extract from the “ Otago Daily Times ” in our presence. Lastly two or three cases of chronic deafness were brought under our attention which by dint of steaming, syringing, and operating, had been effectually overcome. The sceptical who are apt to run away with the idea that every specialist is a charlatan, need only pay a visit to the Professor’s consult ing rooms, and their impressions will be at once removed. —“ South Canterbury Times,” Saturday, January 10th, 1880. 932a—376



Gazette in Bankruptcy. Y. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a GAZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. In the District Court of Christchurch, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF 'The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of GEORGE THOMPSON, of Mount Somers, contractor, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that at the sitting of this honorable Court, next after the expiration of ten clear days from the day of the publication hereof, application will be made to the said Court for an order of dis charge to be granted to the above-named debtor. „ Y. Dated this 21st day of January, 18S0. 410 G BRANSON /.ND PURNELL, Solicitors for the debtor. CHINIQUY’S LECTURES.—H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring square.



Business Notices. WANTED KNOWN, atT. R. HODDER & COMPY.’S, East street Ashburton opposite Railway Station, just received LARGE ADDI TIONS of STOCK to their several Departments. A Job Lot of Light and Dark Dress Stuffs. Splendid Value C£d. to l/l£ per yard, worth from 10£d: to 2/6. Costumes, Jackets, Scarfs, Ties, Stays, Hosiery, Gloves, Prints. Carpets from 11W. per yard. Scotch and Manchester Goods, &c. WANTED KNOWN, that T. R. HODDER & COMPY. have greater facilities for carrying on their DRESSMAKING, having an additional Room, increased number of Hands and Superior Cutter, with Style, Despatch, and Economy. WANTED KNOWN, that T. R. HODDER & COMPY. have in their CLOTHING DEPART MENT— Men’s good Tweed Trousers, 9s. 9d. per pair Men’s good Tweed Suits, 395. 6d. Boys’ Suits, 9s. 9d. Tweeds—English, Scotch, and Co lonial ; 92 pieces to choose from. WANTED KNOWN, that the TAILORING DEPART MENTS is under che management of a Superior Cutter. Volunteer’s Uniforms made with dis patch. Gents’ Suits. Dress, Frock Walking and Morning Coats. Riding Suits, Pants, Gaiters, &c. Ladies’ Habits, Jackets, and Dresses cut by Tailor on an improved principle ; also, Shirts, and Gents’ Underclothing, made to order on the shortest notice. A GOOD SUIT OF TWEED Improved Cut - and with Fit Workmanship for Guaranteed £4: 10s. Od. WANTED KNOWN, that BOOT AND SHOE DE PARTMENT has every Style and quality, Imported and Colonial, ?t prices not to be surpassed. WANTED KNOWN, that CROCKERY and GLASS WARE DEPARTMENT has a very large and Varied Stock. WANTED KNOWN, that the GROCERY and PRO VISION DEPARTMENT is character ised by the BEST QUALITIES of TEAS SUGARS SOAPS DRIED FRUITS &c. And Best brands of Italian Warehouseman’s Goods sold at the SMALLEST POSSIBLE PROFIT IRONMONGERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. F ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED t TO.