THE STORY-TELLER.

THE TWO LANDLORDS.

(From the Agricultural Gazetted Mr. Harold Goodhope was extremely fond of angling, fond in fact of any kind of sport, from the hunting of the fox down to worrying of the rat, and more particularly fond of angling in June when the vacation of his military college com menced. The young cadet had arrived at Compton for his usual holiday ; he and Horace, being both active lads, with legs of the same thickness (a Shakesperian rea son for friendship between young men), were frequent companions, fishing or strolling round the copse with their gunsj shooting young, half-grown rabbits. They were coming up between Bald win’s house and the “ bridge of sighs,” when they met Dorcas, who dropt a little curtsey. “By Jove!” exclaimed the squire’s son, “ did you notice that girl?’’and he looked back. “By Jove ! she’s looking back,” said the squire’s son ; and he stopped and uttered some more “By Joves ! ” still looking back. “Suppose we give chase,” said the squire’s son. Horace’s face turned red with a sudden conflagration that threatened to scorch the down upon his cheek and lip. His friend whistled with a peculiar whistle, and begged his pardon in a tone of voice that ret Horace thinking after he had gone home. Long and deeply he re flected, He remembered the rejection of the rose and the progress of their ac quaintance since, ever progressing as it was' whether towards the sad or silly ? Searching for reasons, and hunting up the pros and cons of his conduct and of hers, the sound hearted, honest youth, asked himself why he had offered Dorcas the rose, why she had refused it, and whether he would like to offer one in Mrs. Lambert’s presence. We shall not analyse his mental movements ; suffice it to say that he offered Dorcas no more roses, nor sly tributes of any kind. Others did, and she accepted them. The word “ others ” here means one per son, and no more. Her one and all, and all in all, stand at her side at Weston, in the dairy—a cool place for love-making, as it is conducted generally in works of fiction, but then our story is not a fiction, but a truthful narrative, where every incident is derived from the memory of the narrator, not from his imagination. The swains of the village are sincere in love ; the maidens lack not sentiment, but they are not sentimental. That “emptier name” of love, “the modern fair one’s jest,” is not the love of villages, where Cupid blows the torch of Hymen, and “ many waters cannot quench ” the flame. He stands beside her in the dairy, with a bucket in his hand. Mrs. Lambert is skimming off the cream, Dorcas and her friend both being attendant. “Is that you, Aaron?” Mrs. Lambert asked that question with a half abstracted air,- and continued her skimming. There was no doubt about the fact. Aaron . Motte,: lithe and well-knit as any lad in Compton, or as the statues of the youthful David, was a person of some presence.

The loose ends of our story must now be gathered together as rapidly as possible. To elaborate would be a Avork of three volumes. The story of William Root’s son who married Mrs. Frost’s dairymaid, and began life with a cow three years after the succession of the Goodhope dynasty, might be spread over many pages. Other matches of the same pru dent kind were arranged. The best young men in Compton showed preference for dairymaids, and the best bred girls, 1 finding a better choice of husbands than of old, looked out for sobriety. Nunquam non paroius, always ready— at no time not prepared—should be the ' motto of marriageable youth of the rustic . class, and the state of preparedness bhould include skill in domestic economy on the female side, and L3O or L4O saved on the . male.

;; The demand for the coav pastures was active, end the habit of thrift Avas indue 3d by the success of neighbors, and by the knowledge of fresh pastures for occupa tion by those who cared to claim tbqnp Both Aaron Motte and Dorcas saved up fpr powrkpeping. When the steam culti vator arrived at Weston, Aarpn at nine teen, proved by far the best man for organising in the lipid. He rodp the cultivator and set out the Avork, undis puted master in the master’s absence, by virtue' of superior tact and talent. He became as eminent a stock-feeder as Mr. Baldwin himself. At the evening classes at Weston, under the special care of Horace, he had learned to read and write, arts Avhich he had almost forgotten at the time when he and Compton generally wprq ; (jriftipg j;p the bad qnd T er the'old regime, L Tlie'father of Aaron Motte, the gar • dener whom we saw in the Dew Drop Inn, was another of the men Avho prospered. The two friends, he and the hooknosed Sam, were observed one -day paddling in the trout Btream. They Avere levelling and planting Avatercresses. Their first crops were carried to the market town for London. Then the raihvay came, and the station, as Mr. Goodhope had predicted, and in a feAV years the watercress beds ' had extended to ten acres, planted jq shallow ponds, level as a bjllard |able, and flooded from t]ip trout and’Mr, Motte and hooknosed''(Bam, Avho married and' re-claimed his partner’s daughter, became the owners of a capital Avhich gradually SAvelled to several thousand pounds ; and the smart girl became a jolly, industrious matron, and rode to market in a four-Avheeled chaise.

The farming throughout the estate was quite first-rate, and the farmers prospered by good management, under that branch of the management Avhich secured good pay to those who earned it. Mr. Goodhope and his tenants were befpre |he age, blit the time will cpme when both masters and jneq will recognise in a mutual and con curreiit prosperity, a' sounder system than the presfent j‘ and Avhen landlords wifi find in the practice of, what vve will call parochial patriotism, the best security for their rents. CONCLUDED.

The Governor’s Speech.

Parliament has been opened, and in a few days the work of the session will com mence. Whether that session will be pro ductive of great and good results to the colony, or be barren and unprofitable, is a matter of useless speculation. The speech of his Excellency, lioAvever, is a very hopeful one, if only a condensation of the Pre mier’s speech at Leeston, and if all the work that Government has cut out in it for Parliament is got through, the Legis lature will have accomplished much. After

a reference to the monetary pressure— now happily to a great extent relaxed, and to the depression in various branches of trade and industry, which, let us hope, Will soon be relieved, his Excellency goes on to notice the degree of confidence which has been inspired by the abundant harvest and the rise in the price of wool. He views these with satisfaction, as all well wishers of the colony must, but at the same time he is fully alive to the colony’s condition. The Go vernment, speaking through his Excellency, know that the abundant harvest and the rise in the price of wool have not ac complished all the reaction that was necessary to raise the work ing classes out of the state of de spondency into which the dullness of the times have placed them, and a clause in the speech refers to the fact, with an expression of hope and trust that this dullness may be only temporary. _ This is the hope and trust of all, but in a good many cases, we fear, men are thus hoping against hope, and are looking . with anxiety for some foundation on which to build those hopes more securely. _ The Government tell us that this question of the unemployed is engaging their atten tion, in proof of which the Royal Commis sion on Local Industries is pointed to. To the report of this Commission most people will anxiously look, and not a few virulent anti-Proiectionists are already on the qi.i vice. Without opening up the question of protection, we fail to see how Parliament can take any very effective steps to foster local industry, and we feel assured that protection is quite unpopular enough in the New Zealand Parliament as not to be adopted, or to be adopted to only a very innocent and harmless degree, in the nurture of our native industries. The speech then deals with the Native ! difficulty in a few Avords, expressive of a believe that the firm yet fair course fol lowed by Government will favorably effect the Maori feeling tou'ards us, and there the question is left. On financial matters the Government is straight and outspoken. It is not for getful of the fact that for a lengthened period the colony has been rolling in borroAved Avealth, the limit of Avhich having been reached a time of straitness Avas sure to ensue, and it points cut that the falling off in the colony’s revenue fi'om all sources is attributable to the ces sation of the influx of foreign Avealth, Avith Avhich cessation must also come a diminution of the rate of progress toAvards development hitherto made. The present is a point all Avho carefully studied the Immigration and Public Works policy of Sir Julius Yogel plainly foresaAv, and it Avas this slacking off our, so to speak, fast living that many of the opponents of that policy had in vieAv Avhen they offered to it their opposition. Glamored Avith the attractiveness of Vogel’s scheme sanguine and short-sighted men saAV only the bright side it held to vierv, and that side was surely a .golden and brilliantly burnished one. That bright side has been turned toAvards the people for ten years, and it shone Avhile the millions lasted. While they held out, raihvays spread out their iron arms, and the artizan’s hammer clanged on public Avorks, and there was plenty in every home. Like a flood, Avealth rolled over the land, and all shared in it. Now, however, the fountain of that wealth is dry, and NeAV Zealand has in the future to be dependent on her oavh resources. She will hoav find lioav far the reproductNeness of her borroAved mil lions Avill help her to pay the interest upon them, Avhile at the same time he raises ordinary revenue sufficient to make both ends meet, and keep the wolf from the door. The paternal Government preaches economy—“ Expenditure must be de creased, luxuries must be curtailed, and public Avorks already constructed must be made more reproductive. ” The above is a pregnant sentence, and might be made to include between the few lines that make it up something like a revolution in our railway system, our civil service, and every public avenue of outlay that bleeds the treasury chest of the colony. Nothing short of some radical change will suffice to bring down |lie expenditure to a balance Avith' revenue, for it seems to us the people of NeAV Zealand have reached very near the limits of their taxable endurance, and that a feAV more turps of thq screw will break the machine, and additional taxation will cease to increase the return. The Avisest sentence in the Avhole speech is perhaps the one Avhich tells us that henceforth Ave must look to industry and economy for the development of our resources and the maintenance of healthy progress, pity that the lesson Avas not well conned over long agp. On the question of finance too, local bodies are promised a plan that is calculated to place their finances on a satisfactory basis and enable them to carry on their Avorks in a self-reliant and inde pendent manner. For this plan Ave we Avill look with some degree of curi osity.

With the critical question of the co lony’s finance to be satisfactorily solved, Parliament has a great and important Avork in itself on hand, and added tq that Native affairs not jjrpti squared, ample excuse qq\y eertaiqly be found for less pressing matters, that can Avell afford to wait fo,r handling, being laid aside for a time, though not overlooked. NotAvith standing, the ragged ends of legislation unfinished last session are to be gathered up, and some very weighty questions Avill engage the attention of Parliament. As hinted by the Premier, the licensing luavs will once more be on the anvil, and if a satisfactory measure can be framed out of the present inefficient liquor legislation something Avill have been dQU6 to mark the session of 1880, r £hp A'exed question of charitqfije ajd will also appear, and a radical change in the judicature is hinted at. The latter question is too large to be grappled with in a moment, and hovv the legal procedure in the Qp.urts of the colony cap be simplified will form the subject of an inquiry the result of which will probably supply a basis for future le gislation. The re-adjustment of repre sentation will receive attention, as was expected, and measures for facilitating the extension of settlement are promised. It is Avorthy of note that the important question of education, a change in the pre sent law regulating which Avas by many ex pected, is not even mentioned in the Speech. _ Altogether the programme of the ses sion is a good one, and offers room for Avise and good legislation. Hoav far the carrying out of that programme Avill be satisfactory to the colony Ave can only sur- mod must Avait till the legislature promised has developed itself under the bands of Parliament,,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1880.



J. E. Buchanan and Co. To-Morrow. TO THE RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON AND OTHERS. IMPORTANT SALE OF BUILDING SITES, TOWN AND COUNTRY PROPERTIES. Messrs, j. e. buchanan & co. have been instructed by various clients, to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE ASHBURTON TOWN HALL, ON TUESDAY, ist JUNE, AT TWO O’CLOCK P.M., The following Properties :—• OA SPLENDID SUBURBAN QA SECTIONS, Situated between the Wakanui and North Belt Roads, having frontage on both, about 200 yards from the East Town Belt. 2Q SUBURBAN SECTIONS gg Fronting the North Belt, close to Messrs. Montgomery and Co.'s Brickworks. TWO FIRST-CLASS DWELLING {HOUSES IN PETER STREET, R.S. 27716, containing— -80 ACRES 80 Situated at Wakanui at the back of Mr. Butterick’s. Terms at Sale, exceptionally easy. The Auctioneers will be able to give every advantage to intending purchasers, and Solicit the attendance of the public. For Sale plans and particulars, apply to J. E. BUCHANAN & CO. 499 e Auctioneers. T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT 150 ACRBS 150 Near Mr. George Ashton’s, Wakanui. Ashburton Forks, now in grass. For Sale, cheap dwelling house of seven rooms, near t the Parsonage, East Town Belt. To Let, two shops in East Street. Also Office in do. Two-roomed house with lean-to, in Mona Square. Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s Also, That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards, For full particulars Apply to 453 c T. BULLOCK. Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTQN COLLIERY. 50s. PERTOK 1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT for CASH. SPRINGFIELD t COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Acconnts to be paid monthly. 359C-773G C. PERCY COX. Tenders. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the follow ing works : No. 23—Seafield road, re-formation, &c., adjoining Fairfield Estate. No. 24—Beach road, making foot path on east side from Town Belt to Trevor’s road. Specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, Moore street, and tenders, accom panied with 5 per cent, deposit, and endorsed with No. of contract, will be received till 10 a. m. on THURSDAY, June 3rd, ROOKS & SON, Surveyors to the Board. 887g-.493c



Edxniston, Gundry & Co. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : R.S. 2821 G, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be sold in farms _of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term of years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divide, and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent land, and laid down in English grass, and well watered with creeks. This would 1 make a capital farm, and will be sold on very liberal terms. 210 ACRES close to the township of Ashburton, with good dwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will bo let for a term of years at a low rent. 500 ACRES at Orari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tinv aid. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S, No 879, Ashburton. T.S. 301, 302, Burnett-street, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Ivermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agents for the gOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106 Business Notices. All Hot! All Hot! Hot Pies, Hot Tea, Hot Coffee, AT ALL HOURS, T HOM A S T AYLOR’S, EAST STKEET. 492 c PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. \ ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON, HAYING had over thirty years’ ex perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles, &o. Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, AT MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 824g-429c



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. o —— ORE AND CO., ~|3>EG to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER. They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superior stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH] DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. ORE & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns!



POWDER. SHOT. GAPS. OEE AND CO. JJAVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, M vre are prepared to Sell atTthe..'mostf k ßeasonable i P?rices From££2 10s to?£2s. OR R A> T D C O 199c-8g



Business Notices. T. R. HODDER & CO. HAVE much pleasure in announc ing to their friends and the public generally, that their stock of WINTER DRAPERY, MILLINERY, MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING HATS AND HOSIERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, IS NOT TO BE SURPASSED ■FOR QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT; Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very Large Assortment of Melbourne Clothing, MADE ESPECIALLY TO ORDER. T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged by their greatly increased trade in the Clothing Department, have ENLARGED THEIR PREMISES, Enabling them to keep a Larger and More Varied Assortment. Tailoring In all branches by most experienced hands. SUITS, RIDING TROUSERS, HABITS, &c., made on the most im proved principle, at the shortest notice, and as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in Canterbury. T. R. HODDER and CO., seeking to Encourage Local Industries keep a well assorted stock of Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel Manufactured Goods. Boots and Shoes, Imported and Colonial make, from the best Christchurch and Dunedin Manufacturers. T. R. HODDER & CO., while not pro fessing to sell everything at COST PRICE, are prepared to meet EXISTING COM PETITION and to encourage all Cash Purchasers. An experience of twenty six years Colonial storekeeping has taught our Firm the value of a Cash Grocery Business, which they have found succeed so well in Ashburton since bringing down the prices of many leading commodities, which course they are still prepared to continue and show their preferring PROMPT CASH, rather than risk long credit with large profits. Ironmongery AND Crockeryware AT LOWEST PAYING RATES. Sole Agents for Singer’s Sewing Machines Sole Agents for Wanzer Sewing Machine. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. T. R. HODDER & CO. 407 c LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445a



OTTON & CO., HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwin s Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, Triangle. 8420-4500 HORSE BREAKING. THE undersigned is now prepared to Undertake the BREAKING of HORSES to double and single harness, also to saddle. Mr. Willcocks has had a very consider able experience in Australia, and his success there as a Trainer is sufficient guarantee as to his ability. All orders to be left at the Coach Office, Commercial Hotel, Ashburton, or the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Wheatstone. 403c-816g GEO. WILLCOCKS. HORSE FEED. HORSE FEED. CRUSHED OATS. THE Undersigned are prepared to CRUSH OATS in any quantity. WOOD & CO., 511 c Ashburton Brewery. EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their INTER JQ RAPE RY, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTMENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c



Business Notices. FURNITURE ! FURNITURE !! . Made to Order by C Ei PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &C. Chests of Drawers, 3ft. 6in. x 3ft. 6in., with five drawers, Price 70s. . .. ; ...-, r Scotch Chest of Drawers, with six drawers, Mce £5 10s. - ' Kitchen Cupboard, from 30s. Do. with Dresser, from 40s. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Furniture repaired and renovated. GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALD, Beyond Clark’s Grain Stores. For Sale, a Light Waggon, nearly new, in good order, Price £22. A good chanc6 for anyone requiring a useful conveyance cheap. 346 c HALLO! HALLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. . BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. QUILL, SEEING the necessity of a Wholesale Bottling, Wine, and Spirit Store in Ashburton, has determined to supply that want, and therefore begs to submit the following list of Prices, every article guaranteed to be of the best and purest description. PRICE LIST. Brandy Flasks, 2s. and 4s. per flask. Fine Old Port, per Bottle, ss. and 6s. Superior old Dry Montelado, (old Sherry) ft. & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bcttle ss. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jamaca Rum, per Bottle, ss. Fine old Martelle’s Dark Brandy, per Bottle, ss. Hennessey’s Brandy, per Bottle, 6s. Superior Square Gin (J.D.K.Z.), per Bottle, 6s. Superior Old Tom (Swain Booth’s), per Bottle, ss. All other brands equally Reduced. EXES RADER, QUILL’S Assorted Dozen of Best Wines and Spirits for £3 10s, containing -3 bottles Brandy 2 ~ Port 2 ~ Rum 2 bottles Whisky 2 ~ Sherry 1 „ Old Tom (Ready packed, and forwarded to any part of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers the quality of his taps. COMMENCING MONDAY, 26th APRIL. Open from 7a. m to 6 p.m. during winter months. Note Address— T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751a-336c DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! STOP ! DO STOP ! STOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. T> EAD the following, then call and in bbj spect the Goods. C YARDS READY ) 350 JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to he got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. ! SAMPLES TO SELECT FROM Comprising the following : German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel ~ „ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., &c. 70 TO CUT. 350 CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. MOTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. ITYLE and Finish second to none. JgCONOMY ( £1 Is. Cash for a Pair of Trousers £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed Suit. The Address is— G. J. F. LUBLOW, THE TAILORING DEPOT, Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. 782g-390c Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station, TgIHE PENNY made the postal system X of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald.