Landlord and Tenant.

(From the Sheffield Telegraph.)

In these days when farmers’ grievances are in everybody’s mouth, the following story is worth telling :—“ A farmer called on the late Earl Fitzwilliam to represent that his crop of wheat had been seriously injured in a field adjoining a certain wood where his lordship’s hounds had during the winter frequently met to hunt. He stated that the young wheat had been so cut up and destroyed that in some parts he could not hope for any produce. ‘Well, my friend,’ said the earl, ‘I am aware that we have frequently met in that field, and that we have done considerable injury ; and if you can procure an esti mate of the loss you have sustained, I will repay you.’ The farmer replied that, anticipating his lordship’s consideration and kindness, he had requested a friend to assist him in estimating the damage, and they thought that, as the crop seemed entirely destroyed, LSO would not more than repay him. The earl immediately gave him the money. As the harvest ap proached, however, the wheat grew, and in those parts of the field which were the most trampled the corn was strongest and most luxuriant. The fanner went again to his lordship, and, being introduced, said, ‘I am come, my lord, respecting the field of wheat adjoining such a wood.’ Lord Fitzwilliam immediately recollected the circumstance. ‘ Well, my friend, did notlallow you sufficient to remunerate you for your loss ?’ ‘ Yes, my lord, but I find that I have sustained no loss at all, for where the horses had most cut up the land, the crop is most promising, and therefore I have brought the LSO back again.’ ‘Ah,’ exclaimed the venerable earl, ‘this is wlxat I like. This is as it should he between man and man.’ He then entered into conversation with the farmer, asking him several questions about his family, how many children, and what was the age of each. His lordship then went into another room, and on returning gave the farmer a cheque forLIOO, saying, ‘ Take care of this, and when your eldest son shall become of age present it to him, and tell him the occasion which produced it.’ Thus, while meeting an honorable act with a generous return, Lord Fitz william at the same time adopted a most effectual means of transmitting a lesson of integrity to another age, and of stamping the deed with his approbation”.

Nihilism in Russia.

Such inordinate severity as had been lately meted out to political offenders in Russia can hardly fail to meet with adverse comment on all sides. We learn that of eight-and-twenty persons, condemned to gether at Odessa a very short time ago, to various terms of hard labour in the Siberian mines, the average age was but twenty-three. Among this batcli of prisoners there is a young girl of fifteen, whom it appears the Russian Government considers it necessary for the proper security and safety of the State, to confine for months with common criminals, and afterwards to send to associate for an indefinite period With the convict class in Siberia. And this dangerous criminal ap pears to have been guilty of no worse infraction of the law than that, being present at the trial and sentencing of a political offender, she thoughtlessly ex claimed, “ Kovalski is condemned to death.” In the same black list we find a youth of eighteen, sentenced to twenty years’ hard labour in the mines, and two young ladies of twenty-two and twenty five, condemned to the same punishment for a term of fifteen years. It may not be out of place to glance at what this punish ment in the mines is like, taking the testi mony of a recent eye-witness, who visited one of these convict settlements a short time ago, with an official authorisation. He tells how, starting from Tobolsk, he made ‘ ‘ a long drearv journey in a wretched car, until a high mountain rose before him. In its torn and craggy flank the hill showed a colossal opening, similar to the mouth of a burnt out crater. Fetid vapours, which almost took away the breath, ascended from it. ” Entering the opening of the rock, he then passed “ through a long, very dark and narrow corridor, which, judging from its sloping descent, led down into some unknown depth. ” Having now reached the interior of the mine, he found a part of the un happy prisoners resting from the labours of the day on beds of damp and rotten straw. Beyond this was a vast cavern, in which lie saw large numbers of wretched creatures, “with shaggy beards, sickly faces, reddened eyelids, clad in tatters, some of them barefoot, others in sandals, fettered with heavy foot-chains. There was no song, no whistling. Now and then they shyly looked at the visitor and his companions. The water dripped from the stone ; the tatters of the convicts were throughly wet.” Considering the utter hopelessness and misery depicted, the oft quoted and mournful words of Dante may well be recalled to memory. “Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entvate,” and indeed they may be applied with literal truth— for the convicts seen here were all con demned to perpetual labour, and the tra veller was further told that no prisoners having once entered could ever hope to leave the place alive. “Charing Cross Magazine. ”

Discovery of Gold Ornaments in the Chersonesus.

The Chersonesus appears still to be rich in antiquities, notwithstanding the explorations and plunderings that have taken place by Huns, Tartars, and Cossacks during hundreds of years. In St. Petersburg the Hermitage contains a very interesting and valuable collection of costly relics, many of them in gold, beau tiful specimens of Greek art found in some of the tombs in the neighborhood of Kertch. Among the choicest are the laurel leaves of the finest gold which adorned the victor’s brow, with other objects carrying the observer back to the every-dry life of the period. In the toxnb of a woman were found the very box of Vermillion and the stencil with which the owner added to her charms some 2000 years ago, her “household gods’’buried with her, and now unburied, showing that the customs of the fair sex of twenty cen turies past were identical with modern times in the matter of outward adorn ments. From an account published in the “Journal de St Petersburg” it appears that valuable treasures are yet to be ob

tained in this rich field of antiquities, as will be seen from the details of the very costly gold ornaments that have just been discovered by the fortunate director of the Kerch Museum. He found, in the early part of September, near the road between Temruk and the station of Sennaia, a tomb of the 3rd century, before the Christian era, in tlie reign of Persidas 11. (?), King of Bosphorus. The tomb must have been that of a highly-born damsel. It was found to contain a gold collar of the thick ness of an ordinary lead pencil in one piece, ornament with a lion’s head at each end; a gold crown, an inch wide, the outer part formed of rings linked together and ornamented with fine stones, in the centre is a swan, with Cupid on its wings; gold ear-rings with two pomegranates of oval form, and a small piece of malachite in the centre ; a gold chain with figures of a sheep’s head at the ends ; gold ear rings with pomegranates : a very heavy chain; ear-rings of very fine workman ship ; two bracelets of heavy work ; a round gold broach and pin representing Yen us holding Cupid in her arms; four gold leaves; a pearl collar with clasp; amulets ; three ve• y small gold rings ; a silver flagon; a silver lachrymatory; a silver vase ; cup ; silver spoon ; remains of silver articles ; and a tooth of the young girl.

Birds and Seed Corn.

The following, from a Lincolnshire paper, may not be without value in these days of sparrow pests : Mr. James Howard publishes a receipt for an effective but non-poisonous dressing for seed corn. For eight bushels of wheat or six bushels of barley take half a pint of gas tar, two pounds of blue vitriol, and two gallons of boiling water. The tar should he accurately measured (not guessed at), and should be of the consistency of treacle. After the tar is put into a pail one gallon of water should he poured upon it, and well stirred ; the black greasy scum which will rise to the surface should be skimmed off with a wisp of straw or piece of sacking, to which it will readily adhere. While this operation is going on, another man should be mixing the vitriol with the other gallon of water. When ready, both lots should be mixed together and poured over the heap of corn previously shot upon the barn floor ; the heap should be well turned over two or three times quickly so as to saturate the whole. If any tar or dregs remain at the bottom of the pail they should not be poured on the grain, or it will stick together in lumps, and be likely to clog the drill cups. I have used this dressing for several years with complete success ; not a single hoy has been employed to mind the fields, nor has a gun been fired. The full plant, however, whether wheat or barley, has afforded evidence that no loss had accrued. A new bailiff, who wished to save trouble, planted a large field of barley last spring without dressing the seed ; hut some 200 sable depredators from a rookery hard by gave him a lesson which is not likely to be lost upon him, foi, as he remarked to me, the field was a constant source of vexation to him, while, as to the other fields subsequently drilled with dressed corn, he “ could not find the mark of a rook-peck upon them.” I may add that other birds appear to have as great an aversion to the taste of tar as rooks.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Friday, January 30, 1880.



Conveyances. THE LONGBEACE COACH !! GEORGE WILLCOCKS, in taking up the Royal Mail’s running, begs to intimate that as soon as lie secured the mail contract he issued cards announcing his intention of REDUCING THE FARES, So that the credit of RUNNING THE FIRST CHEAP COACH Belongs to him, and to no one else. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and ltd. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, os. Gd. ordi nary, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. Gd. ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE FARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. NEW COACH, with every comfort. Sound cattle, safely handled by Tom Cotton, as good a whip as ever held the ribbons. 408«



OPPOSITION THE SOUL OF TRADE. REDUCTION IN FARES. TH. BREWER, iii thanking the public . of Ashburton, Longbeacli, and Water ton, for their liberal support in the past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that he intends running his Coach DAILY as usual ; and ho now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. T. H. B. relies on the support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to carry out the above motto. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 805a—33a NOTICE m H. BREWER’S COACH leaves § , Longbeacli for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a. m. via Water ton, 8.40 a.m., Ashton, 0 a. m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a. in., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by the same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Booking Office—Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams punctually attended to. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 89Ga —347 ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m.



Auction Sales. MONDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY, 12.30 sharp. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Trustee in the estate of J. P. Parker, Watchmaker, East street, to sell by public auction on the premises, the stock in trade consisting of— Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, Spec tacles, Watch Glasses, Springs, Plated ware, &c., Ac., &c. Sale at 12.30 sharp. ALFRED HARRISON, 903 a Auctioneer. Business Notices. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE undersigned is prepared to RE CEIVE ORDERS for the above. F. PAVITT, Ashburton. Agent for John Anderson, 983a—442c Canterbury Foundry. TO THE LADIES. WANTED KNOWN —That MRS. CARSTENS has always on hand trimmings and lining, and dresses made on the shortest notice. MRS. CARSTENS, Tancred street, 933 a Ashburton. NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAILER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Drrssmaker, Moore street. 169- 651 a TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. C. HAWKINS. CH. begs to inform the inhabitants of , Tinwald and surrounding districts that he has taken the Boot and Shoe Shop adjoining Mr. S. Stephens’, saddler, and hopes by strict attention to business to obtain a share of public patronage. 742 c 937 a



CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Eclio Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John jVt eech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 963 a



m NEW BUSINESS. CO-OPERATIVE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. All orders, town or country, punctually attended to. Wedding Cakes made to order. Dinner, Ball, and Pic-nic Parties sup plied on reasonable terms. All other Confectionery made to order. A. THIELE, 98Ga Manager. ANSTEE’S DINING ROOMS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietor begs to inform visitors to Ashburton, and the travelling public genei'ally, that the best accommo dation for Boarders in Ashburton is to be had at the above establishment. A LIBERAL TABLE & MODERATE CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS ... Is. BEDS . . Is. BOARD & LODGING 18s.'& 20s.’ PRIVATE REFRESHMENT ROOMS FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. r| ONFECTIONERS, Fruiterers, / Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, Ac., can be supplied with Paper Bags, all sizes, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East street North. O you Want the News of the Day 1 1 Read the Ashburton Herald.



Public Notice. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. TTJE have the following Properties W placed in our hands for Private Treaty TINWALD : 150 Aci’es improved land, R.S. 21009? situated lh miles from Tinwald, par in crop, and a permanent stream of water running through the pro perty. 131 Acres improved land, R.S. 18997, 20307, 20306, 23308, situated-i mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished three-roomed cottage thereon. 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop. HART’S RUN : 200 Acres Unimproved Land. WAKANUI : 127 Acres Improved Land. SUBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNMiJP : Lot 93 E. Belt, with fo.:r-ruo»:w; cottage. T.S. 458, Burnett Street, with three roomed cottage. TINWALD : Lots, 182, 183, 00. WATERTON: Lots 102, 103, 104, 105, 100. WAKANUI: Lots 74, 75. HIND HOPE : Lots 1,2, 8, 10, 13, 15. TREVORTON: Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMISTON BROS. & G UNDRY, I Auctioneers and Estate Agents. SALE by the undersigned -50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers R, and G. D F Ploughs 50 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, &c., &. Agents for the Maks 11 Reader and Binding Machine EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a



To Let and for Sale. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— -| £A ACRES good WHEAT LAND, jleJv/ all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. Ar 7 ACRES, near the above ; also good 'J » WHEAT LAND, ploughed once, and ready for cross-ploughing. ££A ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. 7 ACRES, fenced and planted ; situated near the East Town Belt, good site for private residence. TOWN PROPERTIES. TT" ALU ABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur * nett Street, being T.S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. T)ART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will bo sold cheap, and on liberal terms. mO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and Others.—FOß SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK. SALE—Cheap, GO acres growing ' crop of OATS. Terms liberal. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and really first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lonebeacli Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. nnO Persons desirous of renting GRASS 1 LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. mO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO X SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCKj IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway ine, and of th a Country Agents.



Public Notices. SPECIAL NOTICE. pROFESSOR WALLENBURG, Oculist. Aubist, and Specialist (From Europe.) May bo consulted upon all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, Deafness, Noises in the Idcad, Defective Sight, Cataracts, Amaurosis, Opthalmia, Gutta- Sorena, Loss of the Eyelashes, Inflamma tion, and all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, treated upon new and scien tific principles. PROFESSOR WALLENBURG.] HAS ARRIVED IN ASHBURTON, And may be Consulted at his Consulting Rooms at MR. TITOS. QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, FOR A LIMITED PERIOD. 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 thcred 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, he 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 ear for four years and slightly affected in the other. He is now perfectly 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 car by pressing it tightly to it. Now, lie can hear it at a distance of a foot, although his ear is stopped with wadding. (“Oanviru Mail,” Dec. IG.) To the Editor.



Sin, —All''iifc Professor Wallenburg and his cures., I am glad that in previous issues you have called attention to the Avork and remarkable success of the Pro fessor in a few days of his residence in this town. I only just wish to say that I can confirm the truthfulness of several of the cases mentioned by you, 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 lie lias gone they will regret that they did not avail themselves of his skill. Such men as he are a blessing to humanity. Hoping this may lead to the relief of some sufferer or sufferers, I am, &c., Chas. E. Barley. (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 22.) Mr. Janies Gibson, a shepherd employed at Station Peak, called upon us this morn ing, and requested us to bear testimony to the fact that he has been cured of almost total deafness by Professor Wallenbnrg. He bad 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. Gibson 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 Wallenbnrg 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 me through your paper to direct the attention of the public to the following. At the request of a member of my 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, vriib 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 fitted 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 ear 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. —I am, &c., War. Coleman, Roman Catholic Clergyman.



The Eye and Ear.—Professor Wallen burg is effecting some marmellous 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 case brought under notice was that of James Robertson, of Morton Mains, who was suffering from heavy films in both eyes. He assured us 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 Wallenburg’s peatment he speedly came reund, and



Public Notices. one. He had only been under the Profes sor’s treatment a few days, and could now hear perfectly well. Constable Buchanan also states that the occulist has succeeded id 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 be 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 Iris stay here is limited. - “ Southland Times,” Nov. 25, 1879. (From “North Otago Times,” Oamaru, Dec. 18, 1879.) There 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 tlie 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 treatment for a week are already be ginning to show good signs of total cui'e,



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 Cape 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 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 her to make up her mind to lose both eyes, as no cure could be found. However, she is doing well now, at all events, with 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 Wallenberg. Since his ar 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 when we mention that on visiting his apartments about 9 o’clock this morning we found them thronged. From 6 a.m. he had been busily at work, and during the three hours upwards of fifty cases had been treated. Hie 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 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 spaceof twenty-four hours. Tlieladcan nov r read the finest type with his injured organ. Another boy named Edgier, from Temuka, has his sight in process of perfect restoration, 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 he isnowsofarrecoveredthat he can read with but slight difficulty, and the Professor assures us that in a few days he will be 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 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 LIGO 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 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 serious since the remaining ear was com mencing to sympathise with the affected



Public Notices. 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. 032a—376



Business Notices. JOSEPH WARD, FAMILY BUTCHER, PETER STPEET, (Opposite Journeau’s Smitliy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, on JANUARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but agood article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher. F you want a CHEAP SUIT OF CLOTHES go to G. J. F. LUBLOW, TAILORING DEPOT. Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. G. J. F. Lublow, importing his own goods, is enabled thereby to make as Cheap a Suit of Clothes as any tailor in New Zealand, and a First-class FIT is Guaranteed. Terms—Strictly Cash. 5 per cent. Discount off all Orders Paid IN ADVANCE. 813 a TINWALD. g HEARER AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove.



COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all lands made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, ' Tinwald. 165 —641 a BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Jones and Co. beg to inform tlieir friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes days. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road —Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney ; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, blacksmith, Clontarf. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR THE An ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 679 a WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply early. 59Q