" PRO BONO PUBLICO."

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 300, 3 June 1879, Page 3

" PRO BONO PUBLICO."

I really do not wish to blow, but " Economy House is; all the go. What's the reason! I don't know, unless because m} r goods aro low. Some will say " 'tis all my oye !" But if those who-don't believe will try, And just a lino or two will buy, they'll ne'er again be heard to cry, " Pray, can you tell the reason, why , Akaroa prices are so high ?" So a few new lines just m I'll quote— Twelve good clothes pegs for half a groat. Three and a half for nails mixed ; Strong* kitchen chairs for six and six. I've cross-cut saws with lightning teeth, Through wood they'll go as if 'twas beef. So fast they cut when once they're started, That ere you can stop them the tree is parted. They are as cheap as cheese, and ready for use, And will last for an age if you don't abuse. This is quite true as I'm alive ! Or at any rate as Mac the scribe. (The " Bonny Scot," who but last week, Three of our Council tried to unseat, Old Shakespeare's words are true I ween, " tho' keen the teeth of winter's wind, Yet not so sharp, because unseen, as man's ingratitude unkind.") New clothes lines made of galvanised wire, Defying alike both water and fire. For years they will last, and never rust; Two and nine I them sell, so buy them you must. New breach-loading guns, just now out from home, With newest improvements, and a nice little box, Nine pounds is the price, and small is the sum For a B. L., with top action and rebounding locks. Then I have powder, shot, and caps, for shooting wild cats And cock pigeons with long tails, that run about the grass ; But not the little quails you may see among the vales, Only whisper "by and bye ;" then let them by you pass, For it really is a shame to destroy those birds so game That have cost such time and trouble, for our country to import. Then let us do our best to protect and leave at rest What in future years may give us so much sport. I am wandering again into another strain, So back again I'll come to where I off did break, , And now again begin with candlesticks of tin, And one shilling is the price for each I'll take. % I've teapots on the shraf some people call them delf, But what they are of course It matters little ; Of color they are brown, and the price is half a crown, And good tea I know they make, although they're rather brittle. So good-bye I'll say again, as it's very, very plain That there's' someone trying to break down the shop door. And I'm glad to see come back Our friend " Sundowner Jack ;" May ho ne'er have cause to leave us any more.