Alphabetical.

Manawatu Herald, 6 August 1896, Page 4

Alphabetical.

A doth stand for applo tree with white and crimson wings, B for bads and blossoms and tho bird that sweetly sings, C for happy children boneath the leafy bonghs, D for doga and donkoj'B that worry timid cows ; E doth stand for eaglea that soar to eyries high, F for frogs and flrellie3 when soft moonlight f:]la tho eky, Q for grand old glory that waveth to tho breezo, E for hearts and homesteads of braves on laniis and seas, I for imps and islands that dot tho briny deep, J for jelly, jam and junket we dream of when wo Bleep, K for kids and kittens that gambol o'er the lea, L for lads r.nd lasses and their lovo so warm and free, M for men and mansions wherever wo may roam, N for nuts end nutmegs in each New England home, O for omens in tho sky nad oil within the ground, P for peas, peaches, pies and pndding3 by the pound, Q for quarts and quarters, quinces and quinine, B for roosters, roguea and rooketa— tho life of cny crone; B doth stand for sea and shore, for seamen and for songs, T for truth and trust and their temples' tunoful thongs, U for ugliness and union, for umber and ukase, V for vanity and vacancy, for vampire, vale and vase, VI for wino and women, wig and woo and whist, X for xebec and serotss, xylography and xyst, y for youth and Yankee, Yulan. Yuli, yest, Z for Zambo, zany, zero, zenith, Zota, zest. — F. S. Pond in Chicago Inter Ocean.