ORIGINAL POETRY.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 250, 1 September 1877, Page 2

ORIGINAL POETRY.

AN ADDRESS TO HAWEKA. ■ . Hail, Hawera! “ City of the Plain Renown VI alike for strength and brain, Where cunning Cupid works mischief, And luckless wooers come to grief ; . And tuneful bards their measures sing,— From slangy “ Boz,” to fiow’ry “ K Fu’ weel I wot ye’re no’ behind lu-things pertaining-to the mind ; In. muscular affairs as well e Thy tough and hardy sons excel, ' . : Arid ever haud their ain richt gayiy, ‘ Weel captain’d by the doUghty Baylyv , . Wairoan cocks'na tnair'rnay craw,’ And brag hoo they can kick the ba'; Na, na, they’re worst’d in the tussle • We’ staunch Haweran pluck and And now, howe’er they quirk and They just maun play the second fiddleI hardly think it worth my while To mention players o’ Carlyle ; The feck b’ tliem’s-no’worth a groat, A weardy, pithless, pecluir’ lot. I see ye’ve set agaun a Club Your mental armour bright to rub ; And when ye a r h-'ie got by hftftrt, Q’ oratry, the ribbj&arfc,'-, - , - Belike conclusions then' ye’ll try 1 , Wi’ gabby, guns o’ Manutahi.' ' And, speaking by the .Way, o’ gab, Commend me,-to the chiel ca’d “ Bab For lugging in the muckle I He licks each scribbler, low, or,high.;; •; And' gars the printer selgh ; na dpot, , For tetif bis le should' Clean gPe 09%+; t a } But rtb the point:} you# match?ye llgit In ll’b reasoning, Guthrie’s wit ; ■ ' ' Beneath the scathing fire o’ Ginger Ye’ll catch it hot, a reg’lar swinge# ; While learn’d, logical PeaCock, Will a’ to smash ypur weapons,knock. Oh, how I hope, Twill be my fate, ■ ■ To hand the hats’at that debate ; And see the mental lightning fly," Like Borealis in the sky. I trow’twii be as lively work, As ’tween the Russian and the Turk ; Or that,-of whilk auld records speak. When fierce pugnacious Greek met Greek.. But, ah.! 1 pair city o’ the plain,’ Thy victories are all in vain. In vain bards thy glories sing, In closes false, or rhymes that ring ; In vain thy giant strength thou’lt wield In learned hall, or sporting field ; In yain yeJII lay your beans thegither •. . - 'And haud'eonfabs wi’ aue anitlier, Consulting how you may efface, Ypur dire: dishonour, deep disgrace ; A woman’s hand hath wrought thy ruin, (.'Chat source of many a man’s undom’); Twas wrong, will say each gibbing railer, So scurvil v to treat the tailor. DAVIE. f flhe alcove wag written sonic time ago. but native modesty, prevented the writer sending it for publication till now.]

SHEEPOWNERS’ PETITION. A petitjok from shcepowners of the Patea District,, against the! appointment of Mr Hately as Chief Sheep Inspector of the Taranaki Provincial District, and praying that another Inspector might be appointed for this. district, was lately forwarded by J3tL Horner, Esq., to Government; also one for presentation to the Assembly. : The following has been received in reply, ... . .. - “General Crown Lands Office, . Wellington, August 21, 1877. “ Sin,—l have the honor, by direction of the Hoh Secretary for Crown Lands, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the ,13th instant, forwarding a Memorial of Sheep Owners of the Patea County, and to state in reply for yonr .own, information, and that of the Memorialists, that no re-appointment ol Mr 1 Hately has been made, hnt that Mr Hickson has been appointed an .Inspector; and the charge of the Patea District placed in his hands.— l have, &e. '" ■ '“J : , Oii.es. “R. Homer, Esq., Chairman of the Sheep Petition Committee, Carlyle."--