A FEW VERY QUESTIONABLE VERSES.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 9, 9 July 1886, Page 2

A FEW VERY QUESTIONABLE VERSES.

Wee!. I*ahiatna William, and hoo are ye the non 7 Do von still find as iiiueh as ever to say 7 And now to be canny, just wisprr my mannie.

Do your " woollv-backs" still in the langpadduck stray 7 •And is it quite true that you run out and •hoo. shoo 7 When you see them enter a neighboring garden. An then if your neighbour's looks are blue. •Am yon sure that you humbly ax his pardon 7 And so you are " Premier !" good on your section 1 Does your cabinet bear a close inspection 7 Rut turn on lots of gas. and I think you will pass. Although you are rathor a mixed collection.

And yon of tho name which rhymes with

geese. Who indulge in language like that of

Greece ! “Forseuicl" By the Powers! how your intellect to were. And loses its self like u keha in a lle. ce. In what language did you " Fore*me" find 7 A term pu/.xling your colleagues' mind I But then, perhrqw Ahck, you meant it f»r Gaelic— But 'tis cert i in in learning your mates are behind.

Pray don't let vonr temper got rufllid now. Rut liko the *uow on Hold.worth's brew. Keep sweetly cool, nor join the school. Who joy iu tlio thin edge of a row. Then thon man of verbs, and parts of speech, AN ho acts so well tho role of Leech; W 1 on u mmisu-r's ill, an opposite u pill, Muv chance the malady to reach. If by the “ Speaker" you chance to be chaffed, Administer to him s mild Black draught ; And if you should stir uji dear Albert's bile. Try tho effects of some castor oil.

Now go it mv pippins, square your shoulders. Throw mud al>ont, hut beware of boulders : You country to save, be boi l and brave. And insure your lives if not policy holders. TAU-HOC.