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Southland Times, Issue 1249, 13 May 1870, Page 3

j NURSERY RHYME : Nffw VassiOK o? an Oro Catch. Dedicated (without permission) to that ancient aud once respectable old lady, Btye $fittfylaafc Srij 3to. Three blind mice! Three blind mice! See how they write! See how they write! The Super; ran up in a terrible fright To tell them the townsmen were going that night To ask him in language not even polite To resign! To re-sign! AGRICULTURE AND ALPHABETS. " A B C do puzzle me," Said honest Giles the ploughman, " I can't contrive to spell d'ye see, ' Nor yet to read no-how, man! But works all day For little pay $ And here's my obserwation— To see that 'ere Ain't nohow fair Requires no eddication !" Says CS-iles, says he, " 'Tis plain to me Though I've no eddication!" " Eight shillin's be what they pays me," Said honest Giles the ploughman, , " In this here country of the free, Where we're a-standin' now, man! But I'll engage I'd lose my wage — likewise my sittywation, If I axed for One shillin' more To help my eddication!" Say Giles, says he, " 'Tis plain to me, Though I've no eddication!" j "The hovel where I've had to r'ar," Said honest Giles the ploughman, " My children —why, the pigs 'ud stare To be so housed, I vow, man! It's clear to me "Thout ABC, A man of this here nation Should house, at least, No worse n'r a beast, Despite of eddication." Says Giles, says he, " 'Tis plain to me, Though I've no eddication!" "So, why should I my patience try," j Said honest Giles the ploughman, i " Wi' larnin' when no good I spy In them as hast enow, man! Dost think it would Make me more good — 1 ■ - Or raise me in my station ? ' It makes it wuss, 'Cos I'm served thus By folks wi' eddication!" Says Giles, says he, " That puzzles me, What good is eddication ?" —Fun.

Government Advertisements. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 10th May, 1870. "V[O eligible tender having been received for the repair of the Jetty at Riverton, tenders are again invited to be sent in to this office until noon on THURSDAY, the 19fch inst. Specifications can be seen at the office of the Road Engineer, and at the stores of Messrs Whittingham Bros., Riverton. Each tender must be accompanied by a cash deposit or marked cheque. WILLIAM WOOD, Superintendent. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. _____ f\S and after FRIDAY, the 13th inst., traffic | over the Waihopai Bridge, on the East Road, will be unavoidably closed for ten days, to admit of the completion of the new bridge. Carriers and others heavily laden are warned against crossing the bridge over the Waihopai, on the mill road, as it is considered unsafe for such traffic. Wm. DAW3ON, Road Engineer. Office of Roads and Works, 10th May, 1870. NOTICE TO CO RRESPONDENTS AND ADVERTISERS. /COMMUNICATIONS intended for insertion \J in the " Southland Times" or " Weekly Times " should be addressed to " The Editor,'' and should reach the office not later than 12 o'clock on the day previous to publication. Advertisements must be sent in not later than 6 o'clock on the evening preceding the day on which they are intended to appear. Advertisements for the" Weekly Times" should I be in by 2 p.m. on Friday. . ] Business letters should be addressed to " The I Proprietors?