'TIS LBAP^YiA^I^ADISSI

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 63, 16 August 1884, Page 7

'TIS LBAP^YiA^I^ADISSI

'Tis leap-year, leap year, ladies, And you who wish to wed Needn't wait on being courted, But go to court instead : So set afcnnf it bravely, Am! boldly make a start, Tell the yonmg man you love him, And offer him your heart If chance be you should meet him, Dun't be at all pcrplext, But sweetly make arrangement When you shall see him next Then at the place appointed, Don't fail to tike ymw >t»nd, With a love-thrill in your bosom And a minute or two iv hand. Then take him mil a-wnlking 1 , When stars are out above, And put your arm *b">ut him, Anil tell him how you love ! And kisb him too, and squeeze him, And swear yonr'e full of bliss Then, take a pleading posture, And ask may you be his. And, if he sigh permission, Embrace him right away, And ask in wildest rapture If he will name the day ; Then -after lingering, happy, s As homeward next you turn, Say, • Take my arm, my chosen,' While- with delight you burn. Escort him to the concert, Or go to see the play, And when you buy your ticket Be Bure for two you pay ; You iflust see he is not o'erburdened, And hold bis coat or hat ; And ask if he'll take refreshment, And what he prefers of that. And then, Itefore you are married, You must get his pa's consent, — Of course, look after the dowry — (Which is oft lore's measurement) ; You must see that the banns are published, Your joy there.it express j And send all superfluous sweethearts About their business. 'Tiß leap-year, leap-year, ladies ; You've privileged to do To young men all that nonsense They oft inflict on you ; So to your work, fair ladies, To woo, not to be woond, See what 'tis to be pursuer ■ TnofAarl nf liPinor niirsnflH. — "FVflfi T,sinnp_

.At the top of the poll. — The barber. Car-nations. — Ireland and America. Eegular Sells. — Fancy fairs. Small-pox is spreading in Victoria. The more you contract a cold the greater it becomes. There are 66 native village schools in New Zealand. London is to have an exhibition of children's toys. The total number of freeholders in the colony is 71,240. One London fionfasfe of 70ft brings in £1000 a year as an advertising Mgn. A man says his wife is only half like a telescope. He can draw her out, but he can't shut her up. Ntarly a fourth of the manufacturing labour of the colony is employed in nawmills and wood factories. Beauties often die old maid's. They set such a value on themselves that they don't find a purchaser till the market is closed. Why is woman defouned when she is mending her stockings? Buc-meeber bauds are where her feet ought to be. The United States make a million sewing machines yearly which can do as much work as formerly required 12,000,000 women working by hand. When four women are walking abreast on the pavement they will break ranks for nothing except a man with a paint pot. Great Britain consumes .jnnu.tlly 4,000,000 tons of potatoes, of which 200,000 ton« are imported while the remainder are raised on 541, 0u0 acres of land. Daniel O'Connell, the Irish orator, was applied to by a friend for his autograph, to which he replied — ' Sir, I never send autotrraDhs. — Yours. Daniel O'Cunnell.'