Johnny's Composition on Geese.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 6

Johnny' s Composition on Geese.

Ooo&ef- arc the bigge&fc birds* knone to the human eye, and the he ono ir> ft gander. The gander is the monark of the air, bub the rooster can lick him, cos the tooster he is bravo like General Solomon, but the gan dcr isent h'ghty, more like preachers The trooye if a sailer, but not a wicked one like Jack Hrily, wich chow.- tobacko, and swears and ovory thing, ami it has got let/hers between it loefc for tv wolk the wotter Hek a tiling of life. Puckf- they are feailcrs, too. but the swon has got a lonir neck like a cfiraft, and \\ en ib i& got, a sore throte it its mighty r*ick. Tl.e little gooses is goslums and i^ green. !My .si.ster, she face a goslum and she asked Uncle Ned wofc made il green, and he said, Uncle Ned did, that it wa*» cos it wasent ripe. Then Billy, he fepoke up and said won it \\as vipe il would be picked. And now I will tell you a stovy.

DLsouM&ing tliu Kuropuan situation, the " Lyttelton~Times "' makes the following extraordinary statements:— " On the whole, there is enough to give the war rumours in Wellington a very serious aspect. (Jenoral Whitnftro thinks so, for he i.s <joiuQf to move for the militia to bo called out. for training:. Government could not do bettor than follow the advice. It will not hurt the militia, and ifc tuny do the country a great deal of Kood."