A BROWN HAND AND A STRONG HAND.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 305, 6 October 1888, Page 7

A BROWN HAND AND A STRONG HAND.

A and a strong band, A (band that can driveihe plough, *Can sow -the land, can reap the land, f Gan manage and milk a oow, Can weild the axe the whole day long, Can 'handle the scythe and rake ; j A 'brown "hand and a strong hand j To work for Love's dear sake. ' A brown hand and a strong rmtid, A hand that will never shirk Crarik, or pnTley, or wheel-'band, Grimy, or dangerous work ; A hand can u«ethe hammer, Gan "handle the chain and brakeA 'broad hand and a hard palm To -work for Love's dear sake. A firm "hand and a strong hand, '• To hold the jrniding rein, A hand with grip and muscle, That nothing -can tire or strain; A learn "hand, a -working hand, A hand that Is good to take ; ' j A band that is never weary, [ Working for Love's dear sake. i A Tittle "hand, -a brown "hand, That; can sweep, and dust, and clean A brown "hand, with a golden band, EunniDg a sewing machine. A little hand, a brown hand, j That can wash, and cook, and bake - \ A clever "hand, a kind hand, \ Busy for Love's dear sake. i The "big "hand and the strong hand Is stronger still if it take : 'The small hand ,and the brown hand, ; .bo 'busy for Love's dear sake. ' Then a strong clasp, a long clasp, Till nothing on earth can part The little hand and the large hand, i Joined by a loving "heart. <

T5y the Union S. S. Co's steamer Mararoa, , <which arrived in Auckland from the South <on Tuesday, Mr E. W. Hanmer, of Mana- c -waru, Te Aroha, received a box of bumble i Jbeea, «in insect of much rarity in these' tparta, the consignment in fact introducing this species of bee into the district. It is i ■only lately that attention lias been turned | an New Zealand to the importance of the ; ibnmble bee for agricultural purposes,fit 'being highly estimated by farmers! ;as a maeans <of fertilising &e red clover j iblossom-; as the trunk of the insect is' ♦bo formed aa to enable it to reach the! /honey in the clover blossom, "by the ex- . which the ■process of fertilisation! ris jbrougTrt about. We hope that Mr Han mer 'will bo-successful in the acclimatisation of ithis hnportant'Kttle insect. The Canterbury, Acclimatisation Society recently imported' ;a number 'of these bees from Home, and they are now thriving, so that* with care theysliould do well'here. A gentleman in the Waikato recently obtained a box of -sixteen from t\m society, but upon arrival -at their 'destination it was found that they •were all dead but one, having apparently 1 Ibeen smothered on the way up through packing.