WHAT THE MOTHER SAYS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 429, 18 December 1889, Page 8

WHAT THE MOTHER SAYS.

Yn«. T know (here me stains on my cnipet, Tlio trice'? <<f sm.dl muddy t li^ < «; And T s t .p yoiu f.ur tnpe^try "lowing And spoiler with blossoms ami fiuit ! Ahl T kmw tlmt my walls nre disfisrured With prints of small finaers and hand" : Anrl Hint \oni own li<ui«eliold ino^t truly In iinnncuhite pnvity stands. An<l T know thni my parlour fa littered With m.in\ eld trenMiri'S and toys ; Wliil^ vonr own is in daintiest oider, Unhaimcd by U.e piesence of boys 1 And T !<nnw that my room is invaded Quiif boldly all hours of tho dm ; Wiiile you sit in voui' 1 - unmolested, And dream the soft quiet w.iy ! Yes. I kivnv theie are four little bedsides, Where rmu«>t stand watchful each night; Whilo yon iro out in vnur CHrrincre, And flash in your dresses bo hright P.uv, i think I'm a neat litt'e woman ; I like niv house orderly, too ; An.l I'm fond of all dainty belontrins^ ,' Yet would not change places with you. Kf> ! keep vourfa ; r home with it" order, It 1 * free«loin fiom bother ami noise; And keep your own fanciful lei ure, But <?i\o me my four splendid boys!

D -rt'it and falsehood, whatever conveniences they tuny for a time promise or prndu'-<\ an-, "in the sum of life, ob-t.ielos t<> h.ippiness. Those who profit by the obeat distmst the deceiver, ami the net by vhii-h kindness was sought puts an end to corfi lenee. "Puf," in the Frees, tlui" moralises on thp new Libemli m:— " B-.llauce -eeins to be wobbling about a good detl on the taxation question !" "wants a piome.«Mve Jnnd rast nn r >vv, with double rates on iiWntees ! I wombr if he piopo'-eR a double piopetly Ux for all lenders of nione* on public or landed security who , li\eont of tl.t colony ! " "Golly, no ! , If be did that, h<-'d tbive the tm-ney out I of the rn!i.n\ f..<*ti-r (li in it uoes now ! " *• W. 11 ! Arid win should he tax one absentee «nd not ai>othci ? " "Oh ! A jn.uiV no Hiiht to own lan«i ! You know BaHanr-p and bis friends Imte the bloated Jandowner ; acc«>idinjf to them he's the embodiment oi all evil jmd the curse of the countr) ! " ''How do you difine a >bh-ared lnndownet ?'" "A bloated Jni'dfwner ib a man who owns more than I <lo 5 it" 1 own 20 a.ies tlie c-hap who has 40 acres, is a b L ; if I have 100 nt-ren the chap who has 200 acres is the B. L. ; j ;indifl have 1000 acres the chap with •2000 -icie- is the 8.L., and <-oynn L'onn !" ''And viituie »tn»i lione-st^ and nianiine'-s find purity aie repi evented by the man who h.-sn'l an aneP '* That'ts it ! riis.tN fho B.illance-vStouC cre^.d in a m-t'-hell !" ''Well, its a queer tiling, isn't it ? l^re an the-e b'o.ited landow neis, w itli the help of the niineis and turning pu( to the \..lik ol £8,000.000 n e.ir to pa\ 4be mt- re-t of om debt .md iuiv all our t ••! and s-u^'tr and foin^n pouds, and kt-ep all the l.iilw.iys an 1 sbi^s ;.nd tiolli'-s guiu.u, and feed .ill the people in the countn , and )et these B.dlanceHt.ut thaps ha\e the mo-t thnndv.iing down on 'em; T can't mnke it out !"