A KAMO IDYL.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 167, 24 November 1883, Page 7

A KAMO IDYL.

* Ilßtood on the hill at midnight Ere the cock began to crow, I < And the mggtn rose over Whangarei With, a^k and lurid glow. And I felt like a sage inspired ' "■■ '" 'With the scenery all around, IW 'twas sti'ange and weird at midnight, And undisturbed by sound. r i|? i.' And I peered infco the future, . ; - Where no human eye could see, {$.■ And saw some wondrous changes .; ; : . Gome over Whangarei. 3T6r I saw our pretty city, With each -winding street and lane, And its pokey wooden buildings — Yes, !twas Whangarei again. • ' - But I saw no smoke from fires, 1 And heard no hammers sound, The grass grew o'er the footpath, Dead silence reigned around. ,1 searched all through the village, But no human could I see, And I cried where are the people Who lived in Whangarie ? p^ But I saw one lonely being : Oome hobbling down the street, Old age had bent him double, ■ ' 'Witli his head against his feet. •. And^ l .asked. him. why this thusness, ' , ; ;, ; ., This absence of life so sad, ,^nat -had happened to. the "public," , V . '."•> That; there wasn't a drink to be had ? "■ >■' And' he turned his woe-begone visage, ■■■■.•■■"- Anfl spoke with a heavy frown, •V'-if- 1 -- lAftid said, m'ynatne' is Johnson, • ••'■•i- •'■ ' 'Arid I live in this old town. .. t; Andhere I own many a building, .. ;, , , tj.-Ajid many an acre of ground, jßnt-my tenants have all gore to Katno , ; „ /And allotments will not fetch a pound. - ■ Hie 'spirit inert. bade me look upwards, '" ' : ' And a glorious sight meet my view, ]'"■ 7 the' beautiful township of Kanio " • Stretched ovet the covintry in view. -. There were .multitudes thronging the streets And thousands of shops could I see, „ Church steeples I counted by dozens, All the sisters and aunt 3 and cousins Had migrated from Whangarei. BuiLOCK-PtTNCnEB.

i ..-A lover of music recently held a musical |i, soireo at bis residence, to which he invited his friends T and 1 a few artists. Owing perhaps to his enthusiasm. lie neglected to provide refreshments. An unexpected , sligwer suddenly occurred, on which one of the musicians exclaimed, " Oh, how fortunate for us that we are dry !" The remark had the desired effect. |;.The burning question of the day — Where do all" the Sewing Machinas, sold by D. S. Chambers, go to ? JEvery where ! Families, Dressmakers, Sailors, and Bootmakers, before baying old styles should call and . see -the latest' grand invention at 70, Queen-street, Auckland, opposite the Bank of N.Z. Shippers and the : , trade supplied, . ,|f On Cashmere Station (N.Q.) a gin -was delivered of a fine piccanniny, much to the disgust of her other ' son, aged 3, who. found, his nose out of joint, and plotted : : -vengeance. "Some three. weeks afterwards, his mothor /being down at the lagoon, and his father away hunting, ..? thfJß hopeful thrQe+yea.r-ol& took the opportunity \ to chqp his little bipther's.head clean off with a tomahawk. The'happy father, bnjiis return, when informed of the ' ( itfiro6ins^c«,delißlile<Hy exclaimed : "My word! bo6d-Jar^i>'li6eßian:bye'nx-bye !" ' : iiit|Qe,lß.';S. Srriytlie, the " much tray elled," :; whose last agency wife Mir Archibald Skuthorpe Forbes. ,Eaq\iire> is running MonoureD. Coriway, the "advanced ' f tlwSght" lecturer,. who has .only yet made half a success of M§ Melbourne oourse. , . i , '■ •..•■"•'»■ a» < ' Since AtbfiiV.lef t Australia' a shore ; ■•• . .:f?;> Smythe.s not been lucky as of yore " ' . „,•,J iisr eeen,t?ifekes have not boen hits at all, "v Winsome he. qouldu't fill thepits at all: 1 • '"■' ' ' • Bsy',,ps now Time's relentless scy,the . ! .. •-: - , Bring badk good fortune to our Smythe ? ; „ '9C b© pthef daj^ \vhen |,ae .Bicycle Glubs turned "out,a jolly .old gentleman, was, cpming along Qrafton ■ Boad, apparently 'quite delighted at the sight. " Ah." aaid;the old boy; " That's "what I like, that's what I fifceiif itbere'is^anxtlung,! really- love, it's to see the " boys f u.l}tef ttniui^Bpirilps,enjpying.themselves." • Just .'"atithat'nioment; a hunairbd and fifty pounds of, animal ■ .pjiiiitis :canje'idasbfng down the- hill, arid caught oar Thete was a sound pf / ing in the air aaiif. a few r -iitkvek 'vmmy.a 'slapg-dic.tioii'ary; were knocking .around. 1 . Hfjbienjt|ieyiipieMa. up. thfe r^unfortunate" old boy" and Snnea tk^b^^ of, his coat together, v an'd. he remarked, V tono apiKe'niile,.thajb ,^,made. hito, . quite ,blaqk in' ttie ■'Afec^^thatv^e^Cfty^ Council did dot put A stop to this 01/j*dJ^Jt|i&'«embers Worse* 'than .^^d^theftrh^JtoddJeii^'O^itof.!^ s Ail* from ,