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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 27, 15 August 1868, Page 5

SELECT POETRY.

THE PEACHES.

"When summer flowers begin to jade, And summer leaves begin to fall One here, one there : in juicy strength, The peaches redden on the wall. And so, indeed, hot youth being past, Our lives should shew their fruit fall fast. The peaches redden on the wall, Hiding in hollow cells of green, Where plaited leaves hang thick about, An& scarce permit them to be seen. • And so, in truth, good deeds should be Concealed in sweet humility. The peaches redden on the wall, Close set upon low branching trees ; And any hand may easy touch The gifts that the eye easy sees? And so with us, 'tis well for each To keep within the 'other's reach. The peaches redden on the wall : They take the kisses of the sun, The joy-tears of the flying cloud, The darkness when the day is done, And thus, well used, the changing hour "Will help us to a larger power. The peaches redden on the wall, To drop when chilly winds shall blow ; But careful hands are swift to stay Their fragrant lives from ending so. And surely thus a Hand will save The good from falling in the grave. The peaches redden on the wallBut look up higher overhead, "Where all the vastness, of the sky "With faintest, calmest blue is spread. And what is that from where we stand But blue mist hiding Fatherland ? The peaches redden on the wall, - | Though night's dark curtain drips with dew ; The white stars shew themselves, and shine . Through mounded cloud and hoverine blue. And oh, to feel " past fruit and tree, The Lights of Home shine forth for me !"

When a ship makes port, cloe=) fhe crew get any? Iron that Enters Into the Sole. — Income lacks. A machine lias been invented which is to be driven by the force of circumstauces. Good diet makes healthy children ; but the South Sea Islanders think that healthy children makes good diet. Complimentary. — A new member rO9O to make his first speech, and, in \ws embarrassment, began to scratch his head. " Well really," exclaimed Sheridan, "he has got. someIhing in L>3 head, after all." May is considered an unfortunate marrying month. A young pirl wus asked, not long since, fo unite herself to a. lover, who named may in his proposal?. The lady hinted that Mii 7 was unlucky. " Well, m-ike it June, thfn," replied the ">v;iin. Cas-ling down her ey?, and with a blush, she rejoined, "Would liol April do fH well r "' A declamatory counsel, i^io despised ail technical! l ie«, and tried to slorm the court ot" fhe East India Company l.y the force of eloquence, was once uHei'ini; Ihpse words, "In the book of nature, my lords, it iiTwritten "—" — when lip was stopped by tin's question from Hie Chief Justice (LordElleuborough). "Will you have the goodness to mention the pnge, sir, if you please ? " A traveller, among other narrations of wonders of foreign parts, declared he knew a cane a milf long. The company looked incredulous, and it was evident they were not prepared to swallow it, even should it have been a sugar cane. "Pray, what kind' of a cone was it ? " enquired a gentleman, snecvingly. "It was a hurricane," roplu-d the traveller. | Half That. — When young Hodge iirsf. enrac up to town, hip father told him it would be polite, when being helped to dinner, to say to the host, " Half that, if you please." It so happened thai, at the first dinnor to which he was invited, *a sucking pig was one of the dishes. The host, pointing with his knire lo the young porker, asked, " Well, Mr. Hodge, will you have this, our favorite dish, or haunch of mutton ? " Upon which, recollecting his lesson, he replied, "Half that, if you please," to the consternation of all present. Lawyer and Witness. — A story is told of a very eminent lawyer receiving a severe reprimand from a witness in (lie box whom he was trying to browbeat. It was an important issue, and in order to save his cause from defeat, it was necessary that Mr. A. should impeach the witness. He endeavored to do it on the ground of age. The following dialogue ensued : — Lawyer : " How old are you ? " ' Witness : " Seventy-two years." Lawyer : " Your memory, of course, is not so brilliant and vivid as it ivas twenty years -ago, is it?" Witness : "I do not know but it is." Lawyer : " State some circumstance which occurred, say twelve years ago. and we shall be able to see how well you can remember." Witness : " I appeal to your honor, if I am to be interrogated iv this manner ; it is insolent." _ . Judge : " You had better answer the question." i Lawyer: "Yes, sir; state it." -Witness : " Well, sir, if you compel me to do it, I will. About twelve years ago you Btudied in Judge B.s offlco, did you not ? " . " Lawyer : " Yes." "Well, sir, I remember your father coming into my office, and saying to me, ' Mr. D., my son is to be examined to-morrow, and I wish you would lend me five pounds to buy him a suit of clothes.' Ir» member, also, sir, that from that day to this he has never paid me that sum. That, sir, I remember as though it were but yesterday." Lawyer (considerably abashed) : " That will do, sir." Witness : " I presume' it will."

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