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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 7, Issue 348, 18 June 1863, Page 1

To Stand this .Season, AT HARRISON AND JONES'S J STATION, THE LEA SO IVES, RAN GIT IKE I, The Pure Bred Cart Stallion, HerculesHERCULES, by Samson, out of an imported Australian Draft Mare.; Hei is a bright bay, stands Sixteen hands high, and for bone and muscular development is unequalled in the District. Terms £3 10.5. Single Mares. Good Paddocks free for, one month, without responsibility. Payment 'to be made in January 1863. Sept.,2s, 1862. • T. TufSn p h o t o a ii A B H e it, Church Street. June 4, 1863. Notice. New Line of Road, Mataraua District. Provincial Secretary’s Office, • . .. March 12,1863. J HJOTICE is hereby given, that the MaLl taraua Board of Wardens have given notice of their intention to form a new Line of Road (by consent of the Landholders interested therein) between the No. 1 and No. 2 Line Wanganui. (Signed) J. WOODWARD, Acting Provincial Secretary. The Board of Wardens for- this District hereby give notice, .that they have deposited a Plan of this-intended Line at the Provincial Secretary’s Office, Wellington ; also, that a Plan of the same can be seen at the office of the District Surveyor, Wanganui. , . < The proposed Line commences at the pi*esent termination of the No. 2 Line, and proceeds along the boundary fence between the lands of Messrs. Young and Harrison,! thence crossing on to the lands of the j Messrs. Young for a few chains, it again enters the lands of H. S. Harrison, and so j continues along and to the end of thej boundary fence separating the lands of Messrs. Allison and .Harrison, thence crossing the land of the late Mr. lilytb, it unites, the No. 1 and No. 2 Lines. J Notice is further given, that the Board | will meet for the purpose of hearing objections to this Line at the Rutland Hotel, on Thursday, the 18th'of June next, at 12 o’clock noon. i H. S. HARRISON. ' EXTRACTS , FROM MR. PEABODY’S DIARY. Being under the necessity of returningto Wanganui per Tyne, which was to sail next day, I had no opportunity of seeing Such places as Karori, the Hutt, <fcc. The only out of door place that I visited was the tea garden, a pleasant spot, commanding a fine visw of the bay. There I saw a gigantic aloe, some of the fronds of which were covered with the initials of young people ambitious of perpetuating their names at the cost of sadly disfiguring the noble plant. Such persons should have their names branded on their own delicate skins for such conduct. At last I was again on board, but the wind blew so violently from the north-west that we could not venture to go outside. When dark all hands went ashore, leaving me, a greenhorn, in charge. In spite of the wind I would pace the few feet of clear deck (there was a. deal of timber on board) looking out upon the scene. The chafed waters sparkled in the moonlight; lights gleamed along the slioi’e, whence came, borne on the breeze, the baying of a dog. The train of thought into which I fell produced the following simple verses, which I call “my dream.” I beg of the reader not to be hypercritical, but to imagine he is listening to some of the simple strains of the poet laureate or some one equally famous, which will make my simple verses, the production of a greenhorn, readable. Methought I sailed in a ship

Bound for a distant land ; We were many in all, both big and small, A motley, joyous band. One night, as we smoothly sped along Through a phosphorescent sea,. The sailors troll’d a long sea song In cadence wild and free. Some were dancing upon the poop By the full moon’s light so sheen,, Which lit up the ocean far around—■ A solemn sight I ween. There was music and mirth that beautiful night In our lonely ship at sea ; Not a soul seem’d sad ; all pleasant and glad, And merry as mortals could be— When a fearful cry arose on high, That the ship was in a blaze ; The dancers stood, as if carved in wood, All motionless with amaze.