Notes and Comments.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 238, 5 August 1902, Page 3

Notes and Comments.

A harmless looking individual ambled into the sanctum yesterspring. day. The religious editor was playing " two •up " with a local member of the AntiGambling League, and was so engrossed that he did not hear the door shut. " Spring has come," announced the visitor, without preamble. " Has he?" absent-mindedly said the religious editor (who keeps greyhounds). " A good dog ?" " No, sir," said the h.1.i., " by making that announcement I merely wished to convey to your brain what your perceptive faculties should have brought home to jou long hence. In the meadows the buttercups are putting forth their tiny heads, the catkins on the willow are showing their delicate green against the sombre brown of the branches, the bright faces of the daisies peep from the verdant sward, little lambkins sport in the glad sunshine, and all Nature is glad. It is the awakening, sir, of new forces, forces old as creation, but none the less mysterious. Does not an answering chord in your heart vibrate with very gladness in response to this great and grand appeal. If not, I have here with me a little poem which may have the effect of awakening your dormant senses. In it you can hear the twitter of birds, the bleat of kine and the gurgle of softly flowing waters. It breathes to you a spirit of rest and gladness from the evergreen bush, where the new awakening has been awaited long. It is in two parts of thirty verses each and should have an immense effect on your circulation." He stopped, and, glancing round, saw the two previous ocoupants lying across each other on the floor. "Without, a word he tip-toed to the door and let himself out.