CLIPPINGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 991, 4 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

CLIPPINGS.

(Prom the Sydney Bulletin,) There is a story—and a true one-r-abput Farley, the well-known baritone, that comes .from Gympie (Q), At trie time when he was accompanying Miss .Christian oh her Queensland tour, he stopped for a few days at the above Northern goklfield. Through part curiosity and desire he determined to nave a look over some of the mines, thjm so rich on payable gold, and upon the wish of one of the managers he chose the Smithficld . mine for the,fjrat trip below. Equipped for ;tho journey," he' stood in readiness at the mouth of the'.'pit-not so.'rhuclijlike .the Slephistopheles:'as r pne wpuldj,fresire—and . was the last ,to step' into the bjtckei ; , With one hand clasping the rope' Joyi .down, the other hand'abovo holding the miiier'a larryp, his, first fears were dispelled ,)vheu, he found all going so safely. : ;Su'ddealy,,' iiho! manager cast hji eyes; above—awful, eight, but true—.'Farley holding,tbe rope' like grim death, and his'lamp so close, to the' rope.that^ho,flarho was quietly eating 'the. shreds,'',' aqd' would soon weaken,''consequently','" the staying power of; Farley, and. Ins <?rew, • .There, was no noise' then—but '.action. 'Out went the .Ipß.t.la.h'^t,.ind'.if!.ever the .heart of' Edward Farley.was'in,his.mouth, it was',|at that time, and the rbpe'would last until'-jihe b'dcjbiet reached the bottom of the niih'e,' : "' ""

..THE YELLOW AGONY. ''ln..vain doth purMusc curlliornostrils and '■' sneeze,' '*" ' :: ; ~; '""' i Our obstinate Pegasus snuffle and wheeze. With grip as of Jfonthe bridle wo seize, ; And gallophira straight atthe'subjßct-Chinose, The peaceful Mongolian grows tattrs;and peas, !'And spirio'cli/hhtl lettuce; and nrimbVabbageosj He seldom gets drutik; ! nevef liastho D.T.'s, ' Biit<he smells worso'thnn Cdptaln Mayne Rcid's •iiChorokees. '." : •'•. - ; In, hundreds and thousands't|iey land on our '".'quays" '' ."" ,! '"" ; ' ■ (Their persons asylums for'vorm|n and fleas), The goblet of,sbrroW wo'vo drained to the lees; Say, wjmt'.shall we. do -with (these- Hekthen Chinese? : i < '-. ' Like Sinbad'the Sailor's Old Man of .the Seas, 1 The so ; almon:oyod; amber-hued, apish Chinese Bestride i us, oH I' agony, of agonecs! (Bad.metre?.well, certainly.Mather a squeeze), Commissioners sat and have pockptcd fees. And gobbled huge'slices of Government, cheese, ■ The: bobbles have bustled as busy as bees •Exploring; the haunts pi'the Heathen.Chinese, In intervals sober, 'twixt orgies and sprees, Reporters have written'OUr marrow to' freezo, 'Accounts iwhlcli Induce us ourQ's find our P's To.mind whcn.wc wander among the Chinese. But their,perfume still,floats upon zephyr and breeze;" : '■ ■■■■•■•• ■We've vented ouranger in Impotent D—sj ■ We've nearly lost hope,' wliicn in Xotio is spes : Shall we ever,get clear of these awful-Chinese ? ■Let's hope-that Smith's project the Synod will seize, ; ■"■-"" ; - ' -iAnd theißubric itself bo reformed by-degrees, A prayer might he added with infinite ease, rEmbraced.andembodied in stanzas like these: '■' From katred.arid malice," deliver us, please, "Froni..battle- and murder," from- death and disenso; "';''" .? .From, perils, by land,.and from perils by.seqs; 1 From heresy schism,", and-Hcathen Chinese !