THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 226, 21 October 1873, Page 3

THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

Thb fallowing 1 , lines have been sent to us for publication. They must not, however, be understood to. express our views on the question :—: — Now, soon the electors must go to the poll^ Together decide the election, And show, by recording their names on a roll, The man of their choice and selection ; And if information from me they'll receive, Prediction I'll give of the future — The candidate name whom I firmly believe Will then be elected at Super. The candidates to us are very well known, And Lusk is the first L shall mention, Who aoaringly boasts of a wig and a gown, And smoethingly claims our attention ; But in the election he will not succeed, In spite of his friends or hia clapper, The province will never the services need Of such a sophistic entrapper. Next, Dargaville saya that he is the man Who certainly should be elected ; He'll save us some thousands of pounds, if he o*n, If by him affairs are directed ; But we know very well that the promise* made Of saving are evermore broken, And the plea for election which he has put forth, Hia fitness should never betoken. John Williamson, though, is a much better man, The Province needs no better servant ; He sav'd it from ruin, deny who can, With energy strikingly fervent ; He open'd the Thames with its treasures of gold, And brighten'd the Province's future, Rekindled the hopes of the young and the old, And he should again be the Super. Now. if my advice you will freely receive, Electors, wake up and be doing ; Your votes to a man unto Williamson give, Your duty be ruhtly pursuing; And as he must win at the close of the poll. We'll muster our forces together, And loud through the province the chorus shall rolJ, John Williamson now and fob evee! Waikato. Ngaruawahia, 1873.

Knows How it is Himself — 'I give and bequeath to Mary my wife, the sum of one hundred pounds a-year,' said an old farmer. 'Is that written down, master ? ' ' Yes,' said the lawyer ; ' but she is not scold but she may marry again. Won't you make any change in that case ? Most people do.' ' Ay ! do they ? ' Well write again, and say, ' If my wife marry again, I give and bequeath to her the sum of two hundred pounds a-year. That'll do, wont it, master ? ' ' Why that's just doubling the sum she would have received if she remained unmarried,' said the lawyer ; ' it is generally the other way — tho legacy is diminished if the widow marries afterwards.' ' Ay, but him a» takes her will deserve it.'