FROM SMITH OF ALEXANDRA. (Under the influence of a Public Holiday)
The Kiwi flour it excellent, Tho Kiwi dour i» cheap, A learned man the Tondor if, Hit wit is vorj deop. For ho oan read and he oan writ* Ami tomotimet he can spell, And he can pun oleotion rhymes And think be do^i them well. So wondrous rare hit talent* are, I've heard tome people nj ; He will with oase hit friendi to pitM » Just like a donkoy braj. Perhaps from grinding so much wheat Hit •eti»os are so fine, Thut conning o'er hit flowery icor«, Hu'i liokled with eaoh hn«. Buf. the mantle Tennyiooitn Upon him h«t not lit, *-c- Por a pott who non natdtur. We know oan uot b« fit. 20LhJ»nuM7, lb7B.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 580, 8 February 1876, Page 2
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127FROM SMITH OF ALEXANDRA. (Under the influence of a Public Holiday) Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 580, 8 February 1876, Page 2
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