Original Poetry.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 582, 12 February 1876, Page 3

Original Poetry.

[Thd following eitempur* forsei, written on witnessing the hammer which had been dropped in ditgustby an Auckland auctioneer, at, the lUck "bidding, when the horses were brought forward nftor the Ohaupo catile sule on Tuesday, taken up and handlfd by a local oelebnty. were sent to vi for publication, but unfonunately wero retired too -Ist* for insertion -in our last isjue,] All who attend Ohaupo saL* Come luten unto me, I'll tell you what I mean to do To stop monopoly. Monopoly ii very b»d, But bright day* are in sfcjre j And )ou thili paj your fire per cent To Auctioneers do more. • For I do orae from Bruramagum, A town of tome repute ; And tnere acquired a gilt of speeoh Whiuh no one will dispute. Then bring to me your horsei old, Or fl*wVl in anj w»j, I I'll sell them to a brother Fro, Whj sold me t'other d\j. And I'll dispo-e of all your lands, Your produce, and your cjiitl*, t For nought, and 'gaiait the Auckland man Most cheerfully wage batt.e. -'And wh*n upon iorne sultry day, •i I'r« finished well my tiik, I will nji iti Hi. fo any p^y — 4f A smile is all I'll ask. Hugh Bizoi. ' Ohaupo, February Bth, 1876.