LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1039, 20 February 1879, Page 3

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF.

I oannot love the publican ; Sometimes I like hia beer, But then his glasses are so small ! His spirits make me queer. IjOonnot love the storekeeper— ■- 3e oharges items twice, i. £id, if an error I suggest, He's not polite or nice. I do not love the butcher, for His steaks are often tough, And, if T dare to growl thereat, He outs up awful rough. The baker, too, how oan I love ?— His loaves are often light, And, if 1 but expostulate, He anxious is to fight ! My next door neighbor oan I love ? — My eggs he often steals, [care, And, though he's watohed with anxious The fruitful nest conceals. 1 cannot love the lawyer, who Would fleeoe me oi my skin, And, when he cannot moro obtain, In gaol will put me in. The doctor will rido many miles My pulse to feel, aud see Me show my tonguo, but wouldn't come Without a heavy fee. The parson now I strive to love (Such sermons nice ho prcaehua), But then I find he never tries To— practise what he teaches ! To love thy neighbor as thyself There's but one time, I think : — If, when you meet him in the bar, Ho asks you what you'll drink! ! Mabia O'Heenet. To Awamutu, Feb. 18, 1879.