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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9488, 30 December 1918, Page 8

7'HOMESJCK ENGLISHMAN. (15y liowlaiiilti Oaldicott, in the •' \ v o.\ti a ins t er' (J aze tte.") TeiTac'cd rocks of la vendor grey, Cooling winds from off the sea, j&oads that run Jerusalem-way. No thing to me ! Nothing to me ! • Girls iiii mi English garden at play, Shimmer of green that tells of spring, ■ England ! All in the mouth of May, Everything,—o everything .' Old red wine from a monkish board, Honey that coraes from the Hebrew' "bw, Tho lovely tlo-weiis these hills .afiord, Nothing co me I Nothing to me ! Daisies set on an English sward, Toadstools growing in a ring, Soses, honey, ale—good Lord ! Sverytliing,—O everything ! Omar's mosque in tho sunset light, &. broken arch and a cypress tree— The heaven is blue and the arch is ivuite— Nothing- to- me-! Nothing to me ! ISatter.sea Road on a Saturday night, All in tho street a-huckstering, Whelks and vinegar stomach's de- -. tight, ' ■ ■ Everything,—o everything ! Balua's lake i.s red with mud, .'Emerald grasses there you see, Oranges i grow on trees at Lucid— Nothing to me ! Nothing to me ! Thalues's water out in flood. Sheep oil the hillside pasturing, Cows in Sussex chewing the cud, 'Everything,—O everything ! Cairo, —Alex.: if you will, Luxor and its ancientry, ■Pay your money and take your liii, 'Nothing to me ! Nothing to me ! It^en-ny toss at Ludgate Hill, Gulls at London Bridge on the wing, 'J?he traffic over it never still, Everything,—o everything! Bondslave am I to eternity To a small island over the sea; ■ Nor at the end shall I be thine, • For all thy figs, O Palestine; .Figypt, in vain thou sprcadst the fanst, I'm lured not by the luring East, finders land, whoever. can, ''This nai-row-heartt-'d .Englishman.

'.Tomatoes, visually so cheap^ and plentiful at Christmas, have been vying 1 with the rarer fruits in season as far as price is concerned (says the "Dotainion"). Oiving to a bleak, boisterotis 1 ' s-eason the plants did uot come on bo lustily as is their wont, and many growers found that the few which did c4me on were blackened and shrivelled by the gales of November, which were destruc'civo ..all ovw, the country. The. .jaean' result' ha,s been_ that last week .HiSrtv " pouuoos {ibx- ordinary 221-b .case) > li'ing 27s Cd. and 30s, and tlie weekj t>Sfort ■ £2 per case, which accounts for it'ae. label "2s per lb,"at a time, when -tiie price should be 2d:" On Tuesday ' f;ound red tomatoes brought 18s, and ' green .Us ]>er case, and the day was bailed as tlie first- "cheap fruit day.". Tomatoes were being sold at. from Is Co Is/ Od per lb retail. H. A. LLOVO. CLEARING SALI-: '--at- * G.ltliltlN'STWKET.. THI'IJSDAY, JANrAK-Y 9, 1S)1U. I HAVE- received instructions from j the Executors in the EstaU; of the law Henry •Martin (having Sold his Farnn t-f> liold. on the above date, -a CXKNTPT.CTE CLI'IAIWNG SALE, cora•prlsine: — 5 Draught Marcs and Geldings I 2-yr-old Filly . ' 10 Dairy Oows, in profit and in calf 6 Head Yomig Cat tie, j 3 Sows id pig *-. ! fMPLEMENTS— | Ma.-sev-Haj.-ris Drill (new), McC/ormick Binder, Spring .Dray and Frame, i .Disc Harrows, Separator, Cream Cans, Barb Wire, Wheelbarrow, Grindstone, mock and 'Tackle, Empty Sacks, Har- ' A:bo.-HOUSEHOLD FU.UNITUHR AND WFJidrS. SaJe—l p.m. l/iuu'hcon Pn>vided. .H~A. LLOYD, 12 517 Auctioneer. SUSSNESS NOTICES. ,i*ipHK HI-'ALTH AUTHOIUTI^y warn .th-e public not to congre-p'j.t-e to'gethei 1 while shopping. PET?CY respectfully requests his ■aamerous patrons to buy their Christ-' mas Presents early, and thus avoid the great rush during the last few days li-?fore Xmas. P"CKCY ha-, the Best Stock of suitable for Gifts to GeiitleITj ' ■■■.- ' Sp vnD jcu please &hop early, and ti; better attention at H. C. PERCY'S, EAST STREET. There is a possibility of no Late Nu?k-t this year. TT'EEOL cures disease by killing J% trerms outright. It's a great Wioratu, and deadly against I'.lu S^cbs. tfse it hi your bath, on wasn iar day—about your home, stable., nwxi^v• Vua, ana drains. Bottles, tii^ ?£*&*£ at small prices .--At Jobfl Qrr m 4 Co.'s East Street Store.