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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 78, 8 October 1877, Page 3

W^ I found 'twas all a vision of the night. . ~ Bui now that fatal drenm returns, again;; . Aguiu I feel the slittie oppressive pain,' , • Again I hear thn Khout, again I aeom To see his body floating on the stream, Oh! horror, my brain reels, my benrfc grows Bick> , . . . •'Wake ohildwh ■ wake," Bay tins is not a trick, Of Fate's to leavo us dponlate— Y.-t no, I'll not awaken you-l".l hear my woe, My misery alono^-sledp on poor rlcurs, I For when you'll wake alas! you 11 wuko to But hark uiethinks some low fruit pound I '■, hear, L^: As if a cry for help wtp nttered near, M\ Or is it but my ftnoy'B fevered play, W Ocveat Eeav'n, I'm going mad, would it wore fi day, ■ The morning's light may cli«Ripato my. fears. —Morn dawned at last, and found her still in tears, Tho children started up from hnppy sleep, And marvelled much to sco their mother weep, Poor Httlo ones, of grief no more they knew, Than the gay flow'rs that in the garden grew. I Nor knew they, what Death meant, nor could |fc they gueß.a, B "The cruel stroke that made them fatherless. |^' But when they missed him whotr they loved ; bo well, Fast, from their bright young eyes the large tears fell, And calling on him by ench tender name. They «adlv wondered why no father came. They saw their mother pacing two and fro, ' Tho whole day long— saw strange men come nnd go, . Sad faced and mournful, and then at last, They saw their father bor/>e slowly pa»t, His eyes fixed on thorn with a stony stare, The water dripping from his clothes and hair. "' Mother" they cried in accents full tjfpain V He ha 3 been outiall night, out in tho rain, How wet and cold he is. how wan, how weak, Tell us dear Mother will he never soeak ? No novermore, my children, nevermoie; Drowned in yon river flowing past our door, Drowned ; drowned last night— my God ! it was Ms cry, 1 His dyiny cry I heard, ah ! Heaven, why Did I not then rush orth, and bravely make Some effort for him, Oh I my heart will break, Come children come, and take your last adieu, Your father's dead, your mother's dream was true.

C. H- BHODBS. 7TIBATKD WATER & CORDIAL -^i* MANUFfi.CraRER, strand] reefton. Every description lof Cordials and Bitters alwaya on hand. QUININE WINK— A splendid Tonic. Lemonade, Ginger Peer, Orangeade, Gingerade, Nectal and Chnrapagne Soda. Potash, Seltzer, Carrara, ■ Magnesia, Lituia.jnnd Tonic Waters, All orders delivered daily to any part of 'lhe district. | INANGAHUA COUNTY COUNCIL PUBLIC KOTICK. T N PURSU A NC B of a RESOLUTION passed by the Counly Council, all TRAFFIC on the UPPER END of BROADWAY, will 'be SUSPENDED nnlil the 10th INSTANT. ALEX. MUNRO, County Engineer. INANGAHUA COUNTY COUNCIL iT an ORDINARY MEETING held on the 27th AUGUST; 1877, the following resolu ;ton was proposed : Proposed by Cr*. Dj vies, seconded by Cr. Bykne, and parried, " That the Council do and 1 ereby doth make and levy a gen jral rate of one shilling in the. Pc and on the annual t\ value to let of al rateable property within the County of Inangahua (as appearing on the valuation roll now in force for the Raid County), for carrying into effedt the general purIk, poses of the ' CouLties Act, IS7O ' i that such rate be fpr one year ' fro'tn the 27-th day of August, instant., and that the same pc payab.leiq one, sum on the Ist October, iß77,".at> the Office of the Council, Reefton or afc sucl' other place as may be hereafter notifiedjduring the usua Office hours. 1 f. de las Jarre mas, 1 Clerk.