| . ONLY A BALL. AN inflated rubber bladder, a. bom bastie heap of wind, A plaything for the girls—likewise, - the boys. You’ve a pin prick in -your side and it’s let out all your gas, You’re no longer to be classed among their toys. - Once you were bright and shiny (when the paint and all was new), And the youngsters would play with you all day. But now you've been discarded and your wind bag’s had a fall. You’ve got dirty, and your use has passed away. I would not be a ball—a blown up heap of wind— But something more substantial, better made, Something with an inside, something with some vim, Something of a pin prick not afraid. May be the wound will heal, and you’ll again be strong, And your past, will not dwell upon your fall. Strive to be more useful, strive to do some good Aqcl be looked upon as something more than—ball. —MORE POET! Refreshments m Afternoon Tea Tl/TESDAMES R. BAKER LVX and SULLIVAN notify the public that they have taken over Mrs Bradcock’s refreshment rooms, which they have specially fitted up for the convenience of patrons. Meals supplied at all hours. Afternoon tea, coffee, or cocoa. Hot pies. CHOICE SELECTION OP SEASONABLE FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY. A Trial Solicited. '/ Our “ premier” v. lip £ W The Handy Home Remedy. A box of BEECHAM'S PILLS should W always be kept in the bouse, as, like a “stitch in time,” they may save much future worry and expense. On the first sign of any derangement of the system a dose should be taken, and. they will invariably have the most beneficial effect. “Prevention is better than cure,” we arc told. Next time you feel “out of sorts* * Just take a dose of Beecham's Pills, and so prevent a seemingly jjjjfc small ailment growing into serious trouble. BEECHAM’S PILLS prevent Illness as well as cure it. Most people take them to keep themselves in good health, These are wise and happy -gife. ones—they hardly ever know what ill health Is. There is no medicine In the world to compare with BEECHAMS They will not harm the most.deiicate —and the strongest will benefit by # using tliem. They are a tried remedy —the trusted frlen" friend of thousands of families alt over the world. Women especially suffer from headache, bachoche, loss of energy and spirits, Nervous Dyspepsia and many, other ailments which make life almost unbearable. Every woman can be immediately relieved of.this suffering if upon the first sign of any derangement she will take a dose of BEECHAM'S PILLS. • Worth a Guinea • • a B° x - # Sold la boxes, price ibid., ///J & 2s. Ulv - Ulr MOUMSEY & CO., Corner Rangitikei Line .and -Queen-st, Palmerston, PRODUCERS of all kinds of Dairy, Farm and Orchard Produce, can dePend on getting the highest market prices obtainable on all goods sent in for sale, and account sales immediately remitted. • Sales Twice a Week—Thursday* and Saturdays, , Outdoor kales undertaken, Pias and Poultry a Speciality. Bankers: Union Bank of Australia* Telephone P.O. Box ? 7 . FOXTON FAMILY BUTCHERY, Main Street, Foxton. C. T. EASTON, PROPRIETOR, begs to notify the public of Foxton and surrounding district that none but the primest of joints are offered for sale. Small Goods, etc., a specialty. Every attention given to the wants of customers. Shipping; Hotels, and FlaxmUfa supplied. .t ->H
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3784, 6 February 1908, Page 1
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