ORIGINAL POETRY.
BE KIND TO THE STRANGER, Be kind to the stranger — his heart may be sair, And his purse may be light, increasing his care ; Then turn out, my lads, gi'e the poor man a start, For we a' ha'e the power if we've only the heart. When an immigrant comes to this far distant shore From the land of his birth, that he'll never see
more, He needs a kind word and a kind helping hand ; Then turn out, my boys — plough his wee bit o' land. We brocht naething here — we'll as little take back ; And 'twould be for a curse, a' the gear that we mak', If we harden our hearts till they're cauld as the lead, Refusing to help a poor brother in need. All honour be paid to the kind Taieri men, For they welcome the stranger, and bid him God
send; They strengthen his arm while they gladden bis heart, And they form a bright spot on our Settlement' • chart. They ne'er turn their backs, wi' a heart hard us
stanes, , When he comes wi' his wife and his wee bits o'
weans j Or say 'mang themsel's, ' Let him just find it out j We ha'e plenty to do j let him toll out the hoot.' May their homes be the scene of contentment and
peace — May their horn still be full, and their comfort 9
increase ; For their wives are sac kind and their lasses sac
braw — Sac we'll c'en drink their health, wi' a hip, hip, hurrah !
John Bark, South Craigie Lee.
Ploughing and Tilling Apparatus.— Mr. H. M. Platt, of New York, has completed a patent in this country for a novel form of ploughing and tilling apparatus, the object being to turn up the soil in a superior manner, and to pulverize it at one operation ; the invention being designed to facilitate the employment of steam as a motive power, as well as the power of men and animals. The principle consists in the use of a revolving screw-shaped share supported upon a wheel carriage, and so coupled and geared to the wheels that as the machine advances the screw -shaped share will enter the ground, and be made at the sama timo to revolve with a certain velocity according as it is geared with the wheels, and also proportioned to the speed of the latter. As the furrow slice is lifted, it is .it the same time so completely cross-cut by the revolving share as to effect its proper pulverization, whereby .it is left fit for the immediate- planting of seed, and the harrowing operation is thereby saved.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
Otago Witness, Issue 372, 15 January 1859, Page 5
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