ORIGINAL POETRY.

Otago Witness, Issue 399, 23 July 1859, Page 3

ORIGINAL POETRY.

THE BONNY HARVEST MOON. Of all the seasons in the year

I ljke the Autumn hest, Ere Winter comes with" giant strength, Or Flora gangs to rest ; When scented bieezea fill the air —

"When distant echoss croon — And o'er the hill peeps hazily .

lhe bonny Harvest Moon; I like to hear th« gentle breeze That rustles 'mang the corn, When Ceres comes wi' gracefu' step And wave her, crookod horn. When golden v>ave3 sweep o'er the field, When thistles shed ,their down, And o'er the hill peeps hazily The bonny Harvest Moon. I like to hear the reapers' sang— To me 'tis sweeter far Than a' the sangs that ere were sung In praise of eiuel war; When brothers shed their brothers' blood, When despots grasp a crown, And burning villages obscure The bonny Harvest Moon. O may sweet peace, with gentlo sway, Reign o\er Otago's shores ; May beauty smile in every Ha', While plenty sprsads her iores. May still her boast be Lonesz men, . . And as each year goes voun', - < ■. M.iy grateful lieaits rejoice to see The bonny .Harvest Moon. John Barr, South Craigielec.

June 1559.

Wool.— From a statement of the imports of wool into GreaVßritaiii.in 1857- and 1858, we extract the following :-rJN T evr South Wales, 65,924; Victoria, 83,616; Tasmania, 20,755; and New Zealand, 10,116 ; for the year 1857, in packs of 240 lbs. each*. I'or the last year the numbers are— New 1 South Wales, 70,597 ; Victoria, 80,392; Tasmania, 18,452; and New Zealand, 14,845. -Thus we have ior New South Wales an increase of .about a fourteenth of the previous- year (1857), and Victoria shews a decrease oi 132241 3224 packs ; Tasmania hag a similar deficiency, but JS T ew Zealand exhibits a large increase, the d^erence being 4729 packs, or, move than three-sevenths, N of the whole quantity for 1857. the imports of South Australian wool for 1858 are nearly double, being 27,670 ; while Western Australio'shews only- 2055, or about a seventh of that of Xevr Zealand. « ■

The Government are fitting up the defences at the mouth of the Tyne with S4-pounders. The Elswiok Works on" the Tyne are being further extended, with a view of manning Armstrong gqns.of larger calibre than was at

first contemplated ' ■ --■ > Lifb, in. CXtcuTTAi-^-The Hnrkarii compkins tbat fill the expenses: of living -in Galcutta/.are. increasing. House rent is, higher? servants ; demand . larger wages, food isxlear.er, and tlie cost of keeping horses is 'excessive. Calcutta, in fact, , is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive capitals in the world—per-haps,'-if we except London- and Paris/t he most expensive.' '-.Matters will become worse yet, particularly in house rent. There is no land left to build on, unless speculators can make an jnroa,d into (the native town. <„.'•, , "HolljowaVs 'Pills.— Thousands, -who live oy the sweatof their brow, in^ali parts' of the world^relyr-uponithis great remedya? the^best protection against the disorders of the stomach, liver, and bowels,' so prevalent in most climates during the Spring and .Fall. In our^ow.ns, and encampments in .the b^sh,andt¥rotrghbQt the-couritry, they arc- equally indisiieiisable ; tor' wßereyef' internal disease" exists, bith^iii an endemic or epidemic' form', th6y are taWeii by the cautious as a preventive," and - by the sick as a means of cure.

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