A Petition
To spring belongs the violet, and the blown Spice of the roses let the summer own, Grant me this favor, Muse— all else holdThat I may not write verses when I'm old. And yet I pray you, Muse, delay the time ! Be not to ready to deny me rhyme ; And when the hour comes, as it must, dear Muse, I beg you very gently break the news.
If we are asked why the apple is so popular with buyera. we simply reply that it is full of vegetab'e acids and antiseptics — enemies to jaundice, indigestion, and that dreaded member of the human system, a torpid liver. It is a gentle spur and tonic to the whole biliary system. Chemists also tell us that the apple contains a greater percentage of phosphoros than any other fruit or vegatable, which makes it a proper food for the scholar and sedentary man, feeding hi» brain anil stimulating bis liver.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1428, 11 February 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)
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158A Petition Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1428, 11 February 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)
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