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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue XXVI, 27 July 1871, Page 3

The author of that sentimental ditty, known as ' Woodman, Spare that Tree,' is appreciated at last ; for he has been enjoying that sincerest of flattery which consists in. imitation. This is it :— ' Policeman, sparo that dog, touch not a single hair ; he worries many a hog, from out his muddy lair. Oh ! when he was a pup, so frisky and so plump, he lapped milk from a cup when hungry— at a jump. And then bis funny tricks, so funny in their place, so full of canine licks upon your hands and face. You'll surely let him live! Oh! do not kill him — dead ; he wage his narrative, and prays for life— not lead. Go, get the muzzle now, and put it on his mouth, and stop that bow, wow, wow ; and tendency to drought. He is our children's pet— companion of their joy ; you will not kill him yet, and thus our hopes destroy. Tso, Peeler, spare that pup, touch nofc'a single hair; oh! put your pistol up and go away from there !' A helpless New York infant is loaded down with the names of 'WashingtonFitz - Wilbelra • Carl - Bismarck - MoltkeManteuffel- Grant-Sherman Tompkins.'