To the Editor of the "Norr-Cumma Daty News."
Sit,—The enclosed lines are obviously inspired by the poe® "To the Bamboo" which appeared in your columns on the éth_instant. The subject is looked upon, though, eri from rather a new point of view the author having had good cause to get the feel of his subject by undergoing the well known Oriental punishment involving the bamboo.
The lines have been forwarded me from up-country with the request that I pass them on to you, and I do so'with due apology for the split infinitive in the seventh couplet.
T am, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.