AN EDITOR'S TABLE.
Tlio editorisat in his^ric^rf ;~- •':' ■' Wv'c .Hiscou^nance^ttroWedwifc^eaw, H«mjnda;t;tHo bottom of his business, ■ - His chair arm todlfybbw; Support * ' * Hisrio^FhSaupndiaii^hiaheai" ''"': His eyes on the dusty old table, With different documents apr^d. , ::; : Th^e were-fcMrty.long pag e 3 f rom HOTrlo^ - Witli underlined capitals toppedT- "='y. >jj£- \ A nd a short requisition from Growler, , Reque r stiiig;l!i3.riewspiper stopped ; ( f Therevwere,^ricsfoomGuMe^ the' poet,;/ . .Conctruing sweet flowerets and zephyrs And a stay gem from Plodder, the 'farmer, . - r Describing a-conple of heifere; \ y~ "- - .-;, : There were .billets from beautif ul-maidensi '--% And bills from a grocer or tw<£v ; > - ? i And his last leader hitched to a letter; S ' Which inquired if he \tfrdte itf.b^Woi; -if Theie were raptures of praises fromwriMs ' Of tka smdth and.melliSuous school, And one of his rival's last papers,: • '."■'■ ' ' _], Informing hini he was a fool\ v There were several long resolutions, : - jWjth n^ftes,teyihg.,wljo they ,w.ero "by,, ." Cano : nzin»soraehazTOless'6id brother^'- 5 ' Who had done nothing worse then: io diej - Thero were traps on the table to catch himC ' And serpents to sfcing and to &W»itt> him^^^' There were gift^enterprises to 3ell hiiii, *^^ And biters attempting to Tbifco him. S '" :^jii' =■ There were long, starting «* ads.!?,f rom "the c'ityV And money with never a one, . Which added, "Please give tbis, insertion And send in your bill' when y6u J ve ; d6nk" There were letters f rorii drgmlzations— Meetings, .wants^ and their laws— Which said> " Can you print this announcement . For the good Of our glorious cause ?" Tlißre were tickets inviting his presence To festivals, jmrties an#siiowH, Wrapped.in nptef, \vitHj;Please givo ub a notice, Demurely slipped in at Wie close : In short, his eye took the table^ [ And ran pyeVits'jibk^pattQrgd^trash, There was nothing it did not encounter, -•' Excei)ting perhaps it was —cash-.
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 75, 16 December 1875, Page 7
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287AN EDITOR'S TABLE. Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 75, 16 December 1875, Page 7
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