A HUMOROUS ANALOGY.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1373, 20 August 1895, Page 5

A HUMOROUS ANALOGY.

JOSEPH IN EGYPT AND JOSEPH IN LONDON. (Wellington Post.) Mr T. Mackenzie had the House in roars with a humorous analogy between “two illustrious Josephs” who .went to foreign lands, and by a singular coincidence were both “in the grain trade." Both Josephs saw visions and dreamt dreams. The modem Joseph when he went to London saw visions of great power and influence, and dreamt that there were vast surpluses in his treasury and vast sums of “ unpledged " securities. In consequence of his dreams he got into trouble, and had on his return to assume a “coat of , many colors.” And, like the ancient Joseph, he got into a pit. - The Premier here asked, What about his brethren 1 Mr Mackenzie thanked the Premier for the interruption. It was his brethren put him into the pit. If the modern Joseph had been left alone he might have struggled out, but the efforts of his Ministerial brethren to help him out only pushed him further in. And his political brethren were quite prepared, , as the brethren of Joseph of old were quite prepared to sell himself, and that for even less than 20 pieces of silver. Both the Josephs were presented to royalty. If we were told aright, our Joseph dined with Lord this, and lunched with Earl that, and was annoyed at the information they had acquired without him. And we were told they were mutually struck with each other’s appearance. But these things didn’t turn the modern Joseph’s head till lovely woman came on the scene. Then, as a press correspondent wrote, a fair young creature at the meeting said that “ the goodness and God-like beauty of this excellent land were reflected .in the lovely person of Mr Wardand in her exile from New Zealand she “ thanked him for the dulcet tone and lovely musical voice that had reconciled her to exile in a foreign land.” The correspondent added that she might quote more, but spared the blushes of the Treasurer. Mr Mac kenzie didn’t have it all his own way, as Mr Carroll took up the parable immediately after, and reminded the House that the ancient Joseph was not a dreamer, but an interpreter of dreams. He was a man of brains, and a good Colonial Treasurer was that Joseph. When the country was depressed they wanted a man skilled in finance to let daylight into the darkness of Egypt, and Joseph was that man. (Mr D. Mackenzie had said that the Treasurer, who boasted of letting daylight into his critics, had driven daylight out of the House.) Look at the preparations Joseph made for the bad times, and the granaries he set up for the people. Altogether, Mr Oarrcll thought it was a very happy simile.