LIGHT LITERATURE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 4

LIGHT LITERATURE.

THE PENNILESS MAN.

Blessed is the man who is penniless, for he is never stricken— for a dollar.

The deadhead annoyeth him not, neither is he pursued by the book agent.

He is not grasped by the lightning rod seller. The trinket man passeth him by. He is not asked to invest in church lotteries.

He hath no friends to " treat " ; he is poor, and hath no enemies.

When he riseth in the morning, his stomach is not rebellious from overfeeding; neither does he chink his silver and say, " How shall I get rid of these dimes ?"

When he eaie^th he is not perplexed Toy a xaulfeihjfie of dishes. His lands' will never taE^ unto themselves wing», neither will the fire devour his water.lots. He is not perplexed about taxes, neither careth 6a for the rise in lumT)er.

He toileth not for gold, nor oraieth like Jones on silver.

He hath no ties for money, therefore careth not to demonetise ; nevertheless a dime he will not refuse, nor turn away from a five-center. Yea, a gherkin will he relish and storm the outworks of a steel clad biscuit.

He loveth none but himself ; he is selfish; yea, fond of fish; clams in chowder, oysters raw, and lobsters in vinegar, will he not despise. He maketh his lair in a bar-room ; he squatteth on a keg while it is day, and sleepeth in a barrel at night. Where the scent of whisky is, there is he found ; he snuffeth the lunch wiih irenzjy and cryeth, Ha, ha! at the clink of glasses. He liveth like a ring-tailed moke, and dieth like a spotted jehosaphat.