VACCINATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6438, 1 December 1881, Page 3

VACCINATION.

Bright and early yesterday morning, a middle-aged man, of an anxious look and much corporosity, called at the City Hall, and went for the Chief of Police with : “Haf we some shmall-box in Dedroit ?’’ “ I belief we have a sporadic case or two,” was the reply. “ Und doze somebody haf to get waocinated to keep him away “Every citizen should protect himself. 1 ' “ How many dimes was I get waocinated to keep dot the shmall-box out of mein house’ und saloon?’ “Oh, I guess once will do.” “ Vouoe 1 Great Shiminy ! no more ash dot? Shust wait a minute !” He jerked off his coat and pushed up his shirt sleeves and pointed to four spots on his left arm, and five on his right, and said ;—“ Four and five makes nine dimes det I vhas waccinated iu four days 1” “How is that ?” “How ish dot ? Dot’s what I likes myself to know 1 I vhas shust reading about dat shmall-box de odder day in der Sherman papers, when two men vhalks in mine saloon, and says :— Sharley, dot shmall-box is all ofer down, and you must be waccinated, or der Common Council will close you oop ! So I was waccinated for two shillings und zswi class beer.” “ Yes ?” “It was shust two hours more as a man comes in, und say he vhas sent to waccinate me .on der odder arm, und I pays him two shillings und class of beer.” “ Yes.” “ Before night a man mit spectacles comes in und says he vas sent by de Healthy Poard to see oof I vhas waocinated, I show him two blaces, but he shakes his headt und says :—“ Dot waooination am too high oop, und you vhill get der shmall-box in der hands.” Den he makes dot blace here, und I gif him twenty-five cents und class beer.” “ Yes ?” “ Vhell, in der course of four days six more men comes aroundt to waccinate me by order of der Mayor, der Gufernor, der Bresident, der Board of Public Vorks, and I don't know what else, und efery time I bays two shillings und class beer. Vhen I vhas waccinated nine times I pegins to pelieve I vas a greenhorn, und when der tenth man comes arondt I hit him on der head mit a bottle und vhalks oafer to see you about it. Vhas it all right? ’ “ I guess the boys were guying you.’’ “ Vhat is dot ?” “ Why you haven't really bqen vaccinated at all." “N—o 1” “No, and you’d better be vaccinated again.” “ Waodinated again 1 Waccinated den dimes I catches der shmallpox, und goes to ped mit him all zummer ! Dot’s some close pins like I am !”