PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO REFORM.

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9903, 17 May 1893, Page 4

PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO REFORM.

Liht No. 1. The Cable ‘ Canarder ’ Tho Cosl Dealer The Grocery Man The Cigav Men end The Financial Agent The Hotelkeepev. Tho coal men whose eavly education waa so ehamofolly neglected that he thinketh I7ewt 2qra 141ba make a ton. The Royal cable ‘canovdov,’ who aendeth a sensational message to-day with the distinct intention of oontradlotlng t tomorvow The cigav roan, who amiletb a beautiful amlle, and handoth hie easterner a cigar—raw, green, and ill-flavonred —and goaranteoa It a genuine Havannah, although he knoweth tho tobaooo wae grown In the vicinity o£ Hamburg, and that the article Itself waa manufactured at tho eame place. The “ financial agent ” (the modern name for pawnbroker and usurer) who pridetb himself on being a “friend In adversity," eto., and who,as most people know, “Btlokoth closer than a brother," The grocery man, who Incroaaetb hla atock of tea by lavishly introducing sundry Savoury herba, tho leaves of which are carefully rolled to resemble the genuine loaf. The hotelkeeper, who oolleoteth Buchanan's Houme or Commons Whisky bottles and fillotb mom with an Inferior •pirlt, and is thus the direct cause of tho distinctly expressive language which is jerked spasmodically from between tho teeth of hie aogry customers. 1