"L. QUITIUS CINCINNATUS THE SECOND".
" The i l;;le £ :ra l ih boy bearin X Ilia intollipenre o Mr JftiiKinsdii-s nomination to tlie J.f.^slatii'c Council foiuul him working inside a boiler; an tluust the message through n small hole." In his boiler, rod and rusty, Hammered Jenkinson the "trusty. Calm, albeit somewhat sweatin" JNot forfiot, tho' the world forgetting! To his boiler-peaceful haven— , beiii, the outer world no wave in. Politics the land was rendinj'— •Icnkinson was boilur-mending! Ilonoratia were donbleJ— ' - .1. to,. Jenkinson ne'er troubled ! Though outside the nations clamoured, «'. I!-. Jenkinson just hammered! Thus intent on bolt and rivet, JJ.e his simple life would live it! Ro within his boiler rusty Hammered Jenkinson the trusty. P.ut one day to this secluded (spot a visitor intruded. Thro' the opening a Rrinnine Head appeared, then stopped the dinning! Jenkinson his hammer dropped, Ana Li-cation's chorus stopped i Mercury his mouth expanded As a message in he handed ; Jenkinsou, a moment restingHead the telegram requesting Him to represent the Toiler In the Council, not the Boiler ! . Calm, he read the tele-grammar, Wrote reply, too!c up his hammer, Made the toiler boom like Babel— Happy, happy, Honourable!
Cincianatus, when a-working In his moleskins met a smirking Deputation from the Roman State—then threatened by the foeman. Heard the message, straight his farm lie J-eit to lead the Uoman Army ! . Cincinnatiis first, or later, Vv'hieh must we account the greater ? Oincinnatus, the dictator' .luiikiiison, the legislator ? Which of thorn is now the rny'llcr man— Ancient farmer-modern boiler-man 1 —Semicolon Huj.i
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9565, 22 October 1892, Page 5 (Supplement)
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255"L. QUITIUS CINCINNATUS THE SECOND". Otago Daily Times, Issue 9565, 22 October 1892, Page 5 (Supplement)
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