■ "OWED TO THE SPUEIOUS. AND *s COUNTEE^EIT O.V.C. tßy the only real genuine and original Vigilance man). ! 'If you're anxious at all for a seat in the Council, ' You commence' operations>a .year in adviaiice. . You work- up a heap of immense indignation, ; Get yourself 1 in a state of extreme agitation.-— ;. , - And' that -your .notoriety you; may enhance : <You' burn Tnidnight tapers ' O'er letters to papers, 1 "You- start'yourself lyiDg withoutmoderitioa, •You write and you curse In- prose and in verse, 'IV hat matter if grammar and logic is wrong <As long as vyourcussing's sufficiently strong!
Then, as the time flies, and'you near the election, You smile and you fawn to thermae-in .the street; - " And how i 3 the missis, dear Mistar Fourvotes, "Come let's have a whisky to moisten our throate," Is the way that you talk to each voter you.me«t. Thus you carefully use 'em up Shout for 'em, boose 'em up, sodas.yourself if your extra discreet,) 'When they're full of your ■bounty .You start to talk County, Bridges, roads, and fat billets, wit plenty of tin, You'll promise those voters if once you get in. And ratepayers, dear,- why of course you'll believe 'em. I 'Eh, 'what! why it's. cruel for you to' say"iTo ; Such-patriots too, full of self abnega- •■ tion, Whowduldjshea (their aunt's) blood for the sake of "the nation, And you tell me they're humbugs, how can you say so. Damned humbugs, say you ? Why tTiat can't be true. J Is thiswhat you say of these best of i ■creation ? If they would but a' go Awa' to Chicago, They will surely obtain (bufc'they won't go, alas!) 1 First prize as exhibits- of New Zealand Brass.
"' They: /hide: behind nommes de plumes, - cowardly arrogant, * Scratching and. biting like spiteful felines, 7 Pull of: lies and presumption, and all :;-that's most vicious, f Ignorant, stupid, absurd and malicious, J And all the attributes of vile libertines. - In place of fair fighting, They take to'back biting, ,? And -all that*the one^word'"'despicable" means. \ But just give 'em rape enough, That'll be, let us hope, enough, .A long^line, a'short-shrift, and-they'll very, soon go '■ To that outer darkness that-waits'-them ..below.
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 49, 19 November 1892, Page 9
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359Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 49, 19 November 1892, Page 9
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