BUMBLETOWN.

Oxford Observer, Volume V, Issue V, 16 June 1894, Page 2

BUMBLETOWN.

-■"' '"■{ ~i 1 1 * . In the beginning, there! was no Bumble town, nevertheless the land wheip : Bumbletpwn ; stande|h,to- this day was beatitinil to- look «pori, * verily the^ beautiful forest that skirted the ' plairi giaddeneldithe £ea*t| 6f]tU observer thereof. The sweet yoices.of the ithrushsand >the mockamock were heard amongst 1 the blanches and the fat kaka and wood-pigeoji ? did comfort the stom'aeh of tilfe woodman! > Then canie there up n?any other people to inhabit Wlarid ancl^eHly tb*ey^unaed.&city which is. called Bumbletownto this day T^i^canle/^ieiup/nf^Snafiisfrom the cit^of the /glain bringing with them yery*ltfrge ofiSSots- drawn by 8 and sometimes 12 large oxen and the man * who did urge them on their journey was clothed upon his shoulders with

bltfe, his legs with muddy moleH&kin and oh his feet were iron tipped : ■bandies and the names thereof were Hrcaokham boots and the man who did Biarge along these beasts of burden was an oxen conductor and verily he was armed with a very long thong, BJvhich being fastened to a long slender and when shaken by a cunning &Li4 did send forth many cracks and the crack of many rifles and I verily the man who did urge the oxen f was not over anxious to be thought a t Saint for verily the adjectives and w~"aliathemas which did mostly refer to W the eyas of his team are not contained » in sacred books neither are they to be found in any of the dictionaries. Then came there horses and chariots and did bear down the timber of the forest and iiid bring back in exchange thereof, wheaten flour and general merchandise the drivers thereof feared the Lord and spoke kiudly to their horses and urged them on with gentle words and ,s4lk crackers and they were clothed in Kaifipoi tweeds and imported billycocks ami none of their adjectives were much bigger than blooming. And it came to pass that the great Lords of Wellington s:\id, Let there be an iron road ami let horses of iron run thereon and it was so, And lo when the iron horse brought up food to the people as ~^ell as fiery rum and also swipes flavoured with salt and cocculus indicus. Then a tongue spake unto the servants of the great iron horse, saying. Thou shalt bow down and worship the great iron horse and him only shalt thou serve. He shall bear thy food and thy grog and thou shall eat and drink thereof And verily if thou or thy sons o- thy daughters eat or drink of the accursed things born on the wheels of the road waggons, thou shalt become oominon labourers in the land, neither J^Lalt thou wear smart government uniforms any more neither shall thy boots be pollished, neither shalt thou work lazily and live luxuriously. And * the tongue said wilt thou eat and drink only of that which is born by the great iron horse. And all the servants of great iron horse answered and said. As thou hast said so will we do,