EDITOR'S WALLET

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 6 November 1890, Page 42

EDITOR'S WALLET

The Troubles of a Labour Delegate.

Mr Augustine Fuhrman. a German gentleman wi;ighioc in the neighbourhood of 3001b, was the Grand Marshal of the. Labour Pa.v Pro.-i->«,-i,,ii, which dKpUvid its si-rriud ranks last Monday. Mr F'uhrman, with great difficulty, .scaled the back of a sixleeuhriiul high huisp, with a mouth as hard as a piece of teak wood, and a trot like a dvs peptic camel of the flea-laden sands of Araby. Mr Fuhrman was dressed in a gold coloured sash, and a slouch hat with a silver star. His horse behaved with admirable composure until within a block of his stable, which is located on Golden Gate avenue. Then, taking the bit between his teeth, and shaking Augustine on to his neck, he bolted towards his home, despite the efforts of the gallant cavalcade of aides to stop his progress. The vicious- minded brute never drew breath until within his stall, and Mr Fuhrman stayed on his back until someone came to lift him off, while the neighbourhood was black with people who were astonished to see the head of the procession quietly sitting on the back of his labour disgusted charger, while the rest^of the procession was marching on.