A CATERWAUL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1967, 5 November 1891, Page 41

A CATERWAUL.

" Muit give vi 'patwe'. " - •• Hamlet," AO6 111. Scene 1. " Thus have you heard our oause." > •• King Henry IV," Act I, Scene 3. Oh, list to the lay of the Dunbaok cats, Tbat mourn their departed paws,— : They carry their grievances " on the stump,' r And none can deny they've qaute ! , Betirenohment'is all very' well, they cry, ~ ' But we are retrenched too muoh ; - , We've lost our Ballance for evermore, — The Stout-est heart 'twould touch ! Oh, why-does the Minister of Lands Allow such atrocity t '. " One cat, one paw he must surely know, • •Means a great oat-astrophe ! Has he never a oat of his own at home To feline- ly plead our oauie P That news to welcome bis safe return, Trotting on four sound paws ? ; If so, then his heart would bleed, I'm sure, To se* how we " hirple " on ;— His Land Bill's " clauses " may flourish yet, Bub, ours are for ever gone 1 'Tls true, we might pass for a fancy sort, But give me the good old brand.— A paw-lopp'd pussy's a perfeot pest. And only fit to be cann'd Then can us up with the other pests, Bo longer your eyes to shook ; ' And send up to town for a Catalogue, And order a fresh spring stock I But all ye pussy-cats, " pawi" to think Ere ye come to Dunbaok to dwell,— t They're olever at oat-ehing rabbits here, i But the cats get caught as -well I ' — Wtoh Him. Inob Valley, Ootober 1891.