TUSSOCK AND ASPHALT RHYMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 50

TUSSOCK AND ASPHALT RHYMES.

By David M'Keb Weight.

No. 29.-BECAUSE THE BOSS IS STRAIGHT.

The chaps that work on Arlington are mostly

oldish bauds, The same old gang at shearing time will always

write for ttand". The big hill paddocks and the fUt are mustered

pretty clean ; There's little slipshod on the run, and nothing

cronk or mean. It's different oa Alton Doam* — the reason's

simple, mate : They get good work on Arlington because the

boss is straight. The chaps that work on Alton Downs ain't

much to blow about ; I ttll jou, mate, ib don't take long to find the

reason out : They get the cheapest that they can, and send

for them to town, And men that work for twelve 7 aud six are dear

at hnlf a crowu ; They know the way to loaf around, bub honest graft can wait./ It's different on Arlington, because the boss is

straight-. The boss that pays an honest wage is mostly

treated fair ; Tile boss thtt'a mean will get a crowd that

neither work nor ca»e The stragglers left ou Alton Downs would

make a fairish flock : Cheap tuen have little interest in station *or. in

stock ; There's not a feoce in decent trioa, there's not

a well-buug gate — On Arlington it's different, because the boss is fctraisot. Th^re'u not a man on Arlington but'a proud of

workiug there, And rows and barneys iv the camps and huts are pretty rare. The chap that once begins a job will see it

fairly through — They don't hang back on ArliDgfcon when graft is there to do ; And when there comes a rush of work they're at it soon and late, And things go right on Arlington because the

boss is straight. It may look well upon the books this cutting

wages down ; There's independence ia the thought of having

men from town ; But when the game is tallied up it don't pan

out too grand — Six labour-office kind of blokes ain't worth a

station hand. On Alton Downs it's like enough they'll find ib

out tco late ; It'« d fferent ou Arlington, where boss and men

are straight. A man that works upon a run is not a squatter's

' tool, Good work will tally up at last in mutton and

ia wool. It's always wise to do things well, and, reckon

how you msty, The money spent in honest work Ib always

bound to pay. And Arlington can prove it true — it s reputa-

tion'B great — Prime mutton, highest price for wool— because the boss is straight ! Duaedin, September 1897.