Press “ Puffs.”

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 123, 30 August 1887, Page 2

Press “ Puffs.”

Did you go and hear Men teat h last night ? Rather ! I would’n’t inisa one of Menteatli’s speeches tor anything! lie's a straight up and down man, he is, and he talks like a book ! No, what l like about him is ihsl he does n’t talk like a book ! He talks like a chap who thought a lot, though, and what he says! It would be a downright shame to shut such a man out of tile new House! There wont be any too many of his sort there ! Never mind! Out ho must go! I d swear that coat w asn’t Petone tweed, and you could tell by the cheery look of the chap that he does n’t eat McLean * pickles ! Nelson jam never made anybody's hair curl like that !

Do you mean to tell ine that the Te Aro electors are going to be reprt sented in Parliament by bottles of pickles and tins of jam rolled up in a couple of yards of cloth ? Get out! I don't believe it !

Well, dear boy, you needn't snarl at rue like that 1 I'm as anxious as you are to see the Seat of Government represented by men who would command admiration ami confidence in any part of the colony ! But I’m only telling you what Fraser's claims are! And Ins friends say they are overwhelming ! Ye gods and little spot ties ! Oh, my bleeding country! Still. I'll give you six t<> four Mer.tcath gets in, for all the bowel• twisters and pumpkin squash ! Are you on ?

Ranh youth, avaunt! I’m not a betting man ! Gambling's a shocking vie© ! lb sides. I’\e got a |>oimd or two on Ment«*alh myself, ami I'm trying to get a few more on !