A DECOMPOSITION.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 81, 14 August 1863, Page 2

A DECOMPOSITION.

Quern De-ws vulb perdere prius de I floundered through the street of f * In verse I thought I'd warm it, And de-raonstrate how the Town £ _, >£ Did nothing but de-form it. * They laid decaying fascines down What (fe-mon did de-vise it — The odour's vile, and all de-clare, They must de~odorise it. "* A medico a letter writes, And hints a grave suspicion, The twigs of which Dee-street's cor s Lead to de-composition. f The Town Board's d — d on every L i A nd everyone doth rate it, Io doing the street of Dee so late, They did but dc-so-late it. Your street of Dee's a sea of mudWhat can folks do but chide it Eacli horseman trotting through ft. Does not hut de-ridc it. i| Oh. mend your ways, you sluggish > No longer be be-nighted ; » Eject the mud and tight Deo-strec Then we snail be de-lighted. I'd rather not live in your town, i For it no Paradise is ; When 1 return, I'll show up your .De-merits and de-vices. Accept, as kindly meant, this hint From Thatcher, comic cove, 0 Dee-street, be d — d, go to the D— t, And do your work De-novo Bluff Harbor, 13th August. i [Mr. Thatcher is mistaken in suf Town Board blameable in the nuitp'vt' street; he should have d — d the Goter the Town Board would have thankfu chorus. — Ed. J. 7*.]