SUGGESTED BY A LUDICROUS EPISODE IN THE LATE ELECTION.

Southland Times, Issue 3306, 24 January 1879, Page 2

SUGGESTED BY A LUDICROUS EPISODE IN THE LATE ELECTION.

Who has uot beard of the glorious fame ' Of the London t:iil<»rs three. ' Who sp Aid ia Uic .English people's uamo. t Ami used tlie pronoun " v,c/'' - Let London bide its diminished head. 1 And the I';mie of its tailors die. j i'W here in the South there is vim of the trade Who useth the pronouu " I.'' [ Lint ! ye elector.-, great and free. Of impatience show no token, For thus th-: dictator of the Southern Seas With oracular voice hath spoken: '■ Vill y.m now, H ; . de eoute.-t ce:i.~.' '.' And de next time do you see Your return to de House J vill cerium ujakc liy my personal {.uarantee." Hiin-ii.li i'oi- the fame of Tooler street And the vaunted -: rights of man." While British ii-eemen march like t-hec-p, \\ r ith a •■ fraction" in the van. We boat't of the death of slavery And are- proud of being free, : While ninth-jiarts of humanity Our opinions " guarantee.' 1 Avaur.t ye rolf dubbed " leaders'' Ere voiir ci ies of false reform Shall rouse the ire of the nation And be drowned in the rising storm. "Tis Ptriinjre th;it tho bruins C,^_x\ jravc us iihoulu be thought so devoid of use : And that poor vain men should treat them As a tailor would his '"' goose." 1 cannot boast of a large supply But in this we will all agrev, That they're meant to ba used though •• Tooley street Shouktgive its " guarantee." Sl'icctatou.