/ Business Notices. A /A/ :{: X-XX'X ->;:- x y [ f ); 't)liilpliii! -My figure diapper is andsmaß, j I vi ;My^ coat theihewest cut, _^AZi ..A .0 .r. £-; '-, My.hair it hangeth-long and" straight, -.'..(■; My coUar!Btandethiupi— -r- -".T .]. My brain is b.ig,"my/hat.is/-{^,^ ~ ! My eyeis^filled! with/firej/'j :- A modern bard am Ivyho don't -^ /P.bject.te.rwrite/fdrrhii-e. > ---;. ; , -'. v - ,/; ;').' | One evening as I-wahderißdiorth .j ■ Fail* Nature's facetoscan, ' ;.: / ; ._There;stfddenjcame;and'iink , / { • AlA r pushing ; di , aper man;" ; a ; ■'■'!.' ■■<<'■ : j : .' ; ;': i ,■■>.' l :;;:" : ,-' '■!■-.; >; f " -T ,-; ; - > : ,' J-* -'■■' - '■ ! "What do you wanf?'- ; .T'said Ito him"? \ <"> We,- W* 1 ? I *,"/; skid" he" to'teU/// > - .; ; _ The pubßpithat we ever striVe ; V '■., ■. [j i A. . ;\ .'r \ y Tp clothe -■them, cheap; amlweß.l"; :; ji y \ "My /terns'^ J ' Ji /'By.ways < s'd : 'ne\vV/and/^erae,^ .;'//"•; ' 'y..[ ,/ 7 j AsMli Waw wandering^'cypwds/'tdbhy'' ! ./ '/, '■.} ''^'^esix-and^ight'-^yei^ V;"'; XX ■ /^Whatfsii^nAeightU/^this man^didsay^ iin 1 -; : dlis brow^hegan'tq; lower, '.■ -\\ .: ; : ; /: / - 'yy \ \* l^eiff^nnotigive you; six and- eight \. . . •-. i : We'll give you three and fom-." . /:, ; -iri; ;.i< fqurli^s'aidl^l^iaStfqi^'h-e^mea^ - -, "^'Be keen my face/did, sdau", ' <: " '"' ' ' He/likes to buy things/cheap for pjwh, : v' n . Hes i Scotch, this draper ihah.' - ' ' , ./ , ••;f'-Noi'-Nq,'"'lfsaidj;'it.-."may : ; ndfc;be,-"-= :: \ ; 'tYour price I- cannot touch" ,' ' ! •' You may " he said, do not pay * v Our novelist so much." 'Then if it must, with iesser yqrse 1 .: ' <.vW r ill I your yqur; goods bedeck,- , ;: j iy:\ "' And lesser yeiseand,easy ; rhymes May make abetter cheque." s "Go onjand-name your- theme," said 1,-,..- v ''"That's easy.dbne;','' said .'he : i, ' ' '', | "The theme is bargains' to bi'bougbt r? For cash from T& B." ,/ r T "Itis a hdekneyed theme/" I "said;* > ; ' : ! " It is a general cry,' ' ■ -- j Each^drap'er/sihgs the -self -same" song-' r ' \ " The Cheapest Draper :I." | -■ I.' : A Vl-!' .-.-•: ;••'!'/.-;! HT i "They do," he saidjmtjetill we know 0/fir,customers r wdl)tell, , vr/ntf — i i-r:i L j Eftqunsmg's'trarjgei\s that_they JSnd ' , * \ We '"do things cheap and well." ' I '' This is-the^bbjedt of r dur T cafe,'A ;< ' ' This is the end wie-prize, ,-...-. ! Who best do gam-th'eir'p'atrbiis^ 'praise^ i They best do advertisei" ,('r:T?r.'. r A-i'-.'?PHO^O : " To, the .dumb is, to be forgot, ;/, ; f !r^fcßtiU7t^Sjnqt:the ei^j-rs^ ':"?^r"^ ! Thalt swells the trade,-; the still Is knowing .where to buy." iAnd have yJou shilling isnirts," I said, >. " Alack 1 Alas 1 " said he, -. > " We have no shilling- shirts but have Some shuts at two and three." " And two and nine," and three and six, And six, and eight, and. ten, ■.- And fifteen shillings;- wide and long . , r ~" Shirts that are shirts for men."' ' " And: flannels, undershirts, and; drawers, . And suits v and bats," said he, - ■■'. ■■■•.■,.,,. ." That do invest the human form With added majestic." ■ " And Ladies Dresses, bonnets, hats, - A rich and varied .'show; A. A! ,; M Silk scarfs, and cuffs, and collaretts At prices very low." •■;■•' " Of. Flannels, \\rihseys, Cottons Tweeds, We have a great-display, And Druggetings, and Carpetings — '/, XX Good goods for every day." T f ■■/.'' ■ ' ' -. " And r ask," he said, all thrifty wives .. . , Not fail to come and see, , ; ! The Chinese matting that we sell For fourpence ha' pennie." "Arid you may add, if matting falls As it may likely. do, . . j We'll give them some to take away And add a reel or two." "And has your firm roots widely spread And branches fair to view " " We hayej" he said with modest mein A branch in Tifnbuctob." ' ' . i ■;:./.: ;■ "In ;Timbuctoo". l doubting cried, ; ' " Do not so wildly stare," , : "We must have, like our friends, said he, : , Our branches in the air." . j And so he said, and so I sing That all may go and see, I : The varied bargains they may get ; i For CASH from T&B. ' J : . .- . .- : ' I i 1 , ---,-;.! 'A- . "■' "Al T & B think their poet has scarcely fulfilled j ' his contract, he seems to be more anxious to j advertise himself than to advertise 'their j business.; j- ~ T ■ i '.■ ' i OP£IV£9 OUT. Ex LYTTELTON. ! i ;..-.:. ■ •- . . • ■ ■ ! ''[.'' ' :"". : '," '/ = .'.'''' -' "j Ladies Bonnets, Hats, Jackets) | -:-'-■■ ;--,- -■■- ■ , j Costumes, &c. j Men's, Boys, and Youth's Cloth ' : ing, Overcoats, &c. > -! ( Goods expected daily from the ' " Westland " now discharging. ■ j Invoices received of goods shippedby the "Otago," « MUlwall,"' [ and "Celaeno." Our Buyer writes us that he has never in, his experience seen cheaper goods than! those shipped us. ' XIOiSQF& BEATTIE.; - »■ • . ■: <- x j INVERCARGILL, W t INTON, AND QORE. 1160 1 i i • ', ' ' '
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Southland Times, Issue 3417, 3 June 1879, Page 4
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683Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Southland Times, Issue 3417, 3 June 1879, Page 4
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