THE WAITARA WHITE ELEPHANT.
TO THE BDITOR. Mr. Hkdktur. Sur, — i suppose yu R knot awair ay we ny got a Wite Elefant ear in tho liffier a reol 1. it iz a fackt sur; it iz well wurth yer spendin 2 and tuppence for trane fair, if yu kan ownly spair tyme, if yu ay neffer soen it. It iz knot a See Elefant (altho i am told it waz wunce), bekauz thay tride tv get it tv swym and it wood-unt, when 1 end wood go down tuther end wood get up az if th top end wanted tv luke wat th uther end wer duin and th loer end ment it shud-unt. It seams az wartur iz knot its element; tyde may eb an th tyde may floo but tharo iz knot a muve in hymn, it haz got too tales sur (a most remarkable thing) which i neffer saw tv any uther anemull ov tho sairae speshy's befour. It waz loer down th' riffer, but the Arbor Bored, thank it, had bean thare long enuf, so thay ordered it tv be muved, bo thay muved it up tv tbe brige, about sicks raunts ago, so as peepul kud c it without waukia siich a distence tv ware it waz befour.; : * c \ r . j , Cinse i khmroe'nscl riteing thiz i ay bean told that it! ; jz ded, so if yo ay knot ceen it and wish tv befour it iz berried yu had betur kom at wunst, and wen the tyde iz out yu then get moor'vu for yer munny, and i am ofrade it will begin iv stnel in a fu dfije, if it duz knot alreddy. If yu kan knot kom tv c it, yu praps mito make it konveeneant tv kom tv the fewneral, wich takes plase neckst Saturday, the 10th ultimo, and will b berried 10 myles out tv ccc. Yu kan aksept thiz az an invytashun. Hopin yu r in gud belth, i am, &c, Elefant. Witerrer, juli 6. P.S. — Smelling verie bad; gettin wurse. Elefen o klok a.m. it iz unbareabul; they r goin to muvw it fartuur down the riffer. E.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7111, 8 July 1886, Page 4
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361THE WAITARA WHITE ELEPHANT. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7111, 8 July 1886, Page 4
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