KIBBLINGS.
A ..ttle nonsense now ana then. Is relished by the wisest men.
BHE MARRIED A SCHOLAR. Ob, she aa : d she'd never marry any Tom and Dick and Harry, She'd wed some famous soicn'ist of learning and renown ; But her Tom was quite commercial, and of Agassiz and flerschel He # was <ib ignorant, she sail, as any oirous clown. Bo ihe gave poor Tom the mitten, and as meek as any kitten He went to making money and forgot his wild despair ; Forgot, I say, at any rate, ' tis sure he did degenerate Into a sordid business man, a trifling millionaire. But ehe wed a scientific, and his tastes were quite tcrrifio For various kinds of insocts and for
toads and other game ; Ani icßtead of plaques and pictures, rattlesnakes an] boa constrictor j He'd take into his Bitting-room to ornament the same. As a zealous decorator he preferred an alligator To a statue of Minerva or a bust of
Henry Clay ; And you ought to hoar him talk awliilo of
his bouncing baby crocoiile That he played with in his parlor, just to while tho time away ; And his cobra-de-capel!o — a moet charming little fellow — Thro' his dressing-room nn«3 bed-ioom used to nonchalantly drift ; And an olephant's proboscis aid two young rhinoceroses He presented to his children, as a fitting Christmas gift. Bat he Bold his wife's piano to buy ipecacuanha To feed his hippopotamus to ease bis stomach* kob.es And a ah; rk ate up his baby (for you know how bnngry thay be), And he went and pawned his overcoat to feed his rattle- saakes 1
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9669, 11 April 1893, Page 4
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