POKENO PEEPS.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 348, 8 August 1885, Page 12

POKENO PEEPS.

We don't use Lafcinisms up here, or 'big woi'ds,' as they term them, because it is said we wish to ' show off.' That is the reason thej ascribe for their dislike ; but there is another — they cannot use them themselves, else they would ; nor will they cease from mangling our glorious English tongue. Mutilators stand at 99 per cent. If our actions be base, and our condition low, there is nothing so productive of a good impression on other minds as to clothe them, and it in the garb of respectability. For instance, if I ever were to become insolvent I should certainly depart quickly ; but, mark you, in going, I should take a clergyman's daughter with roe. Bigotry stands at a premium, and liberality is trodden in the (only too plentiful) mire. One parson goes, and another comes ; the plate is emptied and again returned — such is the way of the church. A sister, shy, modest, and — cr — cr — attractive, is an able second in love matters to a numerous retinue of — cr — 'andsome brothers ; indeed, maybe, she is in a fine position.; she can extract other girls opinions of her own dear brothers, and communicate all to them. A solitary sister of this stamp is indeed an invaluable possession, and more so when she carefully ascertains and guards again3t anything that might injiu'e her own interests ; she is certainly worth a ' gill of Bob Roy.' It is a great pity we cannot form a mutual improvement or instruction class up here.