Goldies for Sale.

Observer, Volume xi, Issue 667, 10 October 1891, Page 4

Goldies for Sale.

I A signboard in Pitt-street reads— ' Skylarks, Parrots," Canaries, and Goldies for Sale.' The ' Goldies ' par[ticularly took our notice, and led us to wonder who are ithe Goldies that are for sale. Is it Goldie of the jbomain, or the hoary Caledonian Goldie who presides Sver the destinies of cabs, carriages, dogs and backRards? It -cannot be either of these. Anyone would ■nd it a tough job to ' sell ' the Domain Banger, and it B libellous to bin*, that George the Inspector might be Hfeught. We are thus forced back upon the inquiry — Hin it be the immaculate David that is thus openly flfered for sale, in the very street in which he resides ? Hrish the thought— and the purchase money with it! |Hd yet come to think of it — Goldie the Wee has some Hslities that might ally him to the parrot tribe, while Wm Orange tint shows affinity to the canary. No one ■Bjb suspected him of ' skylarking,' however, so that he BB>t in proper company there. j H|e leave the problem for bird-fanciers to deal with. ■Hems a sad symptom of the • depression ' to find Hfiies advertised for sale, when it is well known that HHwuckland Goldies have a high reputation for • vn r HBRd probity,' as Rev. A. J. Smith might say. Still, Sj^Hman, like every bird," has his price !