THE PENNILESS MAN.
OANTIOLBS BY CALIBAN. Blossod ia tho man who is nonnilo.is, for ho in never o.U'ilcon— for n dollur. Tho doadhoad annoyoth him not, noitbov is ho pursued by tli3 book agoni. Ho is not graspod by tho lightning rod sollor, Tholunoh flond turnolh away from him. y Xho trinket yonder pnsscth him by. Ho hath no friends to cook tail, ho is poor and huth no enemies'.
When ho moth in tho morning his I stomaoh is not rebellious fro.n over-food- j ing ; neither does ho chink his silvor and , say. ' How shull I got rid of theso dimes P' , When ho catoth ho is not voxod by a multitude of dishes. His bowels, by reason of his sparingnoss, aro not troubled with revolutions. Hi* lands will nc?or lako unto thflin* solvos wings, neither will tho liro dorour Jj'a water lots. lio is not porploxed about toxos, noilher oarothho for tho riso iv lumbor, Ho toiloth not for gold, nor oratoth like Jones on silvor, Ho hath no tics for money, thoroforc. enroth not to demonetise, novoHholoss a dimo ho will not refuse, uor turn away from a flvo-contor, Yea, a gorkin will ho relish, and storm tho outskirts ot a stcel-otad biscuit. Ho lovcth none but himself j yon, fonJ of fish, claims in ohodor; oystors raw and lobsters in vinogar, will ho uot dospiso. Ho makoth his lair in a barroom j ho slcopoth in a barrol at nis;ht. Whore tho scent of whiskey is, there ho is found ; ho snilloth Utolunoh with frenzy and crieth, Ha, ha! at Iho chink of glasses. Ho livoth liko a ringtailod moko, nnd dioth liko a spotted jchosanbot,
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Inangahua Times, Issue 97, 25 September 1878, Page 2
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280THE PENNILESS MAN. Inangahua Times, Issue 97, 25 September 1878, Page 2
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