" Squib's" Attacks.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 140, 11 May 1881, Page 4

" Squib's" Attacks.

! I hear the Chief Surveyor of tie Corpora latiou is put of . sprt*3— -t.roUjbled vYithJ^e or [sometlTiug- ' of -that' sijrtYHe has-been a 'dutiful servant, and, will, not be left out m tae cold I think. '-, '; And the gay and festive Burns is; gone .' •No wonder we cannot sing the old songAnd wb ; y dio he'gv- ac ail, at all. Was th-ie not a fond yJiing'- heart oeatiug for him oaiy. A±ud did h . not imbibe to her oniy. Oh uear I What an affecting f arewell there was, to ba sure ; and a crushed, broken, yet hopeful one is left behiud. And the lordly Squ re Halcombe has returned. He came back m two ships. JSow we shall see what we sha 1 see. . JdVe^hinks hi< tail is slightly down. . However, bi-Sted are they that expect nothing. Our local organ is the laughing stock of every one, it is the verriest rag south of the line.. In my opinion it is most datnagiug to the towji.and district, which surely .would suppert a decent ntwspaper. "The Pines." folk, are; awfully chai' ; griued at Burns' levanting. it was : snockiug, Mama. I greatly fear they'll ,be more shocked yet. '; Coining events ,Q_-t their si/ado wo. befori^e." •■ I was sorry to sec your paragraph about 'trios*.-: A-hur-*- settlers lnJmg so -unimarily culled upou to -tump- up. I n«.ar tnat it is owing iq instructions _ent out through lialcomUe. Corporation sLrl'dom .is vvUut lius chitfiy brought the Maricu-stcr Block to its pieseut state. , Who was: the- presiding justice said ; to tie i ;iu.':tbe.-,N;ortu lslai-U ? who .at. on a couple of [drunks in -the morning, and Ui-'d /to be .escort jd half- seas over uunng trie afternoon ? '' " , ; . It is said that the. Gentle George ls nuking k'ttempts to kick over the trace"*** ; v\ hen ue gets some Dutch cquiage m ii c speaks his mind. The mumcipa.ity i a -pine little attraction to ic*-i«in, oriaiher , hope of reward for faithful service... But 1 fear he will be, shunted j^efoie long, if he is not more huiubie and, tUaukiui lor tlie -mail mereie_ lie receives. Mac ius 1 been a true benefactor to him, Writnigliis leaders, giving huu advice, ,&c -.-,■> and ■: it would be the iieightof ingraiuudc if .he were to lower hia 'lag aud port hits helm lor the b«isslul s.clilaiou of sleepy Hollow. -•!-; •*'-: 7 ■■.. ■-■'••';:* ■ f : "'' : '< iNo oue.has replied -to; niy conundrum dDuut tu^j.P. who V sat on" the druuks, aiid got tighV_iiiust-i- tue same .afte'ruuou. Well, here's auother— Who was the «J. P, iuj whose coat pocket, was iound the-fol-lowing little account : — "lo caning . blank Blank, f h.-q., J. P., home m a state 'dfjintoxicatitin^T/d.'' 5 ■ : ' : ' :;: " ' :i '\ 7 ~ Old 'Gooseberry has had actively time of it lately. I'taui'tokt th_t m the -middle ofjthe night he grips his better halt ft. a gap of iron, and roar? - out, ; ■' cquib, I'll murder you/.V Tfye oid lady Has had soine Harrow escapes of being ;" thr'6'ttied'iateiy, , „w4y does'nt *he put liiria iv a striugut jacket, or appjy-a^wet shingle 1 ? '' ' ,> : * a.' qu have made a mortal foe ofthe wry- ; necked' gentleman, who was iqyitei to see see tbie' gr-yhquritls", He swears m pow.er-. iul- Weapons that he'll scruff;' Squib," His sisteVihUu' to sit on him 'until he got over th-iStL 1 ' 4 "'"' '*"'" : '• '" ' "' " 'y. . ' i hear that old Gooseberry has had a terjrible task t&'pettb'Mi, It 'is riimdred that he : is making his first attempt at journalism, being retained tq write a i-adertbrth"e"Gtrardi*ari of Wednesday m" ,the absence of Mac. We -map"*. expect, ' ruoiiie'ertidite production, bristling' with s lcgai poiuts aud high seundiug English,! ' We are dying to: kuow /what/trie V subjfect will be. - - JLud Mr.' Macar ( thur isjabqiitto seyer , his 1 connection with .the Corporation! Well, JL don't suppose many .will be-sorry his' deuieauour to Wards 6y ey whpri*,\ he 'had control being ' auythirig but Ccn-** cillatbryi ' il'-hefeiii a saying itfthe kruiythat an officer raised from the ranks is always a tyrant. 1 think the sa*u_ cule apblies to social cqiiditio.ns also. _ _4a?« has? the charactef of' being, ddriurieeriug, i yvheret'oie I suppose his 'unpopularity, , "There will be a &igh oi relief thoughbuc the Mai^hest^riiirPckVjespeciailyiamong tiiei employes when it is known that they 1 haVe nothing more, to fear trom the bub-ag-Jnf s pVcuiiauues Of tcriiperiiii.ierit. pla'asibte' Arth,ur7VV,iiUam Follet Hal ombe i- going to ruii the Miiuawaiu iseatagaihstaU'cOtiiers. ill bet l\ix\ a ue\v hat he's l icked - 'i'heri 8 too much of tine Uily Gammon nbout him. lou haye read "Ten Thousand k-Ye&i'" ot coiirse. Don't you recognise my proto- - type. It 's su*auge nopne,pe-i^s ; tp;tru»t r Mr. Halcombe. " He'll promi.e you any > Q d thing, as a f'r.iend iciAaik.ed .u.e -dther*da)-,'' b.ut, dear boy, dou't ex^ect'to get 1 them all. .'a He -has a big auibmou to distinguish hiroselt, aud bee "his name m Hansard, addressing Mr, Speaker "on behalf— aw— of— aw . my— er lYlauawatu — aw'coi'i-tituents." dust so. Ta-ta the nephew of my Uncle J"'ox.