A FISHY DISQUISITION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1779, 29 February 1888, Page 3

A FISHY DISQUISITION.

" Butterily " m the Duoedin " Evening Hera'd " thus desoan'a : — A day or two after Mr Fish held his most successful meeting at South Dunedin a lean palefaced young man Btalked into my office and handed me the following to read : — ' It ia generally onnoodtd that at his recent meeting Mr Fish gave the "Star" a fearful whaling. In their rep'y they could only flounder about and carp m their U6ual crabby fashion upon things long eince forgotten. Their sole excuse for co misrepresenting Mr Fish was that they had dock ed a telegram of a word or two, which altered its meaning. Mr Pike was not responsible for this, neither was I Mr Fisher, but the other Ministers had such insecure perches on their phices that they were capable of doing anything to ! retain them, especially as' they are dabs, I only at knowing how to mull et. Of course the greedy gudgeon of a " fcstar " I has wriggled out of the difficulty like an ed, but the whole thing smelt so bad that all hands went out. to skate while they were fresh whiting the walking sepulchre of a special reporter. TUcod ! How Fish did hake that poor shrimp of a reporter about! He made do more of h<m than if he was a bloatered spiat, or a sardine. The poor reporter has been a8 dumb as an oyst-er ever since ' With great self-: restraint I contented myself with stuffing thp M.S into his pocket and leading that young man gently to the door. On our journey thither he asked 'if the joke was too Fishy for insertion f Then I shed his gore, and went home to dinner.