THE WAIL OF THE PRESS.
A NEW READING FROM " HIAWATHA." Should you ask us why this dunning, Why these sad complaints and murmurs, Murmurs loud about delinquents Who have read this paper weekly, Read Avhnt they decline to pay for, Read with pleasure and with profit, Read of church affairs and prospects, Read of news both home and foreign, Read the essays and the poems, Full of wisdom and instruction ; _ ohould you ask us Avhy this dunning, We should answer, Aye should tell you. From the printer, from the mailer, From the kind old paper-maker, From the landlord, from the carrier, From the man Avho taxes letters With a stamp from Uncle Samuel — Uncle Sain the roAvdies call him : From them all there comes a message, Message kind, but firmly spoken, •' Please to pay us Avbat you oAve us." Would you lift a burden from us ? Would you drive a spectre from us ? Would you taste a pleasant slumber ? Would you have a quiet conscience ? Would you read a paper paid for ? Send us money—send us money, Send us money—send us money ; Send the money that you oioe us. —" Syracuse (N. V.) Typo."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 54, 23 January 1877, Page 3
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193THE WAIL OF THE PRESS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 54, 23 January 1877, Page 3
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