A WEPLY.
To the " vewy widiculous " wemarks of "Sundowner." My dear, Mista Sundowna, It wealy is too bad, Of you, to take oft poor fellahs, You most ingenious " c—." No doubt you think the I wish bwogue, Or Scotch, pewhaps, is pewttiea ; I know they're vewy much in vogue, Because, they are thought, the wittiea. But, as for me, I much prefer The old hard-sounding English, Although I don't pwonounce the " c," As you will now distinguish. " Affected humbug," say you, Sir, You lump of affectation ; Why you're the "humbug" " Sundowner," So much for your dictation. Your broken phrases, borrowd wit, Is like yourself, my friend, A thing that tom-foois-cap would fit, If we but cared to send. Your great conceit and vanity, Amuses me out-right, Don't think that you're " incog " to me, You moat unhappy wight. This answer I have deigned to send, In future, I will treat The vile effusions of your pen With the contempt they meet. And now farewell, my witty, Sir, But let me first confess Your " alias " of " Sundowner," Is the name you should possess. " Humbugging Affectations."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 86, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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183A WEPLY. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 86, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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