PADDY MURPAY'S BUDGET.

Dunstan Times, Issue 985, 4 March 1881, Page 3

PADDY MURPAY'S BUDGET.

Hera in one handy volume we have a complete codec ion of ail tho humorous “ P ones, fii gr nns, an’ Ip'stols ” where with ” P oldy Ma pliy has heoo amusing an I edi ying onr little world for years through the c »Iu nos of the Saturday Adver.isor. Froua the opening of Parliament in 1875 to the “small comrath mg* that tuk place in the Hoise ” last Segilon, nothing seems to have escaped Pally s no icc. Witty aid sa'irical tin •n-h .nn, an undercurrent of shrewd Co ua> issue pjrval is the volume. One rises Iron its perusal refreshed as with sparkling wiu.i. Tne “p nm *’ of “Beautiful Bov" ao io is w iroh the shilling fir which the hook is sold- Of course it is a parody on “ Beautiful Snow ”c “On ! the blow the beautiful hloiy, Bid! i’ the Hoase ab .vc an' below,, laikm mne oo,h than the boys in the {stli rest. Humbug so arrant, ah’ blarney soswed." Deal Lick slay II ill” an I “ J hnny Bailance Beer de Beer” are both gems in their way g and the song of M Misther Dick,” touching “ Hall Robin’Grey,” ie a gem in its way—- " To keep the Greyites oat we honed up n* [ ee on 1“©, For Hall robbiu’ Grey was a guid sich { ae see." But perhaps the funniest “ ipistol ” in the book is Paddy’s lively description of bis visit to “ Pay Whitty,” in the character i,l a“ p iany-po-tinsliirry.”' Just Hew when all the Maori doctors are gravely discussing the meaning of Tc Whiti’s ab»unl ra usage to the Governor— '‘ The jwtatoe is cnokel” (which is probably i'othirrg more than a polite ihvitatibu. fo diuneO-wa cannot do better thap ro print an oxtr-ick f p>m.,« Misther Mnrpby’.a ” visit, premising that the date l» April. 1830 jS TT-mt crxjidMSS vnsTt . an mi S ht; y chs ef.” *0" 1.dignity, an’ spakin* afth'pr th'er Own pome fashm,. “ Hoar the words o' the

• l*a(i ly Murphy** Budget: A collection of huunrou, ‘.Pones, Tillgrams, n n » Si”?, b ° v f .UaVpbJ-. Ouacdut; Mietoy, UtsCiei and

liip<li Pnkoyha, Sir Ilorculis, an’ hia primeear, Johnny Hall.” Sri L ‘ “it, noble Pak-yhii, I’m all attinahun,” aoa ho ; “ spnik on ” “ The say is broad an’ wet, and the land is H m and dh vy” sea I. “Kapai, Pakeyha,'rao ears are open," ses lie. •‘The treat, kanonse o’ the Maoris wor made to 'fl >at, an’ the fish' wor made to 'swim ” ‘•Hail, crest Pakeyha 1 'Ton me sowl its tin tie for ye," sea ho “The shadns o’ momiii'-nr® hidin' ther dnskv night-caps the SifUriiin deeps, an’ the man in the moon aiikes a lunar at the mild Jnw-Pether. wlio gets his livin’ be hankin’ lucifera, twelve boxes a shillin’,” 81-s I f i “Wise art thou. O, Pikeyha; he the hokev ve snaik like a hook," s -s he. “Whin the ploughshare-sinks into th‘ sod the cl,av is ginerally disturbed, an’ whin the seed is spread broadens 1 ; it is sown, an’ rich crops are thn fruits av a plintiful harvest," sea I, Comin, to the [nut o’ me misshun. “ l.et vermou’h he onen nneo mere, for though I’m a great profit I’m at a slight loss to nndherstand y-r mailin’, so 1 am," sa\s Tay Wliitty, lookin’ mighty puzzle I. " I’m tnuld v r a grate hoy intu—ly fur dhrim-s an’ visions, an’ such like, O profit,” ses T. “ Sa'ut-isi uns. Ofin 1 Murphy. Wordsis words, an’ wlien a man spaiks he invarya' ly sessomethin,” ses he. “Minh.l, bal hfek to the timer word ye’ve iver spoke in the whole conrse av yer life. mighty profit," ?es “ The foam comes on fn the shore, an’ the hil'sa e not the vil'eys ; and the hones o’ me anew hors cries alowd for viogince,” sea he

“Vrrah, don’t got in a timper, greatchief ” ses I “Find Grey is frind Grey, and frind Sheehan is frind Sheehan, an’ cabs is cabs,” ses he “B-gnr-a* yer a filosopher, 0 wise profit," ses T. The story of the interview winds up with “Tay Whitty” chanting the following tangi: “ I’m a profit wi l a grate hii> P, An’ ruler av ihe ho’e ooun'hry ; I snap mo fingers at Cilvmiiit taunts, An’ so do ms sistbers, me .cousins, an [me auniß." Our space forhi is further notice. But it is all very rea lahie, and we advise one and ad to possess th maelves of a volume.