A Modern Pasquin
— 1 — SATIRISES LEWS AND "THE BUSTER.". An envious resident of a township ou'tside Levin has sent The Levin Chronicle the libels which foJlow: — Hark the muddled muses hiccough ct (Levin, t Which tci any other rotten shows a twin, Where tiie cookies in a flock Go each week to sell their stock And there's lots af "brass" but hardly any "tin." Its jerry- built and hardly up-to-date, Architecture post colonial (very late) With each v'randah post supported By a free and ample sample OP the simple local yokel meet ornate. High siassiety is putrid in Levin; folks as never was nor ever could ■ave bin; For the butcher cuts the baker And the very 'undertaker Draws the line at Chows and blandisheure du fin. There's a little noserag paper in the t~wn To light fire an issue's not worth half a crown The proprieties demand It should be called the Levin Brand IJnfc the bors he calls it buster, sa they call him "Buster Brown."
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 May 1917, Page 2
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168A Modern Pasquin Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 May 1917, Page 2
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