"Poor Beggar!"
According _ to the Registrar-. General's last volume of JTew ZeVlan^ statistics there is v one beggar " m the colony and Nelson is given as the dwel-'. "in^j place of that person. The Nelson Colonist somewhat anxiously inquires 1 — "Who is it?" The Manawatu Time 3 has found him. He speaks of Wpoor beggar who has been' kicked and cuffed about." Poor old fellow; whoever he 'is . This reminds one of the story of the penniless swell who was crossing, a muddy ctreet. Quoth he to the drowsing swcepe-, u flad you anybweakwast tD-daj, bwoy ? '' Boj, sadly, "Jtfo Sir." "is or a>y dinhah, ! bwoy? " No Sir. " : Wheah do you slepp, poor bvroy." "In the street Sir^-"Poor beggar!"( very sympathetically.) Sweeper eagerly j : "Have you a oopper for a poor lad,your honor >?ll ' r/ No my bwdy ? I havn't' a penny." Sweeper, pityingly, tl Poor beggar !" only he pronounced the term as it m the first syllable the rowel was the letter v.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 61, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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163"Poor Beggar!" Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 61, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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