A Curious Advertisement.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 282, 18 July 1888, Page 3

A Curious Advertisement.

Itf the life of the late Robert Stephens Hawker, a icar of Morwenstow, appears tlio followingamusing composition, ivhich,emanafcod fromMr Hawker's pen:— 'Roger Giles, Surgin, Parlshclerk and Skulemaster, Groser, and Hundertakcr, Respectably informs ladys and gentlemen that he drors teef without wateinej a minit, applies laches every hour, blisters on the lowest tarms, vizicks for a ponny a poaco. He sells Godfather's Ivordales, kuts korns, bunyons, dokters hossos, clips donkies wanco a munfch, and undertakes to lnkc after overy bodies nay Is by the ear. Joosharps, ponny wigsels, braso kanelstieks, fryinpans, and other moozikal hinsbrumints hat greatly reydooced figers. Young ladys and gentlemen lames thoir grammur and langendgo, in the parkiest mannor, also grate care taken off their morrels and spoiling Also zaun-zinging, tnyching the base vial, and all other zorts of vancy-work, squadrils, pokers, weazils and all country dances, tort at homo and abroad at perfekshun. Perfumery and znufl", in all its blanches. As times is cruel bad, 1 begs to tell ey that i his just boginncd to sell all sores of stashonary waro, cox, hens, vouls, and all other kinds of poultry. Blakinbrishes, herrins, colefc, skrubbiu-brishes traykel, godly buke? and Bibles, miso-Uaps, brick-disc, whiskcr-seod, morrel pokkcrankerchcrs, and all zovts of swatemaits, including taters, sessages, and other gardin stufl", bakky, zigars, lamp oyle, toy-kittlea, and other in Loxxikatin likkcrs ; a dale of fruit, hats, zongs, hare oyle, pattina, bukkits, grindin .slone^, and other aitablos, koi'n and bunyon zalvc and all hardware. I as laid in a largo azzortmeul of trpyc, dogs' mate, lolipops, ginger beer, matches, Kind other pickles, such as hompsom sails, hoyster&, Winzer sope, anzobrar. Old rags boi band zoid hero and nowhere cl^c, now lade hegg& by me Rogor Giles ; zinging burdes keeped, sich as howles, donkies, paydox, lob^bers, crickets, also a stock of celebrated braydors. Agent foo selling gufcty-x^orker sou Ik P.S. —I taches gograty, rithmctic, cowsticks, jimna&tiks, and uthcr chyneo trickb "