PUSE-HUNTING :A MOVINGTALE

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 425, 4 December 1889, Page 8

PUSE-HUNTING :A MOVING TALE

•w, George, in looking* for a houso Be sure you boar in mind i soo it's free from ml Mid ipouso, And all thingb of that kind. 'w 1 kitchen copper, recollect, Must bo as good as new, 'lie wniei-bnUyou mii'-t inspect, As well as over)- flue. he locks and holts find lwis and tilings, Ofcour.se you'll ace mo right, i^nl try pfich bell «nil sec it lins^, And note the bedrooms' height. 11 1 ' taxes must not be too gioat, The neij;h()ours must be nice '.."I see about the w ;itoi uito, And ask the butcher's pi ice. Tie gnrrien must be well laid out, And, mind, a good hall lamp, \nd tiy each cock and tap and spout, , And keep an eye for dump. Ihe l)ou«?e must be quite fiee fioin gloom, And ask about reruns, \nd measure the back diawing-vnom, And don't forget the stairs. j.ook well at ceilings at floois, And tap the Avinriow pines, V \ nnino till the jr.ilos and doors, And see about the drains. / ml sliould you find a place ,it .ill — ■ And retdly much I doubt it — jMid should the rent be re.iUy f-'inall — Why, then — v.-ell see about it.