TWADDLE.
Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, turn, Ceaseless sounds the drowsy hum ; Seriatim walking chalks, Member after member talks. Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, trim, Nary member will be dumb, Though he's nothing fresh to say, Speak he will or " bust" to-day. Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, turn. This is their position rum, In repeating arguments, Speak they to constituents. Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, turn. All these speeches I might sum : Now each frothy, maaningless, bleat, Ob, Nothing is but " ditto repeato." Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, turn, This won't change a single thumb ; His own Simon knows each clown, Puts "thumbs up," or puts "thumbs down," Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle, turn, They might just as well keep mum, For the cleverest top-note Wouldn't turn a single vote. ■ /
Don't Die in the House. -"Bough oh Bats," clears out rats, mico, beetles, roaches, bed-buga, fles, a^ts, insects,, moles, jack-rabbits, gophers. Moses' Moss &>Co., Sydttey, General Agents. "We have received froni the publisher the Auckland Journal of Commerce of September 11th. j "So your datkiHer^bif? inkrriea a rich husband?'* 'yWell," slowly replied the father, "I believe Idie hai mlrtigd fe'ribh~'man^ ! bat I fanaeratattd ' h&' 19 a very poor husband,"
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 16
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187TWADDLE. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 16
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