The Town of Nogood.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 5, 8 June 1899, Page 2

The Town of Nogood.

My friend, have you heard of the town of Nogood, On the banks of the River Slo\y, — TVheie bionms the WattawhJle flower fair, Where the SomeWnieorothei scents the air, And the soft Goeasys grow ? It lies in the valley of Whatstheuse, In the province of Leferslide ; That tued feeling is native there, 'Tis the home ot the reckiess Idontcare, Whoie the Giveitupa abide. It stands at the bottom of LasSyhill, And is easy to if*aeh, I declare { You've only to fold up your hands and glide Down {he slope of WeakwiU'a toboggan ilidf To be landed quickly theie. Thp town is as old a? the human race, And it grows with the flight of yeairf, It is wi.xpped in the fog ot idleis' (beams, Its sueets sue paved with discaided sohemos And spunkled with useless teai». The Coliegebredfool and the Richtnan's heii Aie plentilu) theie, no doubt, The lest of its ciowd aie a raotJev crew, W'th eveiy claba except one in view — The I<'oolki!lei 13 baried out. Th« town nf Nogood is all hedged about By the m )ii»tains ot Despair ; No seutinoi stands on its gloomy walls, No tiumpofc to battle and tiininpk calls, Por Cowards alone are theie. My friends, from the dead alive town of Nogood If you would keep far away, Just follow your duty thiough good and Take this for your motto, 'I can, I will,' I And live up to it each day. W. E. P'v N ? V—UlV — U1 1 Register.