Notes and Comments.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 190, 17 August 1901, Page 2

Notes and Comments.

“ Goodness gracious, Kildooi,’ 1 exclaimed Manoghue, borough “ an’ phwab tha divii’s poiaTics. Wrong wid ye ? Has yor ou!d uncle thut ye nivir saw or hard till av doid au ! lift ye siviral forcbunes ? ” Kildooi did not answer for a space. He carefully adjusted his coat collar, set his tie, and brushed au imaginary speck of dirt from bis immaculate shirt front with a silk handkerchief. Then, having puded further up his arms tha lavender kid gloves which were already threatening to burst their s'itches, he spoke deliberately in a studied, mincing voice : '‘Au 1 pl.woi tha dooce shadn’tme ougknl doi av be wishes an’ lave me ina money inta tha bargain ? But yebro wrong, Manoghue, me dare ohoy. Oim—haw —‘Wan av tb* i'ict (as .loody sez). Behold in me a unit av thadomment payple. Ai‘ lasht tha bredwiuners haz taken their neks from under tna uoombof tburteen fate av tha proud oppressor and have risen iu their might to—haw —swap places w.d turn. Ye musht know, iuauoghu, av tha stips bein’ taken in“l,oa Zalaud to give tha wunitin' man biz roights—an’ as much more a* he can grab. ’Tia a gran’ schame, an’, wid tha assistance av Joody an’ lha ould woomau, oi mane u make it me sole task ta till tbs payple how opprist they are, fur, , wud ye belaive ut, miny av thim ia j con tin ted; an’ sez thurs far too much—haw—legialashun, an’ thus well be cuttin 1 our own throats, But me Associasbun’s given me this rig-out and thrus.s tame nacherai ability, where only talkin'* consarned, ta git a good noombet av min willin’ ta pay haudsomeij fur tha rojghts that belong la thim widout fee an’ widout chaarge.” "An’ phwat’s tha rayson av all this?” saia Maooghue, as Kildooi i aused to fix on a pair of pince-nci he had previously omitted to;west "Oim satisfied as oi am, gettin’ jw sivin shiiliu’s a day fur stem nappin’, wid me eight hours’ wurt an’ less on tha occashuna tha bos isn’t too prominint an the land schape. Besoidts, if tha wunkio man’s goin’ ta do away wid th employers, who’ll pay tha screws U/s a mnnty we c n. all rut around wid kid gluvtsan’ oig’assa an’ pay tha grocer an’ butcher.” “ Tha wurkin’ man, as oi tab ut,” here interrupted Kildooi, “hi ta have a wallow in thi lap a luksuury ta make up fur tha hast tonnes heez had. Tha Boord a Conciliashun an’ Arbeetrashun ha decreed, in tha saym way, Joed sez, as tha Meeds and Purshuns which tayks rubbin’ out, thut i man musbn’t worrk more’n soot him. He mils’ be allowed I knock rff whin he feels fateeged an’ free beer an’ shillin’ seegar m is’ be preevided by tha sKs'/e tl ’in’ employer, who will ii y -char hev ta wurrk durin’ thaaw —luncheon hour, whoile th employeez refrisbea thimsilves m t iur well-urned bred. Loikew<>& saevitood will be abolished, an each wurrkman will ba brought I hnz employer’s own carndge ta ho da ly toil, wid a futman ta hilphn out an’ in, Nixtly, an ioferio purson, probably a—haw—d g.-ade employer, will attind each man I shpit on hiz ban’s desoired or ta Woipe tha ewio frum hizt bro if by any accident ut shud gatbe there. As fur your rifirince I tha—er-r—tradespeople, they joost be retained durin’ thapleshui av tha peop e—an’ rtmimbe Manogbue, tnu« wk pie tha penpii an’ if we don't make as mooch fa out ay tha sitooasbuu as we c* now, we may regrit ut later G Oi’ll tayk your, name fur tt Associashun, av coorse.” “ JS aw,” said Manoghue emphai cally, “ye wobn't. Oi’m wi satisfied wid me prisint coudisbui A few years ago oi wuz wun av tl unemployd, an’ divilish haard j wuz. Now, fair play’s a jooei, i bboy, an’ eight hours wobn’t bn annyone. ’Tie all very we'l 1 thim as duz nothin’ but agitsl wid an oi on Parly mint, but, « bhoy, tucker’s riz an’ coal’s riz,i ivirythin’ll be riz, an’ where’ll be thin ? Av ye put on tha scki too toight yo’llnot make ut win whoile ta employ labour, an’ w? have tha unemployed trubble ag Ye caan’t run all tha indnstbri av tha coontry widout capital« espayrience, an’ not wan av j wants ta do tha graft. Haw, Oi