i PEELIMINAEY NOTICE. ' IT IS AFACT-That the vilest rubbish j. known in the Boot Trade is palmed upon tho public under disguise of the CASH system, Say the world is advancing—well, think as you will, The world is deceived' by appearances still; No matter about principle so the'exterior suits, You are deceived in the man from his hat to his boots. .But without more delay 1 will come-to the ..'..'. point, . Or perhaps you will say that my rhyme's • : outofjoint, • '.; ; - ■■'■•■■"•' Show me his company,! will; tell you the man— ■''.. Is an adage as old as a century's span; sut I'll out-Herod that, I vow and declare— I will tell you the man by the boots he doth 'Who only buys boots from every Cheap Jack; ■ There are Cheap Jacks of all trades—the gullß to ensnare, Who deluge the town with their Brummagem ware, Look in that window, how the boots are glossed o'er And a ticket to tickle your fancy the more. You pay down your cash, think you've made a good hit, Butbefore a week's over you find you've been bit; For the uppers and bottoms they never keep whole, And there's a quick dissolution of body and sole'. ' ' Good marks can have credit, without any -.-'• doubt, ••.■.'-"*' • • . And as to the bad ones, I've found them all but; If they have me -.again-well', they may laugh— _. ■ _ ■ The second time catching an old bird, with ■•" chaff, The whole of my present stock will be sold •at cost price-and the quality is not excelled by any in the Colonies. ■. W. P. FELLINGHAM, : (LATE 's, WRIGLEY) ' QUEE.N-S ( tpET;| nOW opening uy." ■ ~--.- j ■--. cents' and Children's Bpots.and Shoes fo the Winter Season.. ...;. Every description-of- Boots and Shoe made to order on-the shortest notice. Material and workmanship as usual '43
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 438, 14 April 1880, Page 3
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295Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 438, 14 April 1880, Page 3
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