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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 746, 29 March 1877, Page 3

Although a trito subject, come one sends us a descriptivo poaiu on HIS WIFE'S MOTHEIf. Ho stood on his head on ihe wild seashore, And danced on his hands a jig ; Io all its emotions, as never before, A madly hilarious grig. And why ? la the vessel which left the bay His inotherin-law had sailed To a tropical country some distance away, Where tigers and serpents prevailed. He knew she had gone torecruit her h( alth And doctor her rapping cough, But wagered himself a profusion of wealth That boeq. thing would carry her off. Oh, now he might look for a quiet life, And even be happy yet, Though owing to end of neurulgical wife, And up to his cellar m debt. For she of the s ; ec 9 and curled false front, And black alpacca robe, Must pick up a sailor to suffer the brunt Of her next daily trial of Job. He wat chid while the vessel cut the sea, And bumpishly upped and downed, And thought if already she qualmish could be, He'd consider the edifice crowned. He'd borne the old lady through thick and t.hin Till she'd lectured him out of breath : And now, as he gazed, at the ship she was m He howled for her violent deathTill over the azure horizon's edge, The barque liad retired from view, Whea he leaped to the crest of the chalky ledge, And pranced like a kangaroo. And many a jubilant peal he sent O'er the waves which had made him

free, Then cut a last caper ecstatic, and went Turning somersaults homeward to tea.