WHAT IS MAN?

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2346, 23 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

WHAT IS MAN?

Max that is horn of wuman'ia small pota toes and few in a hill.

He risoth up to-day an ITourishelh like a rag weed, and to-morrow or the day after the undertaker has him in a box.

He good forth in the morning warbling like a lark, and is knocked out in one round in two seconds.

In the midst of life ho is in debt, and the tax collector pnrsneth him whomever ho goeth.

The hanister of life is full of splinters, and he slideth down it with considerable rapidity. He vvalketh forth in the bright sunlight to absorb ozone, and meeteth the bank teller with a sight draft for §3.‘)7. He cometh home at eventide and moctcth the wheelbarrow in his path, and the wheelbarrow riseth up and smite tli him to the earth, and falleth upon him, and runneth one of its legs into Ids ear.

In the gentle spring time he pntteth on his summer clothes, and a blizzard striketh him far away from home, and filleth him with woe and rheumatism

He layeth up riches in a hank, and the president speculated in margins and goeth to Canada for his health. In autumn he pntteth mi his winter trousers, and a wasp that abided in them filleth him full of intense excitement.

He silted all night to get the returns from Ohio, and in the end learned that the oiher fellows have carried it.

He bnyeth a watch-dog, and when he cometh home late from the lodge the doir treed him, and sitteth beneath him until rosy morn.

He goeth to the horse-trot and hettelh his money on the brown mare, and the bay gelding with the blaze face winneth.

He married an heiress with a wart on her nose, and the next day her paternal ancestor goeth under, with few assets and great liabilities and coined home to live with his beloved son-in-law.—[Ex.