IT TAKES THE CAKE.
This idiotic nonsense coined Jn fiomo poor crazy bruin. Then by some stupid dolt purloined
And repeated o'er again— fn every jf.urnnl great and small I <ntil our eyeballs ache— Tliro' daily meeting in thuni all This phrase—" ft takes tho cal:,\
l)ay after day, go whero we may There'; really no escape. It, fills our soul* with dire dismay--It makes us yawn and Kape— Or olho with rago blaspheme and swear It's enough our hearts to broil; To road Kiicli drivel everywhere As this—" It takes the eakfl. '
To those who to the papers write This meek rerpiest wo malco : l-ion't use this sinner so bald and trito That makes us quail and quake. If ye have hearts, and ye can foe!, Then do—for mercy's sakeHave pity ; hoar our sad appeal: Don't say—" It takes the cake.''
Hflncnfnrfch, we swnar, we will on those A deadly vengeance wroak Who, regardless of our dreadful woes In maddening tonos will shriekThat jargon vile that stir" our bile. May fiends nnd furies take— The next to some satanic isle— Who writes—" It takes the cake." The Maniac.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3026, 5 December 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)
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189IT TAKES THE CAKE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3026, 5 December 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)
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