AUCTION—"NO RESERVE."

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 30, 8 October 1920, Page 6

AUCTION—"NO RESERVE."

(Contributed).

I kemta wecl hoo to begir,. I've got so much to say; I canna get each thing put doc»n An' gi'e the screed fair p]ay 0\ McKay's gran', matchbss Mart ! "^9 The folks that I saw there' Whaur they cam' frae, Rn> w(lat , bocht — *1 A raither big affair. A wife oot the Waianiwa way Wad liked a carpet cheap. An' there wis earpets, rugs, an' An' carpet-ends a heap. ^ But when they were put up for gA She thocht they gied gey deM. 4 The folks jist lauched at her an' crle^ "We mak' oor ain price here" They'd feather bolsters, heds' an' qUj](4 An' feather pillows, too; ' A bird..was sell't— I think the goos® On which the feathers grew! An'. kitchen dressers, chiffoiuers, An' cupboards, shelves. an' prtaSe, An' bracket things for fixin' on An' fillin' up odd places; An' girnels-, barrels, washin' tube, An' baskets, bags an* creels, An' tables (with an' withoot An forms composed o' deals ; An' bicycles an' hassinettes. Go-carts, perambulators, An' chicke l-coops wi' nest?, an' roosli^ An' patent incubators ; An' fenders, kerhs, an' rrakK ^ stoves. An' stoves for parraffin, Steel fireirons, as weel as bress, Fire-dogs an' a fire-screen: Stop-watches, timepieces, an' docks, Theodolites, chronometers, The wristlet things that flappers wea f, Eyeglasses, specs., barometers; Air' sideboards couchee, parlour Ae dandy suite wfg there: I think he ca'd it *' iba aton," A really swank affair; An' organs with an5 withoot leetk, Piano withoot wire, An' gramophones quite fit to lead Invercargill' s "Male" Choir; An' lots o' things that I forget, An' things I canna spell, An' things I canna get to rhyroe, Wi' some queer words, aE well, An' cae sic samples maun suffice, For mair you mauna look ; To t.ell o' a' that I saw there Wad fi.ll a great big book. But if I see you at next sale 1*11 tell you mair aboot it: An' if you canna' get to that, Ye'll hae dae without it.