In blunderbuss, pistol, and sabre;
And when the Police 'twas resolved to increase,
He declaimed about waste of labour.
But the Vestry still, to guard shop and till,
Voted rates, spite of all objectors:
Laid in bars and bolts, and revolvers from Colt's,
And a pack of canine protectors;
While Ephraim Smug called their fears humbug,
And snubbed the Police Inspectors!
He railed at the cost; counted up what was lost