PEACE AND PROMOTION.
Lucasta, prideful times they were
When first it came to pass
That on each shoulder I might bear
A little star of brass.
And when by reason of my zeal
I was awarded twain,
'Twas not mere vanity to feel
Almost as proud again.
My warrior soul was filled with song
In triumph's clearest key,
When, feeling thrice as broad and strong,
My shoulders shone with three.
Yet these I'll gladly from their place
Remove, and in their stead
Support one star of gentler grace—
Lucasta's golden head.
"GENTLEMAN required, knowledge of short-hand essential although not absolutely necessary."—Local Paper.
A very nice distinction.
"In my opinion the Asiatic cholera, 1850-1851, took more lives and caused more anxiety than the flu. In Spanish Town, with a population of 5,000, 7,800 died."—Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica).
We agree that the 'flu mortality can hardly have been greater than this.
"Flageolets soaked or parboiled previously and placed in alternate layers in a fireproof dish with sliced tomato or potato sprinkled with onion also make a valuable dish." —Evening Paper.
We have fortunately not yet been reduced to eating our wood-wind instruments; but we think we should need a double-bass to wash them down.
