Upon the receipt of the news that —— had carried Fort Nagher—the President drily remarked that “He must be a very strong man!”
The Fall of Pride.
An enthusiastic Englishman once said to the President, that the Niagara river was the pride of rivers. “Yes,” was the reply, “but that pride has a tremendous fall.”
The Captain’s Reply.
“We’re short of prog, said Captain B——,
When going on a trip;
And as we’ve little got to eat,
We’ll dine off the ship.
Fear not, but keep your powder dry,