"There seems to be hardly a single ailment not traceable to the poulterer or butcher."—Daily Paper.

"HALF a duck, half a duck,

Guests do not shirk ye;

Eat, 'tis the Christmas luck,

Eat a whole turkey!"

Little thought they of pain,

Killed they the plate again,

Why would ye not refrain?

On to death, onward!

Death was to right of them,