THE PLAINT OF THE PLUMBER AND BUILDER.
(In the case of Dee v. Dalgairns, the plaintiff, a plumber by trade, sued the defendant Dalgairns, a Civil Engineer, for the sum of thirty pounds for the erection of a lavatory. The defendant made a counter claim of one hundred and twenty pounds, on the ground that the work being improperly done, sewer gas escaped into the house, and caused the illness of six members of the household, and the death of his son. He, therefore, claimed the doctor's bill and other expenses. The Judge struck out the plaintiff's claim, and gave judgment for the defendant).
SOLO BY THE PLUMBER.
"I SCAMP the joints. I scamp the drains.
I am an artful Plumber;
You'll feel my hand in winter's rains,
You'll sniff it in the summer."
"I dig, I delve, I patch, I pry,