At what the world wonder'd?
Ne'er from my mind will fade
That awkward mess we made,
Of the "Half-hundred!"
JAMES BRUTON.
(From the Stratford-on-Avon Herald.)
The following clever parody was given to me, about ten years ago, by a young Scotch friend, who has since gone to New Zealand. I have no clue to the year in which it was written (the day of the month, however, was carefully preserved), nor do I know by whom it was written, nor where it made its first appearance in public. Will any kind correspondent furnish me with information on these points?
THE DOCTOR'S HEAVY BRIGADE.
"They would scarcely believe him when he told them that when in Thurso, some time ago, he on one occasion saw six hundred people asleep in a church." Speech of Dr. Guthrie, October 26th.