’Neath the Law Courts’ shade as the Bar comes down,

And the barmaids are peeping—a giggling band—

For they know the police may be squared with a crown.

Ah! liquors are potent, and draughts are deep,

And the more you imbibe, why, the sooner you sleep,

An’ goo’-bye to th’ Bar an’s moaning!

Funny Folks, January 26, 1878,


The Three Profits.

[“There must be three profits obtained from land.”—Lord Beaconsfield.]