Old Newgate loves him yet,
And though he is no longer there
He ought to be, you bet.
Hal Berte, in Detroit Free Press, March 21, 1885.
(This parody was written at the expense of the popular Detroit Free Press writer, known as Luke Sharp, the author of the piece being also connected with that amusing paper.)
——:o:——
Fly Not to Wine.
Fly not to wine—’tis just the hour
The House divides—the lobbies scour,
And Bellamy’s—for once be bright,