The fish, they kept growing in numbers and size

As fast as the fishers could swallow more “bait.”

For spinning of yarns is the only delight

Of fishers who fish without getting a bite

And who, when alone, are a-groaning.

H. C. Dodge.

Detroit Free Press, August 21, 1886.

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HORTICULTURAL EMBLEMS.

A Parody of Rogero’s Song in The Anti-Jacobin.