The cow shall be Smith’s and the grass shall be Brown’s,

And the butter will buy you a couple of gowns.

What do you say to that, pretty maid?”

“Robbery! bribery! Sir!” she said.

“Then I won’t be your escort, my pretty maid!”

“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.

The St James’s Gazette. November 27, 1885.


Sweet Home Rule.

’Mid closures and procedure and orders by the tome,