And now it is conjectured by
Each erudite surmiser,
He went, he saw, he came away
Considerably wiser.
From The Hornet. Sept. 9, 1868.
Tom Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, Colonel of the South Middlesex Volunteer Rifles, was called as a witness in an action brought by Mrs. Borrowdale against Madame Rachel of Bond Street, who professed to make ladies “Beautiful forever.” Rachel was convicted for obtaining money under false pretences, and died in Brixton Gaol.
The Railway Gilpin.
John Gilpin is a citizen;
For lineage of renown,