The Capitol was saved of old
By geese with noisy bill;
More sage than silly, birds so bold
Should have a mission still.
Time was when roving on the loose,
A goose would raise my dander;
But now I feel each proper goose
Should have her propaganda!
A LACK OF HOPS!
A man fond of his joke, and speaking of Lenten fare to a friend in a letter, wrote:—
I had a fish
In a dish
From an Archbish——
leaving it to his ingenuity to complete the broken line. The reply was a clever solution to the puzzle:—
I had a fish
In a dish
From an Archbish——
’Op is not here
For he gave me no beer!
FOR THE CHILDREN
The following simple calculation will be amusing to children:—If an even number of coins or sweets are held in one hand, and an odd number in the other, let the holder multiply those in the right hand by 2, and those in the left hand by 3, and add together the two results. If this is an even quantity the coins or sweets in the right hand are even, and in the left odd; if it is odd the contrary is the case.