"Naked and not ashamed" our "Interests" stand,
"Scourge of our Toil, monopolist of our Land!"
So someone says. But 'twill be found, if tested,
These "naked" interests are mostly vested.
A Real "Mayor's Nest."—The platform (presided over by the Mayor of Bristol) on the occasion of the opening of the Bristol Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition. (See Illustrated Papers passim.)
Motto for a Man Reprieved from the Gallows.—No noose is good news.
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