Verse!!
From Colchester.—The oysters are trembling in their beds. On October 6th the Duke of Cambridge is expected to attack the natives at Colchester in full force. Last year, when Sir D. Evans was in the chair at the banquet, 20,000 oysters were consumed! Good Evans!!
A Very Annoying Stream.—The River Tees.
LETTERS FOR THE SILLY SEASON.
(Apparently intended for some of our Contemporaries.)
Sir,—Of course I do not wish to be frivolous, but do you not think that "lovely," "too sweet," "quite too darling," and other expressions in italics are miss-used words? At any rate, they are constantly in the mouths of my daughters and nieces.
Yours truly, Paterfamilias.