"Oh, no! I assure you! He thinks it a Penance to dine out!"


QUARTER-DAY; OR, DEMAND AND NO SUPPLY.

Resentful Ratepayer loquitur:

"Demand and Supply!" So economists cry,

And one, they assure us, must balance the other.

I fancy their doctrines are just all my eye,

But then I'm a victim of bad times and bother.

At least, friend Aquarius, you'll understand

That Jack Frost and you have between you upset me.