There was a gas explosion the other day in Dublin at the house of a Mr. Atock. The report states that Mr. Atock's injuries were dressed and he and his family afterwards left for the house of Mr. Atock senior, at Phibsborough. Phœbus, what a name! As the capital city of the regions of, shall we say, perverted veracity, nothing could be fitter. In any case, condolences to Mr. Atock. Is the Blarney stone in Phibsborough?
What is "dockisation"? Whatever it is, they have been debating upon it at Bristol, and the proceedings are described as "decidedly lively." The protagonists were Mr. de Ridder and Alderman Proctor Baker.
Dockisation, I think, is a question of docks,
And at Bristol it lately gave rise to hard knocks.
"Let's be rid of a scheme which is bad for the town,"
Said de Ridder, whose statements excited a frown.
But they smiled on beholding this argument-maker
By a Proctor well caught and done brown by a Baker.