Afore John come home, us opened t' door.
And "Wark out, wull ee?" I says, "Wark out!"
What's in a Name?—The Hampshire County Council is dubious whether it should surrender the title of "County of Southampton" to the great borough, which Sir Charles Scotter has so greatly benefited. Why not call the county Cockhamptonshire, a cognomen which would en-hants its supremacy over the district with a similar, but northern appellation? Those sensible county magnates the Messrs. Portal are always open to a practical suggestion.
Song for the Shipbuilding Trade.
(On the Clyde.)
[What is called a "sympathetic" lock-out has been carried out by the employers on the Clyde, in consequence of a strike on the Larne at Belfast].
Labour (after a celebrated model), loquitur:—
I sits with my hands in my lap,