We ask not a line—we crave not a stone,
But we leave dear Old England the glory.
THE RECENT ANYTHING BUT "DEAD-HEAT."
First Sportsman. Awfully hot at Newmarket last week!
Second S. Thought it would be. Had "nothing on," so stayed at home, blinds down, windows open.
"SCRAPS FROM CHAPS."—"Corked" Stout.—The Mitchelstown Guardians were debating on the stout supplied to pauper patients. A Mr. Dineen proposed, "That in future the Treble X stout manufactured by Messrs. Murphy, Cork, be used in the workhouse instead of Guinness's." His argument was that "it would help a local manufacture," and that "the doctors all approved of Murphy's." The chairman suggested that they might "be doing an injustice to the patients by taking in Murphy's stout." Why not put the question to the patients? It is they who will have to "take in Murphy's stout," not the guardians, and they are not likely to "do themselves the injustice" of refusing it if drinkable. Murphy's stout is evidently a light brew, as it was "carried by one." Another guardian described the resolution as a "blow which Guinness didn't deserve"; but Guinness survived the blow, and went up ten points on the Stock Exchange next day.