There was a young man of the Peak

Who had kippers for tea once a week;

As he hated the taste

It was rather a waste,

But it gave him a feeling of chic.


"It was learned yesterday, on enquiry at the offices of the City of Dublin Steampacket Company, that there is no truth in the statement that the officers and crews of the company's boats had been served with six months' notice in into a new contract for the carrying of the Government."—Irish Paper.

We doubted it from the start.