There's a charm, when the varied consignment arrives,
To men who are blest with amenable wives;
But I watch my Amanda with covert alarm,
And wait till she severs the Wine-merchant's charm.
Mrs. R. is always instructing herself. She has been reading up legal technicalities. "The names," she says, "in some cases are so appropriate. I am informed that in a Divorce case, where the husband is the petitioner, the Judge issues a writ of 'Fie Fie' against the wife."
A REMINISCENCE OF LENT.
"And did you both practise a little Self-denial, and agree to give up something you were fond of?—Sugar, for instance,—as I suggested?"