Other minstrels may indulge in fighting,

I myself cannot so far forget

As to shun the raptures of inditing

Occ. verse for the Bestspinster Gazette.


For our "Glimpses of the Obvious":

"An interesting feature in the prone trees was that they all fell in one direction, showing the direction from which the blast came."

Morning Paper.


"So soft and loose was the earth that the trench walls had to be rivetted."

Daily Sketch.

A very curious treatment. Personally we always use a safety-pin.