Though it lies on the turf, there's no sportsman can rue
That he trusted such HAY when he knew it was TREW!
"RESIGNATION OF AN ALDERMAN."—He had had two basins of Turtle. He asked for yet another. "All gone, Sir; Turtle off!" was the Waiter's answer. The Alderman said not a word; he smiled a sickly smile. There was no help for it, or "no helping of it," as he truthfully put it. He would do his best with the remainder of the menu. The resignation of the Alderman was indeed a sight to touch the heart even of ROBERT the City Waiter.
BRER FOX AND OLE MAN CROW.
(A Fable somewhat in the fashion of "Uncle Remus," but with applications nearer home.)
Ole Man Crow he wuz settin' on der rail,