MRS. RAM was told that Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is a giant in intellect. She said, "I don't know much about intellect, but he must be a very big giant to carry an orchard in his buttonhole."
ODONT.!
(An Ode to the Modern Flora.)
Oh, Flora, fair Goddess of Flowers, skies brighten, the gardens are glowing,
And lo! 'tis the season of Flower Shows, when everything seems "All-a-blowing!"
And what the dickens you've been up to with the dictionary, I'm dashed if there's any possibility of knowing.
Talk about "Volapück." Why, it isn't a circumstance compared with the floral goddess's crack-jaw.
I've been trying to read the account of a Flower Show to my wife. Now, at patter-songs I've a slick tongue and slack jaw.