Ebriosus loquitur:—
Silly spook-hunters show a wish to learn
If (hic!) departed spiritsh e'er return!
Did they, I should not have so dry a throttle,
Nor would it cost so mush to—passh the bottle!
Thersh no returning (hic!) of Spiritsh fled,
And (hic!) "dead men"—worsh luck!—continue dead!
Wanted Badly.—A "close time" for Autograph-hunting. Alas! the great—and even the not-so-very-great—are "made game of" all the year round.