Corporal. "OH, NOTHING TO SPEAK OF, SIR—NOT NEAR AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO."
Journalistic Enterprise.
"NEWS BY TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE.
"To-day is Pancake Day."—Daily Mail, March 4.
"HIGH-CLASS FISH DURING THE LENTEN SEASON.
"All kinds arrive daily direct from the coast, and prices the maximum when possible."—Advt. in Provincial Paper.
To judge by our own fishmonger, they always are possible.
From the report of a prosecution for selling eggs above the controlled price:
"Mr. ——, for the defence, contended that the lay mind could assume that new-laid eggs laid by the vendor's fowls were not within the scope of the Order."—Birmingham Daily Post.