His Pluckings sore long time he bore,
But Paley was in vain;
At length, disgusted, he took and "cussed" it,
And didn't try again.
A CLOSE CONTRIVANCE AT WINCHESTER!
LD Winchester—as most people know, and the rest may have heard—has a noble Cathedral. But what is the noblest Cathedral in the possession of an ignoble clergy? A temple inhabited by owls and bats—infested with rats and mice; stupid, crawling, disagreeable and voracious creatures.
