The “Public Ledger” of the 31st of March, 1825, contains
A crooked Coincidence.
A pamphlet published in the year 1703, has the following strange title:—“The deformity of sin cured, a sermon, preached at St. Michael’s, Crooked Lane, before the Prince of Orange; by the Rev. James Crookshanks. Sold by Matthew Dowton, at the Crooked Billet, near Cripplegate, and by all other Booksellers.” The words of the text are, “Every crooked path shall be made straight.” The Prince before whom it was preached was deformed in his person.
A Seasonable Epitaph
on the late
J. C. March, Esq.
Death seemed so envious of my clay,
He bade me march and marched away;
Now underneath the vaulted arch,
My corpse must change to dust and March.
J. R. P.
NATURALISTS’ CALENDAR.
Mean Temperature 44·22.