Promising Member of Junior Form (having been given a lesson on SAMSON and told to write an account of him). "I FORGOT THAT MAN'S NAME YOU WAS TELLING US ABOUT, SO I CALLED HIM ARCHIE.' WATER IS BEST. (General VILLA, who is a teetotaler, has Or denounced General HUERTA as an old drunkard.) WHEN Sons of Bacchus Lauding the majesty of Alcohol, In panegyrics of dry Monopole For consolation In our vexation The news from Mexico we gladly hail, ale. No wonder WILSON The beer of Pilsen But we, with VILLA, Sarsaparilla to the choicest wine. Port, brandy, sherry They're little use when civil wars begin; Men who can slaughter Upon barley-water Are in the long run always bound to win. NATURE STUDY. THE following letter may have been noticed in the columns of The Daily Eye some weeks ago: The Lilac Grove, Moonvale Park, S.E. SIR, On looking out of my bedroom window this morning at 6 o'clock I observed a cuckoo eating ripe strawberries in the garden next but one to Regards as liquid death within the pot, mine. It occurs to me that for a When even a bandit Can't stick or stand it, And gibes at HUERTA as an aged so!! Let senile soakers cuckoo to be in a suburban garden eating ripe strawberries so early in the year as April 15 is somewhat unusual. Can you tell me whether this has ever been known before? Yours etc., AUGUSTUS QUEST. further letter has been sent to the Editor of The Daily Eye by the writer of the above, but has not appeared in print: SIR, Some days ago I sent you a letter in which I mentioned that on April 15th a cuckoo was seen eating ripe strawberries in the garden next but one to mine, and asking whether you could tell me if anything of the kind had been known before. But up to the present I have received no reply. The only result of my letter has been the receipt of a number of circulars announcing works on the subjects of nature study and fruit culture. From a publisher's announcement which has been sent to me, giving specimen pages from "How to Tell Our Feathered Friends at a Glance," I discover that the bird I saw in my neighbour's garden could not possibly have been a cuckco, its body being altogether too small. And in conversation with my neighbour in the train this morning I learnt that his garden does not contain strawberries; the bird, whatever it was, must therefore have been eating something else. Promising Member of Junior Form (having been given a lesson on SAMSON and told to write an account of him). "I FORGOT THAT MAN'S NAME YOU WAS TELLING US ABOUT, SO I CALLED HIM ARCHIE.''' WATER IS BEST. (General VILLA, who is a teetotaler, has Or WHEN Sons of Bacchus Lauding the majesty of Alcohol, And, spite of HORSLEY, In panegyrics of dry Monopole For consolation In our vexation But we, with VILLA, Sarsaparilla to the choicest wine. Port, brandy, sherry They 're little use when civil wars begin; further letter has been sent to the Editor of The Daily Eye by the writer of the above, but has not appeared in print: SIR, Some days ago I sent you a letter in which I mentioned that on April 15th a cuckoo was seen eating ripe strawberries in the garden next but Are in the long run always bound to win. one to mine, and asking whether you NATURE STUDY. THE following letter may have been The news from Mexico we gladly hail, Eye some weeks ago:- Shuns Manzanilla And only slakes his thirst with ADAM'S ale. No wonder WILSON The beer of Pilsen The Lilac Grove, could tell me if anything of the kind had been known before. But up to the present I have received no reply. The only result of my letter has been the receipt of a number of circulars announcing works on the subjects of nature study and fruit culture. From a publisher's announcement which has Moonvale Park, S.E. been sent to me, giving specimen pages SIR, On looking out of my bedroom from "How to Tell Our Feathered window this morning at 6 o'clock I Friends at a Glance," I discover that observed a cuckoo eating ripe straw- the bird I saw in my neighbour's berries in the garden next but one to garden could not possibly have been a cuckco, its body being altogether too cuckoo to be in a suburban garden small. And in conversation with my cating ripe strawberries so early in the neighbour in the train this morning I year as April 15 is somewhat unusual. learnt that his garden does not conCan you tell me whether this has ever tain strawberries; the bird, whatever it was, must therefore have been eating something else. Regards as liquid death within the pot, mine. It occurs to me that for a When even a bandit Can't stick or stand it, And gibes at HUERTA as an aged so!! Let senile soakers been known before? Yours etc., AUGUSTUS QUEST. |