One note he might append
for the benefit of intending Etonians, that those who, not having
"passed" their swimming examination, venture to go on the "river", are
in danger of the "rod."
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MRS. RAM was told that Mr. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is a giant in intellect.
She said, "I don't know much about intellect, but he must be a very
big giant to carry an orchard in his buttonhole."
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ODONT.!
(_AN ODE TO THE MODERN FLORA._)
Oh, Flora, fair Goddess of Flowers, skies brighten, the gardens
are glowing,
And lo! 'tis the season of Flower Shows, when everything seems
"All-a-blowing!"
And what the dickens you've been up to with the dictionary, I'm
dashed if there's any possibility of knowing.
Talk about "Volapueck." Why, it isn't a circumstance compared with
the floral goddess's crack-jaw.
I've been trying to read the account of a Flower Show to my wife.
Now, at patter-songs I've a slick tongue and slack jaw.
I can do "_John Wellington Wells_" pretty patly; but to read
through a horticultural article
Would give an alligator instantaneous tetanus; and of _meaning_
the words seem to have no particle.
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