Part 26 (2/2)

'Tis pleasant way of taking tea, Improvement on the old soiree, On such a time as this I find Food for body and for mind.

Gladly all obey the call, To attend this pleasant social, And we hope none will lament The time and money they have spent.

FEMALE REVENGE.

”Revenge is sweet, especially to women.”--Byron.

I heard Bill say to-day, Mary, That you are a charming fairy, And that to town he'd give you drive, But just as sure as you're alive, He does intend to have the bliss, Of stealing from your lips a kiss.

I'll let him drive me now, Jane, His efforts they will all be vain, I hate him, and I him defy, And anger flashed from her eye, The monster's wiles I will defeat, Peck of strong onions I will eat.

LINES ON A TYPEWRITER.

Having received a letter from a gentleman glorying in his typewriter we replied as follows:

You glory in your typewriter, And its virtues you rehea.r.s.e, But we prefer the old inditer, For to write either prose or verse.

And let each man work his will, But never never do abuse The ancient and glorious quill From the wing of a fine old goose.

ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS.

We are in ancient stories told, All were brothers in days of old, But these with facts they do not chime For all mankind do love the dime, And wors.h.i.+p the mighty dollar, And admire the golden collar, The rich man's washed with whitest lime, The poor man's cover'd o'er with slime, But we should try to love each other And treat each man as our brother.

THE GOOD MAN.

Cheerful and happy was his mood, He to the poor was kind and good, And he oft' times did find them food, Also supplies of coal and wood, He never spake a word was rude, And cheer'd those did o'er sorrows brood, He pa.s.sed away not understood, Because no poet in his lays Had penned a sonnet in his praise, 'Tis sad, but such is world's ways.

Humorous.

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