ALL VERY VINE!

(_WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE WHITE KNIGHT IN "THROUGH THE
LOOKING-GLASS."_)

["One of the most interesting exhibits (at the Royal
Horticultural Society's Grape and Dahlia Show at Chiswick)
were clusters of grapes with the scent and taste of
strawberries and raspberries, as grown in Transatlantic
hothouses."--_Daily Paper_.]

I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate:
I met a simple citizen
Of some "United State."
"Who are you, simple man?" I said,
"And how is it you live?"
And his answer seemed quite 'cute from one
So shy and sensitive.

He said, "I make electric cats
That prowl upon the leads,
To prey upon the brutes who raise
Mad music o'er our heads.
I also make all sorts of things
Which much convenience give;
In fact, I'm an inventor spry,
And that is how I live.

"And I am thinking of a plan