"Alice ----, a married woman, was charged with unlawfully wounding her
husband, Charles ----, a labourer, by striking him with a pair of
tongues."--_Local Paper._

CHARLES has our sympathy. He might just as well have been a bigamist.

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WESTWARD HO!

James, if from life's little worries and trouble you
Sigh to be wafted afar,
Meet me at Paddington Station, G.W.
R.

Thence, if our plans be not baulked by some latterday
Railwayman-unionist freak,
We'll make a bold bid for freedom on Saturday
Week.

Care may ride pillion or on the ship's deck set her
Foot, but she'll hunt us in vain
Once we've set ours on the ten-thirty Exeter
Train.

Ours no "resort" where you run up iniquitous
Bills at the "Royal" or "Grand,"
Blatant with pier and parade and ubiquitous
Band.