An' refresh from Thy cool soothin' fountain,
Those who paddle resignedly daan.
An' tho' in death's mist-shrouded valley
Our friends we may lose for a while,
God grant that at last all may rally
Where sunleet shall fade in His smile.

Gooid-bye!


Scientific

After the annual excursion of the Lowly Dale Scientific Society, the
members were addressed by Mr. Evertrot Gagthorp. New specimens, the
product of their recent journey, now enrich the Museum: viz.
In Geology--Limestone, pumice stone, soft stone, white stone, plum
stone, and cherry stone.
Conchology--Egg shell Tortoise shell nut shell and satchel.
Botany--Corn flour, grog blossom, and many leaves from the book of
nature.
Entomology--a swallow tail had been obtained, but the president going
to a dress party, had got the loan of it.


Valentine Dream

"On Valentine's day, will a gooid gooise lay," is a varry old sayin',
an' aw dare say a varry gooid en; an' if all th' geese wod nobbut lay
o' that day ther'd be moor chonce o' eggs bein' cheap. But it isn't
th' geese we think on at th' fourteenth o' this month i'ts th' little