There was once a satirical pup
Who with newspaper rule was fed up,
So he wrote bitter rhymes
Which disparaged _The Times_
But were praised in its weekly _Lit. Supp._
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"The Canadian officials refused to allow her to land because she did
not proopse to carry out her original intention tom arry Captain ----,
and the New Yorkaut horities declined to interfere with the Canadian
decision."--_Daily Paper._
But what we really want to know is where Tom and 'Arry come in.
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"NEW YORK, Sunday.
The s.s. Minnehaha left here yesterday for London with fifty crates of
American birds and a great variety of animals.
Three trunks were carried for the oppossum to build in and for the
beavers to gnaw."--_Daily Mirror._
Nothing is said about the other creatures' luggage.
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