Hooray for the _Thistle!_ Scotch yacht without peer;
May she win in her race with the smart _Volunteer_.
_Punch_ hopes, Captain BARR, that no "slip" may turn up
'Twixt your lip and the yearned-for American Cup.
On both sides the Border we wish you success,
And we trust of the race you'll not make a BARR mess.
Your health in a cocktail, although you're afar,
And we can't call you--yet--an American BARR!
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Illustration: INDEPENDENCE.
"I'M AFRAID YOU'VE FALLEN DOWN AND HURT YOURSELF, MY LITTLE MAN!"
"WELL, AND IF I 'AVE, IT AIN'T NONE O' YOUR BUSINESS!"
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