_"The Gloaming,"_
_North Kensington_.
DEAR MR. PUNCH,--I wonder if any of your intelligent readers
have noticed the wonderful adaptability of Nature, of which I
send you the following remarkable instance:--The yellowhammer,
which we are always told sings, "A little bit of bread and no
che-e-ese," has (unless my ears grossly deceive me) changed
its words this year to "A little bit of cheese and no
bre-e-ead!" Need I say more?
Your obedient servant, OBSERVATOR.
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"Mr. Isaac L.---- is in Cape Town. We hope the change will do
Mrs. L.---- good."--_Weekly Paper_.
We trust that no domestic differences are indicated.
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"The bread ...had been collected from local hostels and
barracks for pigs."--_Daily Mail_.
Does the writer delicately hesitate to call a sty a sty, or has the
internment of the food-hog really begun?
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"Lord Robert Cecil concluded: 'There is a well-known French
proverb, Que; messieurs, les assassins commencement--let the
murderers begin.'"--_Daily News_.
Our contemporary has begun.
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