(_His reflection after reading of the Boa-bolting incident at the Zoo._)
ST. PATRICK had a potent fist,
And was a saint right clever,
When he gave the snakes and toads a twist
And bothered them for ever.
But och! here's a betther plan than PAT'S!
'Twould have saved the saint much bother
Had he trated the snakes like Kilkenny cats,
And made them swallow each other.
And even now 'twould save much row
In the shplit-up Oirish Parthy,
Could MCCARTHY'S "bolt" end REDMOND'S revolt,
Or REDMOND swallow MCCARTHY!
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SPORTING.--'ARRY is delighted to hear that there is a two-year-old
running named '_Arriet_. "It's spelt Ariette I know," he says, "but
that's just French cussedness."
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