CONTRARY COGNOMENS.

IF you wanted Fry to cook a chop, you’d find yourself mistaken, And pills, not rashers, form the stock of enterprising Bacon; Taylor goes in for selling boots, whilst Butler’s a musician, And Cooper couldn’t hoop a tub with any expedition; Long’s only four foot six, but Short’s miraculously long; Strong’s dying of consumption, but the Weekes continue strong. It’s strange to find that Butcher is a vegetarian, That Brewer is teetotal, and Goodchild a bad old man. Parsons is a publican, and Church an unbeliever, Lawless a solicitor, Truelove a gay deceiver; Steel deals in soft goods, Draper’s ware is advertised as hard, And Gamble would be shocked at sight of domino or card; Wright’s wrong as oft as any one, Dullman is smart and witty, Miss Fortune is the luckiest young lady in the city; Gray’s black, Black’s red, Green’s brown, and Gay is always on the mope, Leggett is doomed to crutches, and old Curley bald as soap.