Volume 150 — A NAVAL REVELATION.
Reading edition
Edward Brown's official sheet, Humble though his station, Showed a record which the Fleet Viewed with admiration. Fifteen stainless summers bore Fruit in serried cluster; Conduct stripes he proudly wore, One for every lustre. Picture then the blank amaze When this model rating Suddenly developed traits Most incriminating. Faults in baser spirits deemed Merely peccadillos In that crystal mirror seemed Vast as Biscay billows. Cautioned not to over-run Naval toleration, He replied in language un- Fit for publication. When the captain in alarm Strove to solve the riddle, Edward slipped a dreamy arm Round that awful middle. Such a catastrophic change Set his shipmates thinking; Rumour whispered, "It is strange; Clearly he is drinking." Ever more insistent got This malicious fable, Till he tied a true-love's knot In the anchor cable.
"During December, 1661, meals for necessitous school children were provided at Chorley at a cost of 4d. per meal per scholar."
Provincial Paper.
In gratitude for the Restoration, we suppose. Hence the watchword, "Good old Chorley!"
"Summoned for permitting three houses to stray on Stoke Park on the 19th inst ... defendant admitted the offence, but said that some one must have let them out by taking the chain off the gate."—Provincial Paper.
It seems a reasonable explanation.
Officer (to Tommy, who has been using the whip freely). "Don't beat him; talk to him, man—talk to him!" Tommy (to horse, by way of opening the conversation). "I coom from Manchester."