THE GATHERER.
Reading edition
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. SHAKSPEARE
GUDE NEWS.
Copied from an inscription over the fireplace of a public-house in Edinburgh, the frequent resort of Burns.
Willie Christie tells them wha dinna ken, that he has a public house, first door down Libbertown Wynd, in the Lawn Market, whaur he keeps the best o' stuff; gude nappy Yill frae the best o' Bruars in big bottels an' wee anes, an' Porter frae Lunnon o' a' sorts; Whuske as gude as in the Toun, an o' a' strength, an' for cheapness ekwall to ony that's gaun. Jinger Beer in wee bottells at Tippence, an' Sma' Beer for three bawbees the twa bottels out of the house, an' a penny the bottel in.
N.B. Toddy cheap an' unco' gude if 'tis his ain mackin.
S.H.
EPIGRAM.
Whilst Mary kissed her infant care, "You like my lip," she cried, "my dear." The smiling child, though half afraid, Thus to her beauteous mother said: "With me, mamma, oh, do not quarrel, I thought your lip had been my coral."
E.A.W.
AN EXPLETIVE.
A newspaper tells us that an old woman died April 26, at Wolverhampton, aged 150 years.
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