... ; I never was able to make both the ends Of my income to meet, it is true. My character's good, tho' I'm bound to confess, In the stocks I have oft' put my foot;' I've lost' in the pound,' like an ignorant ass, And come out with nothing to boot. Now, gladly a.gardener's place I would take, I'm rapidly running to seed ; I flatter myself I'm pretty good rake, And a pretty good judge of a weed ; ...

... The picturesquely situated and ancient little Parish Church of Chesham Bois was re-opened on Wednesday last after thorough and complete restoration. The building, which nestles amongst the beechwoods of the Chilbern Hills, dates back to unknown but certainly remote period, and at the date of its foundation was probably intended chapel to the mansion which formerly stood in the adjoining meadow ...