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Original Poetry

... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , r . -? 0 1 -.4all ?: V?,.Dttrg. .: ,I p LAY OF THE MAID-OF-ALLTWORIV 0 1 vhat a weary life we lead, 'Twixt woek and scorn !, , We ?? in ConstaDt slavery, N. igit noon, and morn! ,With early morning e begin .Our endles8 day; -Nobreai;&st-hoar-no diiner-hour- No time for play. If friend or lorer call at eve, N social walk; - Our prison bounds we ...

THE VOLUNTEER OF JULY 14

... THE VOLUNTEER OF JULY IAL THE SEQUEL. (From Punch.) If yon're ivaking cml] me earlv-though I feel so very queer, T/ at wilh all t-he calling in the world I sban't get up, I fear; I ought to clean ruy rifle, and a precious iob 'twill be- Forthe ?? tight at Chisellhnrst I don'tthink theo'll catch Me. Grant'r cooking-w negon on theground they told us weshonlnd find, And so I lebt. unluckily. my ...

WIND AND SEA

... WIND AND SEA TbaSes is a jovial comrade, ye laughs wherever be goes; His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his bale repose- lie lays himeelf doiwn at the feet of the Sun, And *1akee all over with glee, And the broad-backed billows fall faint on the shore, In the inixth of the irighty Sea. Ent the Wind is sad and restless, And cursed with an inward pain; You may bark as you ...

MUSIC

... Alusi. 1I FnsMAN'S SOING. By Norman Macleod, D.D. Dedicated to the Glasgow Riflemen. Published antd sold to allt a Bazaar for Barony Parish Missions. TaerT IX GOD AND no TEE RIGHT. Song by the Rev. Nor. man Macleod, D.D.; the melody by Mendelssohn; arranged by William Hutchins Calcott. -Published and sold to aid a Bazaar fur Barony Parish Missions. Wasar the above songs have a strong ...

EASTWOOD AND CATHCART AGRICULTURAL OPEN SHOW

... EASTWOOD AND CATHCART AGRICULTURAL I _. 0APEN SH:OW. . C. - t The second competition of this society took place on Thurs- a day, in the usual field, kindly granted by J. I R. Cog6s. Thb-day was fine, and a large ncourse of people were assem- R cblead-a number of ladies being accommodated with seats S] 'inside the show ground. The following were the judges, Si ?? cattle-Mesgrs. Andrew Pollock. ...

Literature, Science, Art, &c

... ?? i ?Xlhrafu' Sntutt rto f . I I I A - Messrs Smith, Elder, and Co. hare' in the! an press a new. work 'on' China,: by Sir -ohn pi Bowring. . ?? ' : - a -: *po Messrs Saunders, Otley, and Co., have in pre-, paration, Ani Autumn Tour in Spain ; ' Life pr in China,°.. by. ' ihi -Chin-; and. Wbo shill in be Duchess ? or, ?? Lord of Burleigh. a -Mr Pentleyis .publishing .tbe seond series ...

Original Poetry

... orlp ?? , . , '11- vottql BBERVANT TMAID AND LINTON'S--- LAMMIIES. A NEWt boatS to ah OLnD b 'yis Of a sarvint matid whg ?? dwell, wiio Dll of a eudding took very unw wll; And feeling quite queer from her biead to her feet, '1eoibled dowrn nl at once in a heap on the street. Singing- Chy-htoral Iylooral. lilyooral ielay. (Comic ch'oru3 on behalf of the sick set-ant maid)4- Singing-Cby ...

Literary Notices

... 1,wi~fc I i ttA O I ' or GsRcc: A History of the Ulster IeviVa of l 859- By Rev. WM. (GIBBON, c p?,fessor of Cbristian Etbics, and Moderator ao of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Edinburgh: Andrew a Elliot. th Tas book, we learn from the preface, is pab- M lished simultaneously on both sides of the Hi Atlantic. It is the fullest, clearest, and moss 5stisfactory work ...

GRATUITOUS EXHIBITIONS

... GRATUITOUS . ?? BY AN IDLE MAN. I confess to a partiality for cheap amusements. Edinburgh possesses an abundance of exhibitions which are to be viewed gratis. In a western city I read, not long ago, a placard announcing that the United Order of .Tally Rrieki wras shortly to take its annual trip to the inetropolis of Scotland. Among the many temptations with which the excursion was baited I ...

PICKINGS FROM PUNCH

... ] THE BOYS OF' THE IRISH BRIGADE. , There have been considerable disturbances among the Irish papal recruits at Macerata, in which shillelaghs were freely used. and the police, who interfered, were severely ?? owon Corresponcdent from Rome. Wid a stick in my fist, an' a pipe in my cheek, 8- Holy father, I'm come to resthore ye: But bad cess to yer pay- sure what's four;ince a-day And divil a ...

GLASGOW FAIR

... weather durinn tb -, -- -n - Ad The weather during the peel week wfas very favourable n ror excursions, Witih the exception of some heavy showers On Eriday evening, and a few slight showers On Saturday afternoon, the 'weather waS, excellent. We sre glad to atatoe cl that the various excursions to which we referred in the la early part of last week wrere erteneively patronisod by the th working ...

POETRY

... P 0 E T RY. A RLEMEMBRANCE. 'Tie summer in the country, though not here,- There is no sunshine streaming thro' these lanes, Nor flowvers a-bleonring carewvorn hearts to cheer Ecul like the flower wre culled in shaded glene. The streets ore dusty, not is spot of green Ever to glad our syos, wvhoe'efr we stray, We listen, but, alas ! nlo murmluring stream, Nor loitering nill, goes singing on its ...