Theatrical managers also will feel it— No dogs for performance they now can engage; In town, by the act (if they do not repeal it), No dog can be suffered to draw on the stage.
Dog Latin, doxology, reason dogmatic, And physic, which oft to the dogs has been thrown,— Are all these confined, by a plan systematic, To the puppies residing in London alone?
Oh! can it be ever with reason pretended That civilization's beneficent lights Have not to the dogs in the country extended, Which makes them unfit for political rights?
Oh! is there no ear in the House will be harking To all the complaints which with justice are made? Oh! where are the members of Houndsditch and Barking? By them are the dogs of the country betrayed.
IN JANUARY.—That on the 8th, fire insurance policies must be attended to; and that, although honesty is the best policy, it will not be available in case of fire.
IN FEBRUARY.—That, on the 7th, Dr. Maskelyne died; but as we do not know how to pronounce an opinion on this Maskelyne, it is better for us to remain neuter.
DOG-DAYS—Legislation going to the Dogs. ]
IN MARCH.—That the month is a stormy one at sea, causing leaks in ships; and that, on the 1st, being St. David's day, leeks are worn in the hat by Welshmen.
IN APRIL.—That the assessed-tax papers are delivered early in the month; and that not even the vainest of us is then disposed to overrate himself.
IN MAY.—That, on the 14th, vaccination was first used, in 1796; and that, while it saved many from being pitted with the smallpox, the invention itself may be pitted against any other.
JUNE.—That the sun is before the clock on the 7th, which may be remedied by putting the clock before the sun. _Mem._—It will do no good to place it before the fire.
JULY.—That the days decrease in the course of the month; and that on the 5th of July, 1830, Algiers lost a Dey altogether.
AUGUST.—That Napoleon was born on the 15th, and Andrew Marvel on the 16th, but that the former was really a greater marvel than the latter.
SEPTEMBER.—Your grapes will now begin to want looking after. If you do not bag them yourself, and your vine happens to be in an exposed situation, you may expect that some one will come and bag them for you.
OCTOBER.—That melons can only be raised in hot beds; and, of course, the hotter the bed the better the melons. Some fruit-gardeners recommend a layer of cinders; but red-hot ashes, enclosed in a warming-pan, will heat your bed quicker than anything. It is usual to cover the bed over with a frame, with panes of glass in it; a good thick counterpane would perhaps be more effective.