well fed.

TEN O'CLOCK A.M.

There! I've forgot the oysters. Thank the Lord,
There's time enough with early church; Old GRIMES,
I hope, will pity us to-day; he's bored
A hungry crowd so many, many times.

ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M.

Oh, what a crowd! Hallo! Another man!
Well, thank the Lord, 'twill be a change, at least;
I s'pose he'll aggravate us all he can:
And that's _so_ easy just before a feast.

TWELVE O'CLOCK M.

Oh, what a bore! He's worse than Grimes by half;
So slow!--That turkey will be done to rags!--
I'm famished! I could eat the fatted calf.
There! Thank the Lord! He's winding up; he fags.

ONE P.M.

Give me the knife. Be quick, my love, be quick!
I never was so hungry in my life!
Well, thank the Lord, that tedious old stick
_Did_ let us off.--Oh, hang this carving-knife!

TWO P.M.

I wish I had not eaten quite so much;
But, really, the mince-pie was _so_ prime!
You gave it just the real, old, fancy touch.
There! (Thank the Lord, I got the meat in time.)

THREE P.M.

My eyes! how sleepy I have grown since noon!
Some wine or music, now, would make me gay;
Come, ANNA, let us have a little tune--
There! thank the Lord, there's no more work to-day.

FOUR P.M.

What was it, ANNA? I was sound asleep;
I rather think I had the nightmare, too.
I feel half sick; cold chills around me creep.
Well, thank the Lord, Thanksgiving is all through!

* * * * *

A Pen and an Inkling.

A certain HERR BISSENGER, of Pforzhelm, has presented BISMARCK with a
golden pen, set with jewels, with which to sign the treaty after the
capture of Paris. Foresight is well enough in its way; but if the treaty
which is to end this war is not a very different one from any BISMARCK
has yet suggested, penning his signature to it will be merely a
preliminary to his repentance for being so short-sighted as not to see
that Sedan, not Paris, was the place at which to make a lasting peace.

* * * * *

A Chance for Metaphysicians to be Useful.

The German metaphysicians who have been so long bothering the world with
reports of their searches after the undiscoverable, should now exercise
whatever skill they have gained in this pursuit, in looking for signs of
republican protest in Germany against the growing tyranny of their
Prussian masters.