But now those times are passed away;
Electric bores have come to stay;
I mean to purchase one to-day.

I don't know how it works, but an
Authority declares it can
Be guided by a single man.

I have in mind a little niche
Beside my study window which
Will just accommodate the switch.

Henceforth abroad no more I'll roam,
But turn it on at evening's gloam
And yawn my time away at home.

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OUR GO-AHEAD MUNICIPALITIES.

"Visitors to ---- this summer need not fear want of recreation, for the
Urban Council on Wednesday granted an application by Mr. ---- for leave
to place an additional donkey on the beach."--_Provincial Paper._

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"Mr. Taylor, who had relieved Mr. Higgins, here had the misfortune to
see Seymour badly hit over the right eye on attempting to hook one of
his rising deliveries."--_Daily Paper._