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A NEWSPAPER.
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cry of a 'Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.'"
"IMPROMPTU BY THE COOK
"Boast, boil, and bake,
Throughout the livelong day;
Alas! why did I take
The billet and the pay?"
"NEWS OF THE DAY.
"As some of our female correspondents, including many ladies of the haut ton, having expressed a desire to learn the costume worn on state occasions by the grand hereditary Albeena of Cudgeecudgeena, the Lady Kinbella, we re-insert the following:— "Coiffure à la Centrale Australie; bust, au naturel; arms, bracelet pure ; neck, necklace a la Birmingham, the whole forming a very novel tout ensemble, and extremely adapted for hot weather."
"TO MARJARA
A NATIVE LADY OF CUDGEECUDGEENA.
A NATIVE LADY OF CUDGEECUDGEENA.
I.
"She wore no wreath. No braided locks
Told Art was busy there;
No dress, no gem, no shoes, no socks,
Concealed from view the fair.
"She wore no wreath. No braided locks
Told Art was busy there;
No dress, no gem, no shoes, no socks,
Concealed from view the fair.
II.
"No marring touch had ever sought
To hide her lithesome form
With fabrics from the Indies brought,
Or of the silkworm born.
"No marring touch had ever sought
To hide her lithesome form
With fabrics from the Indies brought,
Or of the silkworm born.
