--At a recent meeting of
Anarchists at New Jersey some were arrested, but MOST escaped.
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[Illustration: A LAMENT FROM THE NORTH.
"AND THEN THE WEATHER'S BEEN SO BAD, DONALD!"
"OU AY, SIR. ONLY THREE FINE DAYS--AND TWA OF THEM SNAPPIT UP BY THE
SAWBATH!"]
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THE "LAIDLY WORM" OF LONDON;
_Or, The Great Slum Dragon and Little Master County Council_.
["The Worm (at first neglected) grew till it was too large for
its habitation.... It became the terror of the country, and,
among other enormities, levied a daily contribution ... in
default of which it would devour both man and beast.... Young
LAMBTON was extremely shocked at witnessing the effects of
his youthful imprudence, and immediately undertook the
adventure."--_Legend of "The Lambton Worm," as related by
Surtees._]
Old stories tell how Hercules
At Lerna slew a "Dragon;"
And the "Lambton Worm" (told by SURTEES)
The Durham men still brag on.
How the "Laidly Worm" was made to squirm
Old legends tell (they _can't_ lie!);
And of MORE, of More-hall, when, "with nothing at all,"
He slew the Dragon of Wantley.
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