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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.

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.

II.
"No marring touch had ever sought
  To hide her lithesome form
With fabrics from the Indies brought,
  Or of the silkworm born.