"For my own part i am Bcuming quite bottannycle & no the lattin to evrythink. It wood sirprize my old butty James to ear me nocking the ard words about. Tel him with my best cumplyments he nose nothink. For instants Tel him a rose isent no sich thing but only a Pollyandrew, allso by the same rule a Merrygold is nuthink but a Merryandrew, and sow on of the rest. But studdiing Bottany doant Leav 1 much time for wurking in the gardn, & i am sory to say my things is luking verry bad, partickly my Dailys wich is groan quite Weekly, and my Melons cutting a verry Melon-koly apearance. "Owevver i must cum to an end, so deer saly rimmember my cumplements to Jon butler, & Tummas futman, & Robbart cochman, & Deer saly doant Forget yourself. And saly, doant hay nothink to say to your noo Gardner, for betwene yew & me, as yew ust to say of cuks, gardners is no grate shaks. So doant nevver luv nobdy but Me for deer saly my luv for yew is Hardy Peranual. So gud Boy my deer Gal "from your hafectionet "TUMMAS HOLLYOKE." [Illustration: APRIL.—Return from the Races. ] ┌─────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ [Illustration] │ APRIL. │ ├──┬──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │Hail, shopping! dear delicious pain! │ │ │Can April _showers_ control thy _reign_? │ │ │Or check the pace of _slippery_ feet, │ │ │Up Ludgate Hill or Regent Street: │ │ │Ah, me! what bliss to have a wife │ │ │So boldly dare the weather's strife! │ │ │Careful alike,—or something worse,— │ │ │Of draggled clothes and husband's purse. │ ├──┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────┤ │D.│ =Great Events and Odd Matters.= │_Prognosti-│ │ │ │fications._│ ├──┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────┤ │ 1│_Sapientia._ Cockneys commence angling for │ becoming │ │ │ red-herrings. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 2│_Low_ Sunday. Vide Whitechapel, Primrose Hill, and St.│Lord of the│ │ │ Giles's. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 3│ │Ascendant, │ │ │ │ │ │ 4│ [Illustration] │ ♀ ♅ ☊ ☿ │ │ │ │ │