Alexandria Gazette

[From Russell's Magazine

A witty correspondent sends us the following comic version of one of Juvenal's more quiet satires:

Lectus erat Cedro Procula minor. &c.

Jev. Sat. III.

Jones had once a single bed,

Shorter than his four foot wife:

On a shelf, a loaf of bread

Half a fork and broken knife.

Lonesome, empty whiskey jug—

Iron spoon and fractured mug

Pipe of clay, with horrid crack

Last year Miller's Almanac:-

These were all his goods; you add,

Jones the next to nothing had.

True; but though a wretched boast,

Jones his next to nothing lost;

And the whole calamity

Of the fire must be endured:

Jones was quite too poor to be

Even "partially insured

Brown, the bachelor, next door

Had a house of marble fine—

Rice, and grist, and meats in store

Casks of brandy and of wine—

Snow white sugar, silver spoons—

Extra boots and pantaloons—

Old cigars and cards in packs—

Books in red morocco backs—

All that "many men desire,"

But a devastating fire

Burned the marble mansion down,

And its fixings up Did Brown

Weep the conflagration o'er!

No! the loss can be endured ;

Brown is richer than before

Brown was "heavily insured."