Watertown Republican

The Republican.

The House that Bowen Built.

Plymouth Church—This is the house that Bowen built.

Grace, Mercy, and Peace. This is the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Paroxysmal Kiss.—This is the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Gossip.—This is the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Dissimulation.—This is the dog that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Vicky.—This is the cow with the crumbled heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Sir Marmaduke.—This is the swain all tattered and torn who soothed the cow with the crumbled heel who kicked till she was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Elizabeth,—This is the maiden all forlorn who jilted the man all tattered and torn who carried the cow with the angry heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

H. W.—This is the priest all shaven and shorn who almost wished he had never been born when he kissed the maiden all forlorn who jilted the swain all tattered and torn who coaxed the cow with the lively heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Mrs. Moulton—This is a "Slice of the Judgment Day" whose "downright truthfulness" carried dismay to the naughty priest in "the cave of gloom" who "sat on the ragged edge" of his doom when he kissed the maiden all forlorn who jilted the man all tattered and torn who soothed the cow with the vicious heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

"My Dear Von Moltke." This is the name of the Mutual Friend who carried the secrecy through to the end for the sly old priest in the cave of gloom who kept a dangerous cup in his room when he kissed the maiden all forlorn who jilted the man all worried and worn who coaxed the cow with a versatile heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that teased the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

Mrs. Morse.—This is the typical mother-in-law with the terrible tongue and flexible jaw, the eagle eye and avenging claw, who told of all that she heard and saw, who indulged in various comments aloud, and made it sultry for all the crowd—for the Mutual Friend who dared to refuse to let her get at the budget of news; for the priest who, caught in what he had done, said "Mother I wish you would call me son;" for her desolate daughter all forlorn who jilted T.T. (Tattered and Torn) who carried the cow with the frisky heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

The Graphic—This is the cock that will crow in the morn when justice blows her delinquent horn, commanding all to acknowledge the corn; for the mother in-law with the hogual thorn: for his Mutual Friend with his lofty scorn, for the Slice of the Day of Judgment born to comfort and guide and warn; for Bessie, who, as she has sworn by Marmaduke from her bed was torn, and unto his screaming and sleeping born; for the social priest all shaven and shorn who kissed the maiden all forlorn who jilted the man all worried and worn, who soothed the cow with the limber heel that kicked till the dog was aus ge spiel that worried the cat that hunted the mouse that hid in the meal that lay in the house that Bowen built.

—N. Y. Graphic.