Limerick (poem) antedating Nov. 30, 1880

[Stephen Goranson]

St. John Daily News, St. John, N. B.
Edward Willis, Proprietor
Tuesday Nov 30, 1880
Vol. XLII, no. 281
page 4, column 5

[headline:} Wise and Otherwise
....
There was a young rustic named Mallory,
who drew but a very small salary. When
he went to show, his purse made him go to
a seat in the uppermost gallery. Tune,
wont you come to Limerick.

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Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

Worldcat:
Daily evening news

1839-1884
English Serial Publication Serial Publication : Newspaper : Daily : Microform
Microform v. ill.
Saint John, N.B.
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Title:  Daily evening news
Publication:    Saint John, N.B.
Place:  Canada; New Brunswick; Saint John.
Year:   1839-1884
Frequency:      Annual Daily.
Description:    Sept. 16, 1839-Apr. 8, 1884.; v. ill.
Language:       English
        SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:     Canadian newspapers (English) -- New Brunswick -- Saint John.
Geographic:     Saint John (N.B.)
Note(s):        Reproduction: Microfilm./ [Ottawa],/ Canadian Library Association,/
1969./ reels. 35 mm.
Other Titles:   Daily evening news (St. John, N.B.); Commercial news and general
advertiser; Sept.16, 1839-Mar.30, 1840.; Morning news; Apr.3, 1840-Apr.23,
1841.; Saint John daily news; 1872-80.
Material Type:  Newspaper (new); Microfilm (mfl)
Document Type:  Serial
Entry:  19850226
Update:         20090515
Accession No:   OCLC: 321025397
Database:       WorldCat

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