For when it struck nine with a noise,
To school we set of in a race
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Last week single “x” wrote a ditty,
Now “Double x” ventures a stave
To Sellman in praise more than pity,
For clearly the man is no knave.
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We’ll know when to leave for excursion,
Our schoolboys will see when to start;
And dare I to make the assertion
Our girls will know when to look smart.
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Yea! when to put on their best dresses,
Their hats and their crinolines, too;
And those who are proud of their tresses
To coiffer or otherwise do.
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The opposite Mayor, Will Ginner,
The clock, now it’s put in its place
May view as he sits at his dinner,
The figures in gold on its face.
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And view it will Glenister proudly,
As out from the station he looks,
Or hears the time struck from it loudly
While conning his constables’ book
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The clock from within is now lighted
And shows us the time, day and night:
And surely we all are delighted
The Council for once has done right.
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We hail our old friend in his place
Now more than was hitherto famed;
Though puts him his hands ‘fore his face
He needs to be never ashamed.
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A Sellman has managed the trick
Of turning the old into new:
So “Double x” calls him a “Brick”
And gives him the praise to him due
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(See page 109 for Town Council discussion on this matter)
A Rare Bird, Crex Pusilla, (the Little Crake) was captured near St. Leonards, on the 15th of April, and afterwards preserved by Mr. Robert Kent, naturalist, of 13 London road.
The Batchelors Ball, for the 29th year, took place in the St. Leonards Assembly Rooms on the 2nd of February, attended by 170 of the elite of the town and neighbourhood.
The Rite of Confirmation was, on the 9th of May, administered to 250 young persons at St. Mary Magdalen’s; and on the 10th, to 300 at St. Clement’s.
