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I was packed off to Lund’s Mill—the late Mr. William Lund was at the head of the firm at the time, and Benjamin Lamb and I became favourites with him. Mr. Lund often used to take us into the staircase at the mill, provide us with chalk, and tell us to draw animals or anything we liked. He would offer a prize for the best production. We had also to try our hands at “making” poetry, and for this Mr. Lund would give rewards. Ben could generally “best” me at drawing, but I managed to get the poetry prizes all right. One day Ben signed teetotal, and I remember I wrote a few lines of doggerel on the occasion. It is rather uncouth, but here it is:—

Benjamin signed teetotal

He signed from drink and liquors;

And it gave him such an appetite

Begum he swallow’d pickers.