Classic Soup Distribution
While the Relief Act was in operation in Ireland, in time of famine, one of the committees received the following answer to an advertisement for the post of clerk:—
“Qui Bavium non odit, amet tua carmina, Mævi.”
Virg. Ecl. iii., 90.
“Ego sum—I am
Parvus homo—A little man,
Aptus vivere—Fit to live
In quod dabis—On what you’ll give;
Per totam diem—And, the whole day,
Familiariter—‘In the family way.’
Distribuere—Out to deal
Farinam Indicam—Indian meal,
Aut jus Soyerum—Or Soyer’s soup,
Multo agmini—To many a troup,
Mulierum et hominum—Of woman and man
Stanneo vase—With a tin can.
Hoc tibi mitto—I send this in,
(Ne peccatum—No Murtherin’ sin,)
Nam locum quæro—For a place I seek,
Ut quaque hebdomada—That every week
Fruar et potiar—We may ‘hob and nob’
Quindecem ‘Robertullis’—On Fifteen ‘Bob.’”
Caius Julius Battus, Philomath.
“Ballinahown, v. Prid. 1 d. Maii, MDCCCLVII.”
The Irish paper from which this is taken adds, that the classic candidate was rejected.