Two Of A Kind

(First Door)

“Come, pay me my rent!” the landlord cried

     And his scowl grew deep and broader.

“I can’t do that,” the tenant replied,

     “For I’ve joined a one year order.”

                 (Second Door)

“The roof is very much out of repair,”

     Said she with usual digressments.

“I can’t help it, madam, no money to spare,

     For I must pay up my assessments.

March 4, ‘91

Pub in Yankee Blade

Not specifically clear as to what this references, however this is from the March 14, 1891 (and several subsequent) issues of The Cambridge Chronicle: