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A terrier is surely not A bulldog apt to be conceived,1 But pointer at a porridge-pot For one at point has been received.2. A bee-hive is too much like bell; 3 But pickaxe on a whiskey label A sober purchaser to tell From anchor ought to be quite able.4 A pyramid of color red With Spanish shield placed upside down Is not confused; 5 not so, 't is said, Of anchor and the same with crown; 6 The sun on polish may arise Unrivalled by the orb of night;7 And stars, although of different size, Shall not obscure the first one's light."

The Morgans sold sapolio Whose label made attractive show Of smiling countenance of a man Reflected in a bright tin pan, As if observing how the soap Had realized his fondest hope. Defendant pictured on his ware A monkey with his tail in air, And holding in his hairy paw An object round, wherein he saw The image of a grinning face Grotesque as all the simian race. The court laid hold upon the tail, And thought most persons could not fail To differentiate the goods, Though scientists believe in woods 1 2 » 4 6 0 ' •

Read v. Richardson, 45 L. T. Rep. [N. S.] 54. Browne's Humorous Phases of the Law, p. 363. Ibid. McCartney v. Garnhart, 45 Mo. 593. Bars v. Dawber, 19 L. T. Rep. [N. S.] 626. Edelsten v. Edelsten, 1 De G., J. & S. 185. Morse v. Worrell, Phila. Com. PI., 9 Am. L. Rev. 368. Dixson v. Jackson, 2 Sc. L. R. 188.