THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 123 
instigation during their administra¬ 
tion. Will they not be nailed like 
raps to the devil’s counter as they 
deserve, never more to obtain their 
liberty; but, spinning round and 
round like cockchafers on a pin, even 
faster than the two-penny postman 
goes his rounds. The syllable cad, 
which is an abbreviation of Cadmus, 
has, from the annoyance and mischief 
created by him, now become a com¬ 
ponent part of most things disagree¬ 
able. Why are the hated letters, 
CAD, to be found in that most 
disagreeable of all places to youth, 
an a— cad —emy ? merely because it 
points out the abominable torture to 
