Punch / Almanack (1842)

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TIME INTRODUCING THE FIRST OF JANUARY TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER.
Time loq.—"Will you allow me—First of January—Thirty-first December."

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' The compliments of the season," (General bill delivery) " the
same to you, and many of 'em."

2 SbunWji after <&ljrtstmas.

Lavater died 1W1. Ugly mug jubilee. Cicero born b.c. 107,

Sibthorp illuminates 1842.
West Indies discovered 1492. Found to be a Jim Crow's uest.

General introduction of blacks, blacking, Jamaica rum & lollipops.
Grand review of the Standing Accounts—Mem. To put down that

footboy.

All cakes day. General surfeit of Children—Queer characters
abroad.

Apr1uent Friday. " O thai blessed cake—Tke King must have

been red lead and chalk."
* insurance due—The Lord Mayor as conservator of the river

Pa>'s up the policy of the Thames.

I Sbunoan after ISpip&ami.

l°uc.ii Monday—Shares down and a great turn up by the
holders.

Hilary Term begins. Barristers become alarmingly faint, and arc
111 want of refreshers.

"""crcial distress very prevalent—Great knocker agitation and
union of duns.

Mbridge Lent Term begins. Fresh tenders received for the
Pons Asinorum.

xeord Lent Term begins. Resuscitation of Proctors and bull-
Ji . "

"JKs, the coal-merchant, admits you to his confidence—He has a
large bill to take up which your small account will enable him to

1 Juntos after icptpijang. I>ect-

^enus to be failed at 7, as she rises at 24 minutes afterwards.

■*LD Cakes Day. Grand civic banquet. Several turtles boiled
s t0 death.

n plTZ ^ ebnesday. Hock and headaches. Soda and sobriety.
Aus U!S0 tllat Salmon! it's a very intoxicating fish.''

T'ulia Colonised 1788. Qualifications ascertained, and set-

Indi 0DtS grunted' b-v tllc Jud2es :lt the 01(1 Bailey.

gnant letters from astonished creditors. Jinks the coal-mer-

Bytw calls agai"' and '°°ks a3 wack as wall8ends-

and Bacon born. The former esteemed as a great poet ;

2- l:Utcr as a great relish.

g^tma *>unrjay.

le coal-merchant calls again, and gets the sack on account
Yo— of his conduct.

tlif1'0 niiu'c acquainted with the residence, and favoured with
autograph, of Jinks's legal adviser.

i)lu2'ls discovered 1496. " Great nuts " for the discoverers.

t0 pFj^USSEX born 1773. Remarkable phenomenon.; according
"^^'ple'A 0010 a ^' ^Uln0' 'M0 illustrious personage becomes 79.

their b-til'^015 Pawnbrokers issue duplicate tickets for

George tiif t

t|ie t-iilorr RD UIED 1820. General mourning, except among

'Eiui ends. Macbc
e ^th the sittings in Banco

ry Tpiim "

«t timo ,!LEN,DS" Milcbcth is played at Drury Lane for the

If
the
glass
be

very
low,
Look
for
tem-
pests,
wind,
and
snow ;
If
it
rises,
don't
despair,
For
then
perhaps
it
may
be
fair.

REMARKS.

Legal__Articled clerks are examined within the last ten days of tlie

term. An immense number of moustachios are shaved off about this
time, and there is a sensible diminution in the consumption of cigars
in Chancery-lane and its neighbourhood.

Directions to Youna Practitioners.—Now rake up tailors, bakers,
butchers,&e.&c, graft strong ^
suits on their Christmas bills;
and finish up the month by
laying d own beds for debtors
in Whitecross-street.

pleading a set-off.

Sporting—About this time the jolly dogs rreet in Jermyn-street- 9
Bell-wires may be drawn, and knockers bagged. Policemen only good
for a short burst, as, owing to the slipperiness of the pavement, they arc
soon run down. Cats should now be coursed on the ice in walnut-
shells. Snow-ball practice may bo
resorted to by young beginners.
Snips with long bills may be ex-
pected about your door-steps, and
may be brought down with horse-
whips and boot-jacks.

say settled at bottom.

Domestic—Parents now engage an extra servant, to blow the nursery
fires and the children's noses. Fathers, looking out for squalls-, provide
themselves with list slippers and flannel dressing-gowns for night
patrole. Drawing-rooms are converted into rac/cef-grounds. Children of
an inquiring mind dissect your best chronometer to seo what is inside
of it. Indolent bachelors now lengthen the bell-ropes and tuck the
ends under the pillow. Housemaids never
hear the clock strike seven till nine in the
morning. And strange cats devour plum-
pudding and mince-pies,—" things which
your servants can't a-hcar."

son after the clock.

Astronomical.—The " voice of the stars " may now be heard outsida
several of the Minor Metropolitan Theatres—Hicks in the ascendant-
Charles Kean in opposition to the Wizard of the North, and total eclipse
of Shakespeare by the Pantomimes. The planet Cooper appears in
conjunction with George Barnwell. Mac-
ready and his satellites will now he visible
from seven to twelve in the Drury Lane he-
misphere. Adelaide Kemble will bo an
evening star till the commencement of the
concerts, when she will appear as a morning
one.

venus and mars ski .

Prophetic—No better motto can befoundfor the dark year 1842, than
"est omnis ambulator," ("it's all Walker.") The first token that
Punch observes is a lSrummagem one, with " one halfpenny " on one
side, and " don't you wish you may get it ?" on the other. The new
Hilary Term on the 11th has this singular collection of Roe-and-Doe
bodies—Sloman, Levy, and Thompson—who point with unerring preci-
sion to Cursitor Street, Newman Street, and Chancery Lane. Vast and
mighty changes cross C'lapham Common ! A star threatens anonymous
shirts! and the trem-
bling denizens appear
in dickies. Sir Peter
quails before the in-
dignant Hobler!

more plague than profit.

r ^tt.nTVP OR THE BRUMAL INGRESS.

Par8((is . MEDICAL HINTS FOR THE WINTER QUARTER, OR 1«' ^ ^^ moreincongruou8 the

^!Cl"s ^ T^*?* 0f famili<* should bear in mind that little boys cannot eat too much.*t the" lBnMaB in inducing indigestion and sickness, when
anrt'XtUr« iCf* H,e bettcr" We and repeated doses of the iceing from twelfth ^J^SuSgBWiion on returning to school. As the cold goes away.
Wthe lCS?Ud4i^ "■*> »>ange. and underdone ehesnuU, has failed. It is advisableI toeerf £go ^ p ^ del ^

U>» an*ZZf' ?°rcise bu t;,kra' °n Wet dayS: With a h0l° m SKSfiSS the termination of the complaint; and the more tne chert

Sp0<*d, the s nlllnchinB exposure to the cold winds of infinite service m rapidly bunging <*uu
°°ner will the invalid see the cfTcct.

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