Punch: Punch (81.1881)

December 10, 1881.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHAEIVAEI.

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THE BOY AT RUGBY JUNCTION.

Ticket-Collector Punch. "Now, young Gentleman, going to Stafford?"

Master Georgey Joey Goschen. "Oh dear, no!—rather the other way. But I do like stopping on this Platform. It's

a nice KeST, and one can see such a lot that's going on, you know !"

A Shock to Glenelg.

The strange shock of an earthquake, although very slight,
Was, we read, at Glenelg felt one Saturday night;
And what _'s more, as we read further on, it appears
"Tis the third time an earthquake has come in three years.
If the place upside down had heen turned, just the same
'Twould have been, as you'll see if you read o'er the name.

If Mrs. Langtry can sing, she should come out in Opera instead
of Drama. Mrs. Langtry, and one song—the hit of the pieceof
course—would be a great attraction.

" And Beauty draws us with a single air."

A "damper " is a pretty heavy muffinish cake. Does an Austra-
lian ever think of whetting his appetite with a damper ?