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Punch's Almanack for 1856
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PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1856.
NINE RATIONAL RECREATIONS.
For the Amusement and Instruction of the
Young, and others, during Winter Evenings.
1. Take a tumbler, and fill it nearly full
of water. Then insert a lump of sugar in
the water, and continue to stir it. In a few
minutes the sugar will become invisible..
i. Place a candlestick, with a lighted
candle in it, in the middle of a table.
Mahogany is best, but de«lwill answer the
purpose. Place an extin uisher upon the
candle, and the apartment will be left in
darkness, unless there are other lights in it.
3. Take a kitten (one of a kindly disposi-
tion is preferable) and place it upon your
lap. Stroke it gently for a few seconds,
and the animal will be distinctly hrard
to purr. This experiment may be varied
by pinching its tail, in which case it will
spit, and jump down.
4. Let the cinders be thrown upon the
fire, and then take a common hearth-
broom, and carefully sweep every particle
of ash and dust under the grate. Hang up
the broom and sit down, and a pleasing
display of tidiness will be made.
5. Take a pair of scissors, the size is
immaterial. Obtain a piece of white or
brown paper, six inches long and a yard
and a half across. Snip it in two. You
will find that no exertion of strength will
join the severed parts together again.
6. Place the palms of your hands to-
gether crosswise, and holding them some-
what loosely, strike them on your knee.
A sound will be produced somewhat re-
sembling the chink of money. This is
quite as good as having money itself, which
only leads to outlay and extravagance.
7. Take a common ruled copy-book, and
at the top of a page let a confederate in-
scribe Bounty Commands Esteem, or some
other moral sentiment. Copy this en
every line of the pagj, and when you have
done show it to the company. This experi-
ment is not only interesting in itself, but
leads to improve the handwriting.
8 Take the tumbler of water mentioned
in the first experiment, and show the com-
pany that the glass is nearly full. Drink
it off, and instantly make them observe
that the glass is entirely empty. The
success of this feat depends on its rapidity. I A French Friend pays his first Visit to England, and is snmvn the Great Metropolis.
9. Go to bed. He is profoundly impressed by our noble Regent Street.
FACT FOR NOVEMBER.
mayoralty history.
The lamentable folly of the ninth still
survives, and Mayors are even knighted,
and, as knightmares, infest the beds of
civilisation and enlightenment. It was a
just though severe remark, made by Ed-
ward the Third to Peter de Buggey,
who came up with an address, congratu-
lating the Sovereign on the surrender of
Calais:—"(&ette m to tije Statu, yetet,
get pe to tfje stable, 'tis eoen tlje place for an
oi6 mare, anD tijeretn is anoiljer oio fiuggn,
mfcereto sijall je fie fiatnesseo, an pe fuiK
not out ijaiiflsome."
WINE MEASURE.
One Glass means\ Y""are ^Ll™"™'
I larly welcome.
Two Glasses
J That the wine is not
" ( particularly good.
That you are in the
company of a man
Three Glasses „ J} who is extremely
careful either of his
cellar or his health.
( That the host thinks
Half a Bottle „ < you have had enough
{ to do you good.
One Bottle „ i 1 hat the wine is gene-
" ( rous,and the host also.
rn „ t>„*.i„„ f That the wine is more
two Bottles . ,, -i .,
" { thanusuallyexcellent.
The Bottle ) J That the Tea's getting
^ - < cold an the drawing-
room.
empty j
moral for November.
Of things that Civic magnates do,
As stuffing, spouting—0 beware,
Or you may be degraded to
An Alderman; nay, down to Ma"or
Advice for the Fifth of November.
— Little boy ! Never waste your money in
buying penny crackers, when you might
more judiciously expend it in the purchase
of a twopenny buster.
The last 'of - he Lord Mayor.—The
next l.ord Mayor will be Finnis, with
whom the Civic dynasty will, in all pro-
bability, be Finnished.
THE NEW PURCHASE.
Mr. Muff. "But—they said he was well known in this Hunt
Farmer. " Oh, Yes—and so he is very well known. He's bkoke more Collar Bones than all the 'Osses in England! '
NINE RATIONAL RECREATIONS.
For the Amusement and Instruction of the
Young, and others, during Winter Evenings.
1. Take a tumbler, and fill it nearly full
of water. Then insert a lump of sugar in
the water, and continue to stir it. In a few
minutes the sugar will become invisible..
i. Place a candlestick, with a lighted
candle in it, in the middle of a table.
Mahogany is best, but de«lwill answer the
purpose. Place an extin uisher upon the
candle, and the apartment will be left in
darkness, unless there are other lights in it.
3. Take a kitten (one of a kindly disposi-
tion is preferable) and place it upon your
lap. Stroke it gently for a few seconds,
and the animal will be distinctly hrard
to purr. This experiment may be varied
by pinching its tail, in which case it will
spit, and jump down.
4. Let the cinders be thrown upon the
fire, and then take a common hearth-
broom, and carefully sweep every particle
of ash and dust under the grate. Hang up
the broom and sit down, and a pleasing
display of tidiness will be made.
5. Take a pair of scissors, the size is
immaterial. Obtain a piece of white or
brown paper, six inches long and a yard
and a half across. Snip it in two. You
will find that no exertion of strength will
join the severed parts together again.
6. Place the palms of your hands to-
gether crosswise, and holding them some-
what loosely, strike them on your knee.
A sound will be produced somewhat re-
sembling the chink of money. This is
quite as good as having money itself, which
only leads to outlay and extravagance.
7. Take a common ruled copy-book, and
at the top of a page let a confederate in-
scribe Bounty Commands Esteem, or some
other moral sentiment. Copy this en
every line of the pagj, and when you have
done show it to the company. This experi-
ment is not only interesting in itself, but
leads to improve the handwriting.
8 Take the tumbler of water mentioned
in the first experiment, and show the com-
pany that the glass is nearly full. Drink
it off, and instantly make them observe
that the glass is entirely empty. The
success of this feat depends on its rapidity. I A French Friend pays his first Visit to England, and is snmvn the Great Metropolis.
9. Go to bed. He is profoundly impressed by our noble Regent Street.
FACT FOR NOVEMBER.
mayoralty history.
The lamentable folly of the ninth still
survives, and Mayors are even knighted,
and, as knightmares, infest the beds of
civilisation and enlightenment. It was a
just though severe remark, made by Ed-
ward the Third to Peter de Buggey,
who came up with an address, congratu-
lating the Sovereign on the surrender of
Calais:—"(&ette m to tije Statu, yetet,
get pe to tfje stable, 'tis eoen tlje place for an
oi6 mare, anD tijeretn is anoiljer oio fiuggn,
mfcereto sijall je fie fiatnesseo, an pe fuiK
not out ijaiiflsome."
WINE MEASURE.
One Glass means\ Y""are ^Ll™"™'
I larly welcome.
Two Glasses
J That the wine is not
" ( particularly good.
That you are in the
company of a man
Three Glasses „ J} who is extremely
careful either of his
cellar or his health.
( That the host thinks
Half a Bottle „ < you have had enough
{ to do you good.
One Bottle „ i 1 hat the wine is gene-
" ( rous,and the host also.
rn „ t>„*.i„„ f That the wine is more
two Bottles . ,, -i .,
" { thanusuallyexcellent.
The Bottle ) J That the Tea's getting
^ - < cold an the drawing-
room.
empty j
moral for November.
Of things that Civic magnates do,
As stuffing, spouting—0 beware,
Or you may be degraded to
An Alderman; nay, down to Ma"or
Advice for the Fifth of November.
— Little boy ! Never waste your money in
buying penny crackers, when you might
more judiciously expend it in the purchase
of a twopenny buster.
The last 'of - he Lord Mayor.—The
next l.ord Mayor will be Finnis, with
whom the Civic dynasty will, in all pro-
bability, be Finnished.
THE NEW PURCHASE.
Mr. Muff. "But—they said he was well known in this Hunt
Farmer. " Oh, Yes—and so he is very well known. He's bkoke more Collar Bones than all the 'Osses in England! '