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Punch's Almanack for 1857
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PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1857.
RECREATIONS IN NATURAL
HISTORY.
The perils of the Whale Fishery arc
among the most exciting of all narratives
of voyages. That the whale, a savage
and furious animal, when provoked will
dash his head against a ship, and some-
times sink her, is on frequent record.
The whalers are now well armed, in order
to meet this danger, and firearms are
resorted to wnenever ttia utmla Attempts
to strike the vessel. Captain Francis
W. Lubbock, an American captain, states
that having wounded a red whale with the
harpoon, the creature, having capsized
all the boats, prepared to charge the ship
from which his enemies bad come. A brisk
discharge of rifles, however, deterred him,
and he went down. An hour later he
reappeared, with another whale of a more
gigantic size, and around whom he was
playing, evidently inciting him to attack
the ship. A carronade was run out, aud as
the monster approached, a well-aimed can-
non-ball crashed into his skull, amid the
cheers of the brave Americans, and laid him
THE TALISMAN OF TEMPERANCE.
I wt<;h I had a ring to wear,
Whose magic energy was such
My finger that 'twould pinch, whene'er
My next drop would be one too much.
Then should I hit the happy mean
Aimed at by every man of sense.
And evermore walk straight between
The states of Beer and Abstinence.
£1. Betsp.—St. Betsy was wedded to a
knight who sailed with Raleigh and
brought home tobacco- and the knight
smoR.eu. Bui Dc tnougm tnav Sr. betsy,
like other fine ladies of the court, would
fain that he should smoke out-of-doors;
nor taint with 'bacco-smoke the tapestry.
Whereupon the knight would seek his
garden, his orchard, and in any weather
smoke sub Jove. Now it chanced as the
knight smoked, St. Betsy came to him
and said, " My lord, pray ye, come into the
house." And the knight went with St.
Betsy, who took him into a newly-cedared
_______ » , - T room, and said, "I pray, my lord, hence-
a floating corpse. But their cheers were \ ^BBj'SyPBI^SftPJ* ife/'- \ ■' ffiftmfBf Hfflli I] lorth smoke here: for is it not a shame
stopped by a tremendous flapping noise.
The first whale had dived, gone under the
ship, and while all were occupied on the
starboard, had actually boarded the vessel
jn the larboard side, and was trying to
suck up the black cook. Pikes, cutlasses,
harpoons, all went to work, and the whale
was beaten off, but too late to save the poor
cook, whom sheer fright had converted
into a mass ot blubber, of which we need
hardly say the unhesitating Yankees made
good merchandise.
moral for april.
In April, showers fall, short and thick,
And hard and heavy, like the stick
Which, on the beat, policemen carry.
" Experience is salutary."
Cancer is found in the stomach of the
"peculiar institutions" of the Southern
United States. It is hoped that the dis-
ease may yield to tender treatment, other-
wise dissolution is considered to be inevi-
table.
Curious eut True.—At the disastrous
fire at Covent Garden Theatre, the manu-
script Operas were destroyed in scores.
A Whim among Women. — Some diffi-
culty has been experienced in endeavour-
ing to account for the fact that the less
rational portion of ladies who are not very
young, generally make a mystery of their
age. One can only suppose that they wish
their age to be regarded as uncertain by
reason of a dislike to be considered of a
certain age.
The Brewery of the Sky.—A country
cousin remarking to a metropolitan friend
that a storm was brewing, the Cockney
said that he supposed the storm would be a
'ail-storm.
Con by the Buoy at the Noi.e.— (
What is the best thing to do with a Collier
1-1T ART t that's heavily laden, and about to sink ?-
AK1 . Coal-scuttle her as fast as you can.
that you who are the foundation and the
prop of your house should have no place to
put your head into and smoke ? " And St.
Betsy led him to a chair, and with her
own fingers filled him a pipe, and from that
time the knight sat in the cedar-chamber
aud smoked his weed.
Par-nl. " 1 should like you to be very Particular about his Hair."
Photographic Artist (!). "Oh, Mum, the 'air is heasy enoughI It's the Hi's whebe we
find the Difficulty!"
Hint to Authors.—It is one thing to
live by your works : another thing to live
in them.
PATERFAMILIAS HAS HIS HOLIDAY AT THE SEA-SIDE-
RECREATIONS IN NATURAL
HISTORY.
The perils of the Whale Fishery arc
among the most exciting of all narratives
of voyages. That the whale, a savage
and furious animal, when provoked will
dash his head against a ship, and some-
times sink her, is on frequent record.
The whalers are now well armed, in order
to meet this danger, and firearms are
resorted to wnenever ttia utmla Attempts
to strike the vessel. Captain Francis
W. Lubbock, an American captain, states
that having wounded a red whale with the
harpoon, the creature, having capsized
all the boats, prepared to charge the ship
from which his enemies bad come. A brisk
discharge of rifles, however, deterred him,
and he went down. An hour later he
reappeared, with another whale of a more
gigantic size, and around whom he was
playing, evidently inciting him to attack
the ship. A carronade was run out, aud as
the monster approached, a well-aimed can-
non-ball crashed into his skull, amid the
cheers of the brave Americans, and laid him
THE TALISMAN OF TEMPERANCE.
I wt<;h I had a ring to wear,
Whose magic energy was such
My finger that 'twould pinch, whene'er
My next drop would be one too much.
Then should I hit the happy mean
Aimed at by every man of sense.
And evermore walk straight between
The states of Beer and Abstinence.
£1. Betsp.—St. Betsy was wedded to a
knight who sailed with Raleigh and
brought home tobacco- and the knight
smoR.eu. Bui Dc tnougm tnav Sr. betsy,
like other fine ladies of the court, would
fain that he should smoke out-of-doors;
nor taint with 'bacco-smoke the tapestry.
Whereupon the knight would seek his
garden, his orchard, and in any weather
smoke sub Jove. Now it chanced as the
knight smoked, St. Betsy came to him
and said, " My lord, pray ye, come into the
house." And the knight went with St.
Betsy, who took him into a newly-cedared
_______ » , - T room, and said, "I pray, my lord, hence-
a floating corpse. But their cheers were \ ^BBj'SyPBI^SftPJ* ife/'- \ ■' ffiftmfBf Hfflli I] lorth smoke here: for is it not a shame
stopped by a tremendous flapping noise.
The first whale had dived, gone under the
ship, and while all were occupied on the
starboard, had actually boarded the vessel
jn the larboard side, and was trying to
suck up the black cook. Pikes, cutlasses,
harpoons, all went to work, and the whale
was beaten off, but too late to save the poor
cook, whom sheer fright had converted
into a mass ot blubber, of which we need
hardly say the unhesitating Yankees made
good merchandise.
moral for april.
In April, showers fall, short and thick,
And hard and heavy, like the stick
Which, on the beat, policemen carry.
" Experience is salutary."
Cancer is found in the stomach of the
"peculiar institutions" of the Southern
United States. It is hoped that the dis-
ease may yield to tender treatment, other-
wise dissolution is considered to be inevi-
table.
Curious eut True.—At the disastrous
fire at Covent Garden Theatre, the manu-
script Operas were destroyed in scores.
A Whim among Women. — Some diffi-
culty has been experienced in endeavour-
ing to account for the fact that the less
rational portion of ladies who are not very
young, generally make a mystery of their
age. One can only suppose that they wish
their age to be regarded as uncertain by
reason of a dislike to be considered of a
certain age.
The Brewery of the Sky.—A country
cousin remarking to a metropolitan friend
that a storm was brewing, the Cockney
said that he supposed the storm would be a
'ail-storm.
Con by the Buoy at the Noi.e.— (
What is the best thing to do with a Collier
1-1T ART t that's heavily laden, and about to sink ?-
AK1 . Coal-scuttle her as fast as you can.
that you who are the foundation and the
prop of your house should have no place to
put your head into and smoke ? " And St.
Betsy led him to a chair, and with her
own fingers filled him a pipe, and from that
time the knight sat in the cedar-chamber
aud smoked his weed.
Par-nl. " 1 should like you to be very Particular about his Hair."
Photographic Artist (!). "Oh, Mum, the 'air is heasy enoughI It's the Hi's whebe we
find the Difficulty!"
Hint to Authors.—It is one thing to
live by your works : another thing to live
in them.
PATERFAMILIAS HAS HIS HOLIDAY AT THE SEA-SIDE-