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Punch's Almanack for 1859
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PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1859.
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Birmingham Hotel. May its
teachings do her good!
OBI. BY A LETTER-CARRIER.
What is the Postman's Knock
now-days?
A Knock under.—Didn't Lord
Coichesteb suspend arf-a-dozen
oa us, 'acos we wentered to
Etiquette of Courtship.—If
to wish to offer your hand to a
ally, choose your opportunity.
Ila best time to do it is when
ib is getting out of an omnibus.
tomkins retires to a skcluded village, that he may grow his moustaches, and so cut out his
odious rival, Jones. Jones, it so happens, has come to the same place with the same object—
Frightful meeting !
colour- of the plush? Of course,
thunder-and-lightning. —Note.
That Franklin's countrymen
now fly the kite without bringing
down the electricity.
Mythologt.—Saturi^devoured
his offspring, to get them off his
hands. He did not consider that,
after having eaten a child, he
might nevertheless be forced to
bring it up.
Hint to the Higher Classes.
—For a fashionable old lady to
paint her face, is to butter bacon.
The Most Effectual Breech-
loader.—A small rustic riding a
donkey.
To Soften the Brain and Deteriorate the Com-
piM.-Take brandy-and-water-until the desired effect
is produced.
'The Bill! the whole Bill! and nothing but the
U —bkakupeare.
A Prize Woman.—Why, it's downright nonsense, just
as if every woman wasn't in herself a Prize !
Hint on Business.—If you wish to become Lord Mayor
of London oue of these days, habitually take stock. That
is the basis of turtle-s'Oup.
Our Fairy Queen.—Why is Queen Victoria like Queen
Mab ? Because, during a royal progress, Her Majesty
often gives Aldermen a Knight-Mayor.
Elysium in a Nutshell.—A Squirrel making its nest
inside a Cocoa-nut.
MARRIED FOR MONEY.—TH E HONEYMOON.
v UtlXli Bl^?»RLING' away your paper, and we'll have a nice long walk, and then COME back to tea in our own little cottage, iij'.b as hippy a
/Y • sam i'he Fair Bride— "Oh! Hang it !" mentally ejaculated the Captain.
ipitenu,auu <~ j------
^^^wtfo's *mc£ ^^^j I ^^^^^^^^^^^^ l IB ll^^^^^^^^^lff
Birmingham Hotel. May its
teachings do her good!
OBI. BY A LETTER-CARRIER.
What is the Postman's Knock
now-days?
A Knock under.—Didn't Lord
Coichesteb suspend arf-a-dozen
oa us, 'acos we wentered to
Etiquette of Courtship.—If
to wish to offer your hand to a
ally, choose your opportunity.
Ila best time to do it is when
ib is getting out of an omnibus.
tomkins retires to a skcluded village, that he may grow his moustaches, and so cut out his
odious rival, Jones. Jones, it so happens, has come to the same place with the same object—
Frightful meeting !
colour- of the plush? Of course,
thunder-and-lightning. —Note.
That Franklin's countrymen
now fly the kite without bringing
down the electricity.
Mythologt.—Saturi^devoured
his offspring, to get them off his
hands. He did not consider that,
after having eaten a child, he
might nevertheless be forced to
bring it up.
Hint to the Higher Classes.
—For a fashionable old lady to
paint her face, is to butter bacon.
The Most Effectual Breech-
loader.—A small rustic riding a
donkey.
To Soften the Brain and Deteriorate the Com-
piM.-Take brandy-and-water-until the desired effect
is produced.
'The Bill! the whole Bill! and nothing but the
U —bkakupeare.
A Prize Woman.—Why, it's downright nonsense, just
as if every woman wasn't in herself a Prize !
Hint on Business.—If you wish to become Lord Mayor
of London oue of these days, habitually take stock. That
is the basis of turtle-s'Oup.
Our Fairy Queen.—Why is Queen Victoria like Queen
Mab ? Because, during a royal progress, Her Majesty
often gives Aldermen a Knight-Mayor.
Elysium in a Nutshell.—A Squirrel making its nest
inside a Cocoa-nut.
MARRIED FOR MONEY.—TH E HONEYMOON.
v UtlXli Bl^?»RLING' away your paper, and we'll have a nice long walk, and then COME back to tea in our own little cottage, iij'.b as hippy a
/Y • sam i'he Fair Bride— "Oh! Hang it !" mentally ejaculated the Captain.