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Punch’s Almanack for 1863
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PUNCH’S ALMANACK FOR 1863
AUTOGRAPHS OP AUTHORS,
FOR Af.BUlla.
“ Some more coffee, Mrs.
Hawkeslky, and vex not thou
the poet's mind with mundane
trifles,” said her husband, help-
ing himself to marmalade.
“ But you ’ll give me the
cheque, Charles, that’s a duck.”
“It isn’t, woman, it is a phea-
sant. Shall I help you to some ? ”
“No, dear,, but give Laura a
roll.”
“ She has had one already, and
you and she are in a conspiracy.
Mr. Pope describes you,
“ ‘ One lulls the Exchequer and
one stuns the rolls.’ ”
Author of the Silver Harpsichord.
FOLK-LORE.
In some rural districts little
boys are accustomed to repeat,
as a sort of charm, the follow-
ing string of names denoting
common occupations, counted off
on their fingers : — “ Tinker,
tailor, soldier, sailor, apothecary,
plough boy, thief.” The collo-
cation of the honest agricultural
youth with “ him as prigs wot
isn’t his’n ” is inexplicable,
though some reason may be
assigned for conjoining the
medical man with the practi-
tioner of plunder. The lad of
the village lives by tillage, but
the apothecary and thief both
live by pill-age.
A Fling for a Horse-Laugh.
—A timid rider is generally a
good-natured fellow, because he
is slow at taking a fence.
ILL ! OH, DEAR NO ! ONLY INDISPOSED—TO WALK.
VOICES OF THE STARS,
BY MOTHER GOOSE.
June.—Mars enters Leo, and
the British Lion will show fight
if so be he’s attackted, whichhls
henemies will think twice about
afore they rouses him. Saturn
in the nativity of the Hempbeb
of Haustria—the doose is in it
—and afore long I recken he’s
like to lose Venus. The same
in the natial Agger of the Prince i
of Proosha makes things look,
rayther Prooshan blue ; jest a i
spot, no more I ope than enough;
to make a Dutchman a pair of!
breeches, and perhaps leave a
nmnant for a Dane.
NURSERY RHYME. I
There was a young lady oi
Harrow,
Who would go to church in a
barrow,
1t stuck in the aisle
And she said, with a smile,
' ■ They build these here churches
too narrow.”
OBSERVATIONS ON GROUND
BAIT.
Boys are often taught, though
they never learn, to regard fishing
as a cruel amusement, when
nevertheless angling, at least as
most commonly practised in the
Thames, is universally admitted
to be particularly and pre-emi-
nentlv the gentle craft.
Con by a Conversationalist.
—Why is a negative like frozen
rain ? Because it’s no.
VOICES OF THE STARS, BY MOTHER GOOSE.
July.—Mars and Saturn still a goin’ of it. Jupiter in
Libra means Blondin balancin’ his self upon the tight-rope
about this time unless he breaks his neck afore. More or
less fightin’ in Chaney, and Gunpowder plots no doubt con-
sorted among them Tea-Pings. The aspic of Mars to
Uranus betokens warm work in Amerrykey, and likewise
here in the Aymakin’ season.
A SONG FOR SUMMER.
With sunshine now the Summer's come,
The bee from flower to flower doth hum :
Poor insect! ah, I know too well
That wax-work oft turns out a cell.
Slawkenbergius on Noses.—The large aquiline nose of
Mr. Punch is an indication of the ardour of his Judyism.
A SMALL CASE OF NEEDLES.
Woman sews, and man reaps the advantage of it.
Vows, like waistcoat-strings, are frequently broken,
when they bind a person too tightly.
When you find your property (hut mind not
is running to waste, then only it is justifiable
Man without a button is hopelessly adrift,
than a ship without its needle.
your person)
to pull in.
. not less so
Hoyt, what bo top Think is the Matter here?
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SCENE ON A BRIDGE IN PARIS.
Why, Alphonse, in a Boat on th* River, has just caught a Goujon about thb size of
LitoJ! Eingeb I
AUTOGRAPHS OP AUTHORS,
FOR Af.BUlla.
“ Some more coffee, Mrs.
Hawkeslky, and vex not thou
the poet's mind with mundane
trifles,” said her husband, help-
ing himself to marmalade.
“ But you ’ll give me the
cheque, Charles, that’s a duck.”
“It isn’t, woman, it is a phea-
sant. Shall I help you to some ? ”
“No, dear,, but give Laura a
roll.”
“ She has had one already, and
you and she are in a conspiracy.
Mr. Pope describes you,
“ ‘ One lulls the Exchequer and
one stuns the rolls.’ ”
Author of the Silver Harpsichord.
FOLK-LORE.
In some rural districts little
boys are accustomed to repeat,
as a sort of charm, the follow-
ing string of names denoting
common occupations, counted off
on their fingers : — “ Tinker,
tailor, soldier, sailor, apothecary,
plough boy, thief.” The collo-
cation of the honest agricultural
youth with “ him as prigs wot
isn’t his’n ” is inexplicable,
though some reason may be
assigned for conjoining the
medical man with the practi-
tioner of plunder. The lad of
the village lives by tillage, but
the apothecary and thief both
live by pill-age.
A Fling for a Horse-Laugh.
—A timid rider is generally a
good-natured fellow, because he
is slow at taking a fence.
ILL ! OH, DEAR NO ! ONLY INDISPOSED—TO WALK.
VOICES OF THE STARS,
BY MOTHER GOOSE.
June.—Mars enters Leo, and
the British Lion will show fight
if so be he’s attackted, whichhls
henemies will think twice about
afore they rouses him. Saturn
in the nativity of the Hempbeb
of Haustria—the doose is in it
—and afore long I recken he’s
like to lose Venus. The same
in the natial Agger of the Prince i
of Proosha makes things look,
rayther Prooshan blue ; jest a i
spot, no more I ope than enough;
to make a Dutchman a pair of!
breeches, and perhaps leave a
nmnant for a Dane.
NURSERY RHYME. I
There was a young lady oi
Harrow,
Who would go to church in a
barrow,
1t stuck in the aisle
And she said, with a smile,
' ■ They build these here churches
too narrow.”
OBSERVATIONS ON GROUND
BAIT.
Boys are often taught, though
they never learn, to regard fishing
as a cruel amusement, when
nevertheless angling, at least as
most commonly practised in the
Thames, is universally admitted
to be particularly and pre-emi-
nentlv the gentle craft.
Con by a Conversationalist.
—Why is a negative like frozen
rain ? Because it’s no.
VOICES OF THE STARS, BY MOTHER GOOSE.
July.—Mars and Saturn still a goin’ of it. Jupiter in
Libra means Blondin balancin’ his self upon the tight-rope
about this time unless he breaks his neck afore. More or
less fightin’ in Chaney, and Gunpowder plots no doubt con-
sorted among them Tea-Pings. The aspic of Mars to
Uranus betokens warm work in Amerrykey, and likewise
here in the Aymakin’ season.
A SONG FOR SUMMER.
With sunshine now the Summer's come,
The bee from flower to flower doth hum :
Poor insect! ah, I know too well
That wax-work oft turns out a cell.
Slawkenbergius on Noses.—The large aquiline nose of
Mr. Punch is an indication of the ardour of his Judyism.
A SMALL CASE OF NEEDLES.
Woman sews, and man reaps the advantage of it.
Vows, like waistcoat-strings, are frequently broken,
when they bind a person too tightly.
When you find your property (hut mind not
is running to waste, then only it is justifiable
Man without a button is hopelessly adrift,
than a ship without its needle.
your person)
to pull in.
. not less so
Hoyt, what bo top Think is the Matter here?
--------■—
SCENE ON A BRIDGE IN PARIS.
Why, Alphonse, in a Boat on th* River, has just caught a Goujon about thb size of
LitoJ! Eingeb I