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  2. PUNCH’S ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

    GRISLY Bears differ considerably in length and weight. In some the length preponderates in the tongue, while the weight is found in the head. The claws are long and very strong, but more adapted for digging than lighter work. Not withstanding bulky and unwieldy form, it possesses considerable rapidity of motion, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 134 words
  3. High. Flying at Richmond.

    AT a meeting convened at the Napier Hotel, Richmond, on Monday evening, for the purpose of Mr. AMBROSE KITE’S views with reference to the choice of a parliamentary representative ...

    Article : 191 words
  4. In Armour Bright.

    The Prices Current have lately shown an advance in the value of whiting and bath-brick. The explanation we believe to be in the circumstance that the TOWN CLERK has for some weeks been ...

    Article : 64 words
  5. A Fishy Affair.

    WHAT is the difference between a person alive to jokes being played upon him and a fresh-water fish?—One is fly to the “rises” and the other rises to the fly. ...

    Article : 33 words
  6. Songs of the Fishes.

    HERRING-go-bragh. Hot Cod-lins. Poor Mary An-chovy. Crab-bed Age and Youth. Sole-la-ci-do. Roe, Brothers, Roe. I’m a float. ...

    Article : 21 words
  7. Confessions of a Threepenny Luncher; or, the Most for his Money.

    QUANTITY not quality is my motto. I like to get as much as possible for my money, and I have at last discovered the grand secret of dining cheaply. For months past I have been busily engaged upon working out this vast mystery. I first tried dinner a la carte, ...

    Article : 427 words
  8. Ornithology.

    POULTRY thrive on sin, as they live by their peck-ability. Fowls are at homo on board ship, as they know all about the hatchway. When hens are brooding there is no pleasing them. The comb of the cock is not used in dressing the bird for the table. The peace ...

    Article : 250 words
  9. Un-con-sidered Trifles.

    WHAT is a dangerous wager for a King ?—To bet a crown. Why should tailors go to Scotland ?—Because the needle always points to the north. Which are the best letters of introduction ?— L. S. D. ...

    Article : 55 words
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