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Con. de Circonstance.
WHY is the American war like professional juggling ?—Because it can’t be carried on without the Confederates. ...
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[?] pardon Madam.
[?] postage stamp [?]and the other a female. ...
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[?]ffence [?]
WHY will [?] Cric[?] Sydney resemble a herd [?] Because they will be [?] with them. ...
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For the [?]gy.
WHY is a clerg[?]man [?] sure to resemble his father?— Because [?] son (parson). ...
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Don all Speak at Once.
WHICH of the [?] in Hobbs's recuperative [?] mind you of a fishy produce [?] Take it coolly, please, and [?] oke ...
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Save us from our Friends.
No one can now complain that Victoria is an unprotected female; so much care will be taken of her, that her very wearing apparel will be as costly as it is possible to. make it. ...
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What may Happen to a Man in Collingwood.
GRAHAM BERRY is being roundly abused in the Collingwood Observer, and is now classed amongst the “ kid-gloved snobocracy of South Yarra.” It is the unkindest cut of all to be ...
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THE TARIFF.
YOUNG LADY—“ Six shillings a-yard ! why, it was four the other day.” POLITE DRAPER—“Fes, ma'am, that was the price; but you see Mr. Verdon's tariff—” YOUNG LADY—“ What! two shillings a-yard!” POLITE DRAPER—“Why, ma’ma, the duty is charged by the foot, you see.” ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Rival Amusements.
THE Fitzroy Ratepayers, disgusted that the Fitzroy Borough Council should monopolise to itself all the attention, that rowdiness and tumult invariably present, called a meeting the other evening, ostensibly to protest against the neglect of duty shown by their ...
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Quantum mutatus ab illo.
AND so our friend What’s-his-name is gone to the Pivot. Dear ! dear ! nothing could so certainly demonstrate the truth that colonial society is a system of ups and downs. But this is very down indeed for What's-his-name. It name makes one feel sorry for him; for ...
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Forthcoming Publication.
IN the press, a treatise on the successful employment of interjectional exclamations by JOHN RAMSAY, Esq., M.L.A., showing how trouble may be saved, and a better effect produced by interrupting a speaker with interrogatory comments, than by making ...
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Proh pudor.
Is it because a man is a legislator, and has the making of the laws, that he is allowed to defy the law which provides for the observance of Public decency? Does the privilege of members of parliament confer upon them an immunity form authoritative censure, when ...
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Extremely Innocent.
Now, what a ridiculous thing for a man to propose a sensible scheme of improving the Yarra, which will cost about a tenth part of the sum set down by the Commissioners as the amount necessary to carry out the plan they recommended. Does Mr. JOHNSON, of the Sandridge ...
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An “Aim”iable Idea.
THE best match that any volunteer can engage in is a matrimonial one, in which, if he takes a good dame, he will be sure to secure a prize. ...
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