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  3. A. Cabinet Dialogue.

    GREAT SCOTTISH STATESMAN (to his colleagues):Hoos a’wi’ ye the day. I see in some of the peepurs the Blue Mountain mon’s turning up again. Therer’s naething but trouble aboot that chiel. It was only a few weeks syne that somebody fiang at ma heed a lot o’ ...

    Article : 304 words

  4. PUNCH’S COLONIAL STATESMEN.

    COHEN, E., is believed to be of oriental extraction, and therefore, lives in and sits for East Melbourne. Is President of a Christian. Young Men's Society, and a devoted adherent to Bishop PERRY, Was formerly a stout supporter of the “Auction” system, especially ...

    Article : 800 words

  5. Signs of the Times.

    As an instance of our advance in civilisation, we have, it appears, added to the rest of our institutions that of wreckers, these birds of prey having lately demonstrated their organisation by taking possession of ten tons of the cargo of the “Trio,” when she got aground at ...

    Article : 92 words

  6. The Dog next Door.

    THOU howler of the night— Pm maddened quite: Disturber of my rest- Thou dog unblest. ...

    Article : 123 words

  7. According to Custom.

    THE GOVERNOR of New South Wales has been opening Parliament with a speech occupying eight pages of printed foolscap. Other governors might be disposed to resent this serious innovation upon the established custom of confining opening speeches within a single ...

    Article : 74 words

  8. How to get Five Shilling's Worth for a Shilling.

    Go to a concert, say at St. George’s Hall. Pay a shilling and go into the gallery. Encore every piece four times, and be sure to make noise enough to compel the performers to comply with the demand. You will thus get four times more for your money than the ...

    Article : 83 words

  9. How to get Fat.

    TAKE a bath every morning at daybreak—it will whet your appetite for breakfast. ...

    Article : 17 words

  10. How to get Thin.

    TAKE the bath without the breakfast. ...

    Article : 10 words
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