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  2. RAILWAY GLEANINGS.

    A correspondent of the Times, gives the following strange account of a new system of fraud introduced by railway speculation ; it is called the "stagging" system; and the first ...

    Article : 1,166 words
  3. FACETIÆ.

    Brown —I think, Mr Green, I have heard you say that you know nothing of the advantages of what is called the Bill System Green—lndeed, I do not; but I should be ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  4. LATEST FROM AMERICA.

    The Dispatch speaks of a vocalist who sings so high in some of his embellishments that it is necessary to let go his suspenders before he can get down again. ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. SONG OF THE STAG.

    The railway lists preclaim the face, Deposits paid this more; At who have each must sign the act. All who have come must [?] ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. TAKING THE PRIDE OUT OF TAFFY.

    An Englishman and a Welshman disputing in whose country was the best living, the Welshman said, "There is such noble housekeeping in Wales, that I have known about a dozen cooks employed at one wedding dinner." ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. PUNCH'S OWN RAILROAD.

    Our own little snug suburban railway, comprising the great trunk-line front Warwicksquare to Wormwood-scrubs, with projected branches to the Addison road and Lord ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. COMING EVENTS, &C.

    As many as 17,000 newspapers have been found in the General Post-office with their covers burst. The reason, of the newspapers bursting is accounted for by the fact that they contain so many railway bubbles.— Punch. ...

    Article : 39 words
  9. RIVAL TO "PUNCH."

    The Adelaide Observer contains the announcement of a periodical to be called "The Adelaide Gazette Extraordinary, or South Australian Toddy (not being quite equal to ...

    Article : 39 words
  10. THE STAG.

    The Stag is a railway ruminaut, and belongs to a common herd that may be seen loitering about the neighbourhood of the Stock Exchange. The Railway Stag has his head full ...

    Article : 146 words
  11. THE PORTER PUZZLE.

    An Indian being at an Englishman's table at Surat, expressed his surprise, by loud acclamation, on seeing a vast quantity of froth, ooze out of a bottle of porter as soon as the cork was drawn. Being asked what surprised ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. CHARLES THE SECOND AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

    When Charles the Second chartered the Royal Society, it is narrated of him that he was disposed to give the philosophers a Royal, but at the same time a wholesome lecture. ...

    Article : 192 words
  13. STOCK-JOBBING.

    Yea, all the men and women merely jobbers They have their brokers and their share aeouats, And one man in his time tries many lines The end being total ruin. First, the greenborn, ...

    Article : 219 words
  14. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

    We understand the electric telegraph will shortly be applied to several domestic purposes. The experiment will first be tried at one of the lame houses at the Albert Gate. Hyde ...

    Article : 491 words
  15. A TIMELY REPLY.

    After Dionysius was deposed and taken to Corinth, he kept a school. Many persons visited him, and, with others, one, when he came into the tyrant's presence, onened his ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. LADY "STAGS."

    The system of stagging, in connection with railway shares, of which we have of late heard so much, is no longer confined topersens of the masculine gender. Many ladies are deeply ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. THE VALUE OF A WOMAN.

    An old bachelor expressed his affections in the following rhapsody:— I admire, I love, I adore woman—lovely woman—she is the beauty of the world, the angel of man, and the climax ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. FRENCH ENGLISH.

    A French gentleman was one day caressing a dog, when an English friend remarked that he seemed very fond of it. " Ya-a-a-s," answered Monsieur, " I am, for dis dog, he brings ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. PURE SENTIMENT.

    "The maiden wept: and I said, 'Why weepest thou, maiden?' She answered not, neither did she speak, but sobbed exceedingly; and I a again said. 'Maiden, why weepest thou ? ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. THE SPECULATION MANIA.

    Among the new Companies io which the preseut mania for speculation has given rise, the following seems promising, on account of its extreme novelty. That the merits of the ...

    Article : 43 words
  21. NOVEL.

    A bookbinder, named Walker, has had a waggon made with a body shaped and painted to imitate a large red morocco book, on the back of which in large letters is gilded ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. PROSPECTUS OF THE GRAND PIC-NICJUNCTION AND GREAT

    The capital will consist of two hundred thousand spoons, and the Company has been already PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. ...

    Article : 290 words
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