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  2. A Coloured Parson's Browned Chicken.

    OLD parson Alf, a coloured preacher of loud voice and powerful appetite, created such havoc among the chickens of the neighbourhood that a visit from him was looked upon ...

    Article : 359 words
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    MUCH harm has been done by a long-haired phrenologist in the West, who has, during his life, felt over 100,000 heads. A comparison of a large number of the charts given in these ...

    Article : 425 words
  4. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. THE man who never pays his debts probably believes with Byron that "Time at last sets all ...

    Article : 1,360 words
  5. Josh Billingsgate.

    MOST people are like an egg, too phull of themselves to hold anything else. Curiosity is the germ ov all enterprisesmen dig for woodchucks more for curiosity ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. A Bit of Limekiln Philosophy.

    "STEPOFF JOHNSING," said Brother Gardner, president of the Limekiln Club, in his deep-toned voice, "I war in a feed-stoh de odder night to see about gittin' two-bits wuth ...

    Article : 760 words
  7. Oatmeal and Bagpipes.

    IT appears that it is all a mistake (remarks the New York Times) to assume that oatmeal is the cause of the national Scotch dyspepsia. The natural interpretation of the facts that the ...

    Article : 678 words
  8. The Editor Advises a Poetess.

    "I WILL tell you something. I was once light-hearted, gushing, and joyous. Why did I fall from that joyous estate? I wrote poetry. I felt a surging within me. I knew it was a ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. A Bad Tooth.

    HENERY SNYDER of No. 53 Liberty-street, weighs 265lb. He is 6ft. tall and has biceps as big as a village blacksmith's. Like most big men, his friends say, Mr. Snyder is thoroughly ...

    Article : 787 words
  10. The Philosophy of Tin Kettling.

    AS I said, these demonstrations are pretty rough, but arter a man's been married three or four times he doesn't mind 'em much. I've been married four times myself, an was belled ...

    Article : 107 words
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