Punch . confuta-tion of heretical outsiders. No doubt that was what the skulls ofSS. Gerard and Mansuy really did; only it suited Galignanis pur-pose, instead of relating the marvel that actually occurred, to tellanother story calculated to impose on the credulity of his scientificreaders. TENNYSON IN THE COLONIES. My dear Punch, I write to you from a colony of which you may have heard,called New Zealand. To show you that we are making great progressin civilisation, will you allow me to append a little dialogue which tookplace at a public auction the other day. The auctioneer is, I am happyto
Punch . confuta-tion of heretical outsiders. No doubt that was what the skulls ofSS. Gerard and Mansuy really did; only it suited Galignanis pur-pose, instead of relating the marvel that actually occurred, to tellanother story calculated to impose on the credulity of his scientificreaders. TENNYSON IN THE COLONIES. My dear Punch, I write to you from a colony of which you may have heard,called New Zealand. To show you that we are making great progressin civilisation, will you allow me to append a little dialogue which tookplace at a public auction the other day. The auctioneer is, I am happyto say, a member of the House of Representatives. Auctioneer of the Country. Here is, gentlemen, a superbly boundedition of the Idols of the Bidder. What idols P Auctioneer. Egyptian, I believe; but that doesnt matter. Whobids ? Yours, antipodically, Tattoo. CONUNDRUM. (BY OUR OLD ARM CHAIR.) To what tribe do Scotch Jews belong ? Mac-Assur. 72 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [February 17, THE ACME OF BEAUTY AND UTILITY Having at last been effected, no Suggestions for further Al-terations in the Dress of the Guards will be entertained. By Order, Punch, A BAPTIST IN CONVOCATION ! In Convocation, making a speech against the law which requires theinsertion of a conscience clause in the trust-deed of a Church of Englandschool as a condition of assistance out of the public money, a venerabledivine is reported to have said that— In his own school he had, in consequence of the injustice of the system, turnedHer Majestys inspector out of the school, and had told the boys that if he cameagain to put him into the pond. (Laughter.) Ho did not come again, although itwas now eleven years ago. From the foregoing statement we may derive assurance that thereverse of truth would be suggested by anybody who ventured to inti-mate the opinion that Archdeacon Denison is a controvertist preparedto invoke fire and faggot against his theological adversaries. Water,and not f
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