. Punch . e sees the yawning cracks, That shoot their net-work fine,And all about him and athwart The treacherous surface sure he hears the growl and groan, Sharp crash and grinding sounds,That tell the ice has broken up,— The streams have burst their bounds!Theres a great thaw coming, boys, &c. Nor een the Atlantic Ocean, This wide debacle bars,It rends the Stripes, like bursting pipes, And scattereth the Union heaves and shuts and cleaves, And none is bold to sayIf it will hold together still, Or melt in shards a great thaw coming, boys, &c. J January 19, 1861.
. Punch . e sees the yawning cracks, That shoot their net-work fine,And all about him and athwart The treacherous surface sure he hears the growl and groan, Sharp crash and grinding sounds,That tell the ice has broken up,— The streams have burst their bounds!Theres a great thaw coming, boys, &c. Nor een the Atlantic Ocean, This wide debacle bars,It rends the Stripes, like bursting pipes, And scattereth the Union heaves and shuts and cleaves, And none is bold to sayIf it will hold together still, Or melt in shards a great thaw coming, boys, &c. J January 19, 1861.] PUNCH, OH THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 25 But, far above the awful stir Of re-awakened life,Stands England, watchful, hand on hilt, Seeking nor shunning fears no thaw, as linked by law, Her oaks deep roots unto—Let drift who will, she standeth still,Her destined work to a great thaw coming, boys, Its signs are ever stronger,Tbere s a great thaw coming, boys,Wait a little longer!. the competitive principle. Therefore gentlemen of moderate abilitiesand acquirements should take the opportunity, whilst it remains, ofapplying by tender to the right quarter, for employment in the capacityof Jack Ketch. Let them write, irrespectively of grammar, to theHigh Sheriff of the County, who has that piece of preferment at hisdisposal. He is bound to hang condemned criminals with his ownhands, or find a substitute for the performance of the exalted dutywhich the law assigns to English country gentlemen in appointingHigh Sheriffs to finish itself. A PAYING LINE. Pee sons desirous of making a handsome addition to their incomesby a light and gentlemanly, if not elegant employment, at least oneinvolving very little physical or mental exertion, and only requiring aconsiderable amount of moral courage, will perhaps discern, from thesubjoined paragraph picked out of the North British Mail, that thereis an opening through which they may easily realise some money:— Executioners Fe
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