. Punch . an work changes inthe gastronomic way that Bradwell,Dobler, and Time, were they to putthree heads together, never could in-vent ; why not then apply this newscience of cheap cookery to the im-provement of workhouse larders? Onlyconsider the saving to each parish inthe poors rates, if the paupers were toimagine the New River Moets cham-pagne, paving-stones loaves of bread,and deal-boards haunches of venison !The same legerdemain might be prac-tised on everything that passed theirmouths ; and the paupers, whilst theywould fare at less cost, if possible,than at present, would have the m
. Punch . an work changes inthe gastronomic way that Bradwell,Dobler, and Time, were they to putthree heads together, never could in-vent ; why not then apply this newscience of cheap cookery to the im-provement of workhouse larders? Onlyconsider the saving to each parish inthe poors rates, if the paupers were toimagine the New River Moets cham-pagne, paving-stones loaves of bread,and deal-boards haunches of venison !The same legerdemain might be prac-tised on everything that passed theirmouths ; and the paupers, whilst theywould fare at less cost, if possible,than at present, would have the mentalenjoyment of imagining they had been dining off luxuries hitherto theabdominal perquisites of aldermen. Every Union will become an Arcadia,stocked with venison and currant-jelly, and poverty be a thing only to bemet with in works of fiction ! The Millennium, by the aid of Magnetism,will be brought to every mans door; and the pot will be kept boiling allthrough the world by means of the electric NEW TITLES OF HONOUR. It is stated to be the intention of Her Majestys advisers, in emulationof the titles common in Spain, such as Duke of Victory, Viscount ofLoyalty, (recently conferred on the Baron de Meer,) &c, to institute anew set of dignities, taking their denominations from the qualities mostdistinguishing the intended recipients. Thus, a noble Ex-Chancellor isto be created Viscount of Vinegar ; Mr. OConnell, Viscount ofVituperation ; and Sirs R. Peel and J. Graham, (from the epistolaryperfection of the one, and the deciphering capabilities of the other,)respectively, Lord Letterwriting, and Lord Letterreading. Norare the new titles to be confined to the political world; Lord , we understand, is to be raised to the peerage by the style of Viscount Scissors, of Sheffield ; and the celebrated Mr. Grant, Earlof English Grammar. Mr. Bunn, the Poet, is to be Baron of Blazes; andthe chivalrous will have the appropriate title of MarquisMethusaleh. How
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