. Punch . orders, gentlemeu (Post Office orders we now mean) to the trea-surer of the Carriage Fund, London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road,N.; by whom bequests and cheques and any odd sums won at cards,or any other conscience moneys, will be thankfully received. Past and Loose. _ In spite of President Buchanans fast, the State of Carolina per-sists in breaking loose, and of severing the tie that binds her to theUnion. Will her example be generally followed, do you think? If so,when we speak of the United States in future, we shall have to changetwo letters in the epithet, and use the word unti
. Punch . orders, gentlemeu (Post Office orders we now mean) to the trea-surer of the Carriage Fund, London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road,N.; by whom bequests and cheques and any odd sums won at cards,or any other conscience moneys, will be thankfully received. Past and Loose. _ In spite of President Buchanans fast, the State of Carolina per-sists in breaking loose, and of severing the tie that binds her to theUnion. Will her example be generally followed, do you think? If so,when we speak of the United States in future, we shall have to changetwo letters in the epithet, and use the word untied instead of theword united. Innocence. We copy the following from a recent number of The GrandmothersGazette. A pretty little child, being asked by her godpapa wherecotton grew, replied, with the greatest simplicity, in gentlemensears. A tremendous burst of wit. A Wretched Plumber, writing to another Plumber, says in a foot-note, Piping times, these! 32 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [January 19, Boy. I say, John, aint your Master a Lookin for you, neether ! iHOW EXTREMELY LUCKY. Speaking of the bombardment of Gaeta, one of ( the Correspondents says -.— ? The Spanish minister had also a narrow escape, foras he was lying in bed he received the rather unpleasantvisit of around shot, which smashed the washing-standopposite. Don Punch has no knowledge of the lavatoryhabits of this particular Spaniard ; but from ageneral acquaintance with the customs of thenation to which the Minister belongs, DonPunch may venture to congratulate him on thedamage in question having occurred to the veryarticle whose loss would occasion him the leastinconvenience. If it had been the mirror, or thepot of black stuff for anointing the hair andmoustaches, Don Punchs sympathy shouldhave been as freely proffered as his congratula-tions are now tendered. saying, A Slavish Difference. In England, we are in the habit ofBase is the slave that pays. In America, however, it would be very dif-ferent.
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