. Punch . Ha ! thats what you always say ; butthats nothing to do with it. You must get somebody else to sew em,must you? Ha! I shouldnt wonder. Oh no! I should be sur-prised at nothing, now! Nothing at all! Its what people havealways told me it would come to,—and now, the buttons have openedmy eyes ! But the whole world shall know of your cruelty, After the wife I ve been to you. Somebody else, indeed,to sew your buttons ! Im no longer to be mistress in my ownhouse ! Ha, Caudle ! I wouldnt have upon my conscience whatyou have, for the world ! I wouldnt treat anybody as you treat—no
. Punch . Ha ! thats what you always say ; butthats nothing to do with it. You must get somebody else to sew em,must you? Ha! I shouldnt wonder. Oh no! I should be sur-prised at nothing, now! Nothing at all! Its what people havealways told me it would come to,—and now, the buttons have openedmy eyes ! But the whole world shall know of your cruelty, After the wife I ve been to you. Somebody else, indeed,to sew your buttons ! Im no longer to be mistress in my ownhouse ! Ha, Caudle ! I wouldnt have upon my conscience whatyou have, for the world ! I wouldnt treat anybody as you treat—no, Im not mad ! Its you, Mr. Caudle, who are mad, or bad—and thats worse ! I cant even so much as speak of a shirt-button,but that Im threatened to be made nobody of in my own house!Caudle, youve a heart like a hearth-stone,you have ! To threatenme, and only because a button—a button I was conscious of no more than this, says Caudle, in his MS., for here nature relieved me with a sweet, deep HOW TO HEAT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. onourable members seemto be greatly puzzledwith this question, forhowever competent theymay be to manage theaffairs of the nation, theydo not appear capable oftaking care of their Reid, under thesanction of the House,has been trying someexperiments,with a viewto heating it, with par-tial success ; that is tosay, he has so far succeeded as to convert the Reporters gallery into afrying-pan, out of which, if the gentlemen of the press were to step intothe fire, they would hardly suffer much by the change. May we offera few suggestions for the effectually heating the House of Commons 1 In the first place, a resolution might be moved, to the effect that theHouse of Commons is, and henceforward shall be, hot enough to allintents and purposes. An Act of Parliament, they say, is omnipotent;and if so, may control the laws of heat. Mr. Benjamin DIsraeli might be requested to attack Sir RobertPeel every evening till farther notice; when the P
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