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Title: Punch
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870 Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887 Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880 Brooks, Shirley, 1816-1874 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 Seaman, Owen, 1861-1936
Subjects: English wit and humor English wit and humor, Pictorial
Publisher: (London) : (Punch Publications Ltd., etc.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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rnian. Eh? This shows that Ive drunk of the Pierian font, doesnt it?Then why havent I got the prize ? Posterity shall do me justice, or I 11 know thereason why. Yourgj YouNG ^ ch QK A SECEDER AND A SECEDER. The United States Government has determined to put Mr; Jeffer-son Davis on his trial for high treason. The Ministry of Georgethe Third would probably have. dealt just in the same way withWashington if they could have caught him; and with just as muchjustice. Is the spirit of George Washington ever present at Mr.Johnsons council table P If so, it might be induced to communicateits opinion about the consistency of treating the leadership of secessionas treason. That opinion, expressed in a series of raps on the table,would, for those around, probably constitute a smart rap on theknuckles. mr. Robertsons case.Lucus a, non Lucendo.—The Free Church of Scotland. LATEST FROM OUR FARM YARD. In the Fowl Souse.— Left Sitting. A Sovereign in Peril.—Old King Coal. PUNCH LONDON CHARIVARI.
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(June 9, 1866. HORRIBLE ! MOST HORRIBLE ! IN THE 19TH CENTURY, TOO ! Scene—A Railway Waiting-Room. First Villain. Well, Jack, what did you do at the Pool to-night? Second Villain. Oh, not much; I only took Five Lives. First Villain. Was Brown dead when you left ? Second Villain. No; but Wilkins was on him, so he couldnt last long. OUR AFTER-DINNER MARTYRS. Perhaps the most painful form of social martyrdom is the having to preside at, or attenda public dinner. Whether the infliction be the worse for those who speak, or those whomerely have to listen, is a question for debating clubs to argue if they please, but which we atpresent have no leisure for discussing. If it be a bore for a man just after dinner to get uponhis legs, and talk on vocal tip-toe at the tip-top of his voice, it is also a great nuisance forthe others to break off their pleasant social chatter, and pretend their ears are pricked upto catch what he may say. Public speakers, as a rule, know very little of the subject

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