Sippings from "Punch."
Domestic Dialogue. -<— A dun having; knocked at the door, it is . opened by a ser- 1 vant, and the following dialogue ensues: — Dun. 'Is your master in V — Servant. 'No,. sir.' — Dun. 'Is your mistress in?' — Servant. 'No, sir.' — Dun. 'Is your young master in? — Servant. 'No, sir.' — Dun. 'Any of the family in?' — Servant. 'No, sir.' — Dun. 'Then there's nobody in?' Servant. 'Oh, yes, sir; the execution's in — you can walk up and see that if you like.' A Special Plea. — A young thief who was charged the other day with picking pockets,, demurred to the indictment "for that, whereas i he had never picked pockets, but had always \ taken them just as they came." i "Prints of a fast Colour, warranted to wash." Some wag at the Vavtrhall masquerade pinned the above label on the buck of the Napolese Prince. ;J A Perfect Joke. — "What is the reason of a blow leaving a blue marjtf after it ?" asked an enquiring young gentleman. "It's easily accounted for," answered a medical student who was reading 'Bell's Life'j "for you* > know that blow in the perfect makes blew. "The Greatest Pt'ZJ-ar of the State," the Earl of Aldborough. *,f, f .
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume VI, Issue 433, 22 August 1851, Page 4
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202Sippings from "Punch." Daily Southern Cross, Volume VI, Issue 433, 22 August 1851, Page 4
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