A COCKNEY'S EPITAPH

THINK! "From the cradle to the grave!" my brother,

A nurse takes you from one, an 'earse to t'other.

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A VULGAR ERROR.--Misplacing the haspirate.

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A CHEVALIERESQUE CONUNDRUM.--_Coster Bill (to 'Arriet)._ I si! When is

your young man like a fish out of water?

_'Arriet._ Oh, g'long! Give't up.

_Coster Bill._ Why, when 'es a _witin'_ round the corner.

[Short encounter, and exeunt severally.

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[Illustration: A CAPITAL ANSWER.

_"Self-made" Man (examining school, of which he is a manager)._ "Now,

boy, what's the capital of 'Olland?"

_Boy._ "An 'H,' sir."]

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