HOUSE DECORATION.--What am I to do under the following circumstances?
I took a house a year ago, and painted the outside scarlet, with gold
"facings," to remind me--and my neighbours--of the fact that I am
highly connected with the Army, my deceased wife's half-brother having
once held some post in the Commissariat. I am leaving the house now,
and my landlord actually insists on my scraping all the paint off! He
says that if any bulls happen to pass the house, they will be sure to
run at it. Am I obliged to yield to this ridiculous caprice?--LOVER OF
THE PICTURESQUE.
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[Illustration: ALL-ROUND POLITICIANS.--SIR RICHARD.
_Mr. Punch's Parliamentary Artist reads in the Papers that Sir Richard
T---- does not intend to Stand for Parliament again!_]
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