In the _Field's_ Dog-for-sale column, there recently appeared, wedged in
between descriptions of vendible Beagles and Bloodhound Pups, the following
remarkable advertisement:--
BLOODHOUND, 40-Tonner, for SALE; built by Fife of Fairlie; has all
lead ballast, and very complete inventory.--For price, which is
moderate, and particulars, apply, &c.
Most interesting canine specimen this. The Managers of the Zoological
Gardens should at once apply, if by this time they have not already done
so, and secured the "Forty-tonner Bloodhound," with complete inventory,
"built by FIFE of Fairlie."
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Nursery-Rhyme for the Neo-Crinolinists.
GIRLS and Matrons, who wins the day,
Now WINTER and JEUNE have had their say?
Come with a hoop to concert or ball,
Come with balloon-skirts, or come not at all!
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A Candid Friend.
SCENE--_Brown's Study--the well-known "Brown's Study," of course._
BROWN _is reading the fortieth chapter of his three-volume
Autobiography to_ JONES.
_Brown_ (_pausing in his gigantic work_). Well, tell me, honestly, have you
any fault to find with it?
_Jones._ Well--hum!--_it wants finish_.
[_Looks at his watch, rises hurriedly, and exits quickly._
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Why, on an Illustrated Paper, should the position of the reproducer of
Artists' black-and-white work be a higher one than that of the Artists
themselves? Because he undertakes "Graver" responsibilities.
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