A RETORT.

AN Irish Peer, who sports a ferocious pair of whiskers, meeting a

celebrated barrister, the latter asked, "When do you mean to put your

_whiskers_ on the _peace establishment_?" His lordship answered, "When

you put your _tongue_ on the _civil list_."

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