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AN UNDER TENANT.--One who occupies a cellar.
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HAPPY RELEASE.--Paying off a mortgage.
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IN TWO WORDS.--Our police system and the housebreaker’s
system--Bunglery and burglary.
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“LETTERS OF REQUEST.”--Begging epistles.
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[Illustration: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF YE ENGLISH IN 1849
Appearance of ye crymynyal covrte dvryng an “interestyng” tryal for
mvrder.]
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OUTSIDE THE COUNTY COURT.--_Jenkins (to Jorkins, a debtor)._ What, only
five bob a month! How _did_ you manage it?
_Jorkins._ Why, always addressed the judge as “My Lord,” of course.
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Pope asks: “Is there no bright reversion in the sky?” This is, clearly,
a question which only a lawyer can answer.
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[Illustration: GROSS INJUSTICE
We beg to solicit the attention of our innumerable readers to the state
of the law respecting cruelty to animals.]
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