Men are frequently like tea—their real strength and goodness is not
properly drawn out of them till they have been for a short time in hot
water.
* * * * *
WHO SAYS IT ISN'T?—The reason so many whales are found about the North
Pole is, because they supply all the Northern Lights with oil.—
_Communicated by a Traveller._
[Illustration:
_The Preparatory School for Fast Men._
To teach the young idea how to shoot, smoke, drink, fight, cheat, and
the various accomplishments of "regular bricks."
]
THE
COMIC ALMANACK
FOR 1849.
PROJECTED LINES
TO RUN THROUGH ALL ALMANACKS.
MOVEABLE FEASTS.—The greatest one on record is the Barmecide Feast of
Sancho Panza.
FAST-DAYS.—Greenwich Fair at Easter and Whitsuntide, the Derby, the
Thames Regatta, balloon days at Cremorne, and masquerade mornings at
Jullien's.
[Illustration:
CANVASSING THE LIVERY.
]
MICHAELMAS DAY.—Election of the Lord Mayor—Moses takes his measure, and
rushes home to cut up the goose.
LEAP YEAR.—It takes three springs to make one leap year.
PURIFICATION.—It is very curious that the very day after Candlemas
should be the anniversary of a "Blaize."
HOLIDAY AT CHANCE. OFFICES.—The English of Chance. is Chancery.
LOW SUNDAY.—Boating on the Thames, or riding in the Park on a hired
horse.
OLD MAY DAY.—An exiled Pole in England.
LENT.—To ascertain its beginning and end, you have only to become
security for a friend at a Loan Office.
BARTHOLOMEW.—One of the reduced fairs.
CHRISTMAS.—The Earl of A-db-r-gh presents all his servants with
Christmas Boxes—of Holloway's pills.
OLD LADY-DAY.—The only lady whose age is known to a day.
[Illustration:
THIS IS WHAT LADIES CALL A MINIATURE BROOCH!!!
]