The daily crescent., 1848-11-18
Tastinqs Of Punch.


SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1s.
Hastings Of Punch.
Gorge w, it may be remembered, expended a
deal of the nations money on a certain palace at
Brighton, called the Pavilion" This palace is
now shut up-itis called by Punch The Wreck
Of the Royal George"
The following advice may, some day other
be just the thing for certain people in this meridian
The cholera suggested the paragraph
MEDICAL ADVICE FOR ALDERMEN 70
reasons to whic, it is unnecessary to alude partc-
ulany, 1T Is very requisite that all manner Of per-
sons, just now, should be very cautious ia their
fdet 10y serious attention is therefore invited to
the important subject Of what to eat drink and
avoid
Salt meat and cured fish are very unwholesoTne: !:
accordingly, your food should consist much less of
bacon than of venison, and much mere Of turtle
than of red herring provided yOu take only very
liiile turtle and venison, TO which plain joints
preferable. Green vegetables are pernicious, so
that You are not condemned to hermits fare and
prudence, as well as inclination, will lead you to
escheu all manner Of herbs and roots, except good
meay poiaioes You may safely vary your dietary
with hare, partridge, pheasant, grouse, snipe,
woodc0ck, ployer, turkey, turkey pulleis and
capons. All these are very excellent things, only
it may be as well to observe that they should not
be all taken at the same meal. You are recon-
mended % eat as much as is good for you, and are
at liberty % eat more, If you like
You need not be afraid Of truflss, stewed mush-
rooms, foartes ice-creams, lobster salad, Chantiy
biscuits, Jelly, blanc-nange, oysters, tTifie, and
siTawberBes, which VIII not do you the slightest
harn-if you let them alone.
You may indulge in iced punch after your green
at, il you first take the slight precaution of making
your will. Otherwise you had better stick TO good
old port and sherry.
The point Of clothing is one of great consequence
For the purpose Of protecting the body against
atmospheric influences, you viii find il sufficient
10 devote half the pains TO covering the surface,
which YOU have hitherto bestowed on lining the
You will have observed that the foregoing dietic
precepts contain no recommendation 20 avoid fer
meHted liquors. The truth is, that you must drink
something and every drop of water that you can
command viii be required to sluice, and cleanse,
and scour your nasty dirty city"
MEETING HIM HALF-wAY.-Y Young Hopeful
"Well it's Of no use, Governor; | can't stick TO
business. 1 want to be soldier, and you must
bap me a.conlIniss0n.P
6oUe7.or-- No, my boy can't afford to buy
you ouacomnisson, but III tell you what win do !;
ifyou viii 20 down TO Chatham and enlist will
give you my word Of honor won't buy you off! ="
MopEsr AND BENEvoLENT-A foreign cores
6ondent of the Morning Post in The best dove 5
and haide have not descended from Heaven to
seeepaway Frankfort from the face OF the earth; It
would be Well if the hand of man should supply the
deficiency and lay waste the city with fire and
sword.'
Whatif the writer himself came in for a turn at
. the fire. and a cut of the sword Truly, if all
cities wherein horrors have been perpetrated were
laid waste with fire, the map Of Europe would m
evitaby have the appearance Of a burnt ironing
blanket
SINK AND THE DEUoE.-A seal engraver, hear
ing that the Thames so poisoned the atmosphere
That il was dangerous to live near it, called 1t a
irst-rate sink for die z"
LADIES Fashions FOR IRELAND.-Fwo spin
fhnr halo haF7 .
been committed to Clonmel Jail They wore per-
cussion caps in their hair no doubt-with the
spinster purpose-of the more readily going OH
THE WEAKER SEX AND THE WEAKEST PoLIcE.
J. Wilde is charged at Clerkenwell with beating
Ellen Harris insensble. The fellow made use OF a
stone. whjrIinp it about the yvomans head in a
handkerchief The woman was shocklngy y beaten
hevertheless the ruflian was charged only 70 toI
the damage committed Ihls-snntortunaleiy 1oi
the dignity Of property-he could not pay--he could
not afford the recreation Of beating young women s
heads with stones therefore, as check to ms
exFayagance, he condemned to two months
Imprisonment with hard labor bret retirement
this from the world for the better contemplation O
he rights Of property With 10 IN ms pocket
AYilde would have been free a bird, and his I'M
aers mdefled BY oakum However, the ruffiar
had committed another crime for when no money
could be received IN recompense. lie mad snghuS
hit-wilh the self-same stone-the sacred person
policeman Upon this, the villain was sentenced
to additional month capuslty--no money flellt
taken by Justice as golden ointment toF the hurts
her officers The moral of tins Is 4oumay Dea
woman if you can afford to pay for 1t nntmonel
is Of no avail If you smte a policeman. Hence, q
metaphor, the stone in the rufiians handkefchle
may be considered as the stone Of Justice, an1
therefore one Of the brightest jewels out Of tn'
British Crown.
DISCOVERING THE LoNGITuDEs--Lhe sea ser
pent has been seen again persons declaring at wa
several miles in length We Should not at al won
der ifit was a stray column Of one OF MI, Anstey'
speeches, for know IS a fact that that gentle
man has been at sea for long time. a.
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