The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-12-06
.GEGCMcNS By'y3'6 iR london.
M'. Punch, ny dear Sir,

You didn't get a instructiv article
from my pen last week Oh account Of my
nervus sistem havin underwent a dreffle
shock l got canght IL brief shine of
sun, and it utterly upset me. / was
walkin in regent street one day last week,
enjoyin you rich black fog and bracin
rains, when all at once the Sun bust out
and actooally shono out for nearly half
an hour study. 1 acted promptly. [
called the cab and told the driver to run
his boss at fritcful rate OF spead to my
lodgings, but it wasn't Of no avalc. l
he'd orEul cramps, my appytite left me,
and my pults went down to 10 degrees
below zero. But by careful nussin l
shall no doubt recover speedy, if the
present sparklin and exileratin weather
continners.
All of the foregoin is sarcasum.
It's a singlar fack, but l never sot
eyes on your excellent British Mooaeum
till the other day. I've sent CRATE
many peple there, as also to your genial
Tower Of London, however. 1t hap
pened thusly When one Of my excel
countrymcn jest arrived in London
would come and see me and display a
inclination to cling to me too lengthy,
thus shown a respeck for me which [
feel [ do not deserve, I would suggest a
visit to the Mooseum and tower The
Mooseum would ockepy him a day at
leest, and the tower another. Thus w
derived considerable peace and comfort
from them noble edifsses, and [ hope
they will long continner to grace your
metropolis. There's my freu Col. Lar
kins from Wisconsin, who I regret to
say understans the Jamaica question,
ond wants to talk with me about it ; |
sent him to the Tower four days ago,
and he hasn't got throogh with it yit.-
He likes it very much, and he writes me
that he can't never thank me sufficient
for directin him to such a bildin. [
writ him not to mention it. The Col
says it is fortnit to live in intellectual
age which wouldn't countenance such
intamus things as occurd in this Tower.
I'm aware that it is fashin'ble to COM
pliment this age, but 1 amt so clear
that the Col is altogether right. This
is very respectable age, but it's pretty
easily riled and considerin upon how
slight provocation we who live in it
80 to cuttin each others throats, it may
perhaps be doubted whether our intel.
lecks is SO much massiver than our an
cestOr's intellecks was, after all.
The British Mooseum is magnif cent
free show for the pepie. 1t is kept O.
pen for the benefit of all.
The humble costymonger, who ira
verses the busy streets with a cart con.
tainin all kinds ofvegetables, such as
carrots, turnips, etc, and drawn by a
spirited jackass-he can go to the Moo
scum and reap benefits therefrom as well
as the lord of high degree.
"And this" l said, "is the British
Mooseum These noble walls" l Con-
tinnered, punchin them with my UNI
breller to see if the masonry was all
right-but I wasn't allowed to finish my
enthusiastic remarks, for man with a
! gold band on his hat sed, in hash
voice, that l must stop pokin the walls.
told him I would do SO by all means.
"You see," l sed, taking hold Of the
tassel which waved from the mans belt,
and drawin him close to me in conf
dental way, "YOu see, I'm looking