The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-07
HUMOROUS.
cream of the English Comic Papers

After this alarming announcement
il was reassuring to learn that Her
Majesty and her illustrious children
had continued to pursue their usual
occupations.
UNDENIABLE.-Some people object
to Mr.. Burnand's parodying Messrs,
Reade and B~oueicault's Holborn
drama. Surely, everybody must adj
NIT that Foul Play is Far Game.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRIsE.-Some
of the newspapers comment with sur
prise on the modesty' of Sir Robert
Napier. They seem to have faucied
that the victory of Arrogie must nee
essarily have made him arrogant.
A WIRE-DRAwN NoTIoN.-A Mr..
String-fellow has been exhibiting a
flying machine at the Crystal Palace.
That is, his machine won't exactly fly,
but it will move along a wire. Really
the inventor ought to be called Mr..
Wirefellow.
The clergy who have a ''Uested inter
est in the Anglican Church-The
Ritualists.
MAN WHO HAS A TURN FoR Music
An organ-grinder.
NOTHING - considering what
their flying projects come to, no won
der the Peter Wilkenses, who have
lately been exhibiting at the Crystal
Palace CO II themselyes "Aeronoughts."
CAUTIoN.-Ladies who wear long
dresses, and dislike their being
trampled on, should wear upon their
backs a card with the inscription, mo
Followers Allowed"
CROQUET.
A painter must that poet be,
And say with brightest hues his palette,
Who'd be the bard of Croquet'rie.
And sing the joys OF hoop and mallet,
Given a level lawn In June,
And six or eight. enthusiastic,
WIZ never miss snsiT hoops or spoon
Given the girl whom You adore
And given, too, that she's your side OIL
Given u gamen not too soon DER,
And ne'er a bore the lawn espied on;
Given n claret cup as cool
As ample Wenham ice can make IL;
Given q code whose eN cry rule
Is so defined that none can break 1t;
Given a very fragrant weed:
Given hhe doesn't mind you smoking;
Given the players tlhG NJ nctQy UI
And most discreetly keep from joking;
Given all these, and 1 proclaim,
BE Fortune friendly or caprtctous-
Whether you win or lose the game
You'll find that Croquet is delicious.
To INTENDING ELoPERs. - Don't
u away, when staying will do as
With fair words butter some par
sons.
Never do anything Of which You
would be ashamed, when any one is
looking.
Consider your wife as an angela
recording angel.
Never speak i'll of a friend. as one
day you may be seen walking with
him.
CURIoUs.-Pickleton always has his
chop and sausage to follow (" pune
tually at one o'clock. He assures us
that one day lately he had a sausage
that followed like a dog"
A PARADISE FOR ARTIsTs.-Peneil-
vania.
ABORIGINAL. = The Australians
prevent their wickets from becoming
injured by the damp by simply having
them pitched"
INSTRUMENTATION be par
tieular in observing where the wind
drops; you may be called on to raise
1T at a moments notice.
CoRPoREAL.-A donation of e3OO
has just been made by Mr.. Banting
t. the Curates' Augmentation Fund.
The curates will no longer be open to
the reflection of being half-starved,
If they are augmented in person in
Mr.. B~anting's style.
SINE DUBlTATIoNE ULLA.-John
Bright is not only fond of catching
salmon, but, for the greater portion
of his life, has been fishing for place
as well!
JUDY's Munitions to each Irish In
surgent-" Down, Patrickl'
AN ABSURD CHARGE.-The gentle
man who, a few weeks ago, " directed
his steps" to his native village, has
written the Postmaster General, com
planning that the local postman has
never delivered theml
A HIau-Low "SoUARE" The
little " mill between the Bishop OF
Orford and Mr.. S~pmrgooR.
OF COURSE NoT.-We have often
heard about clean money" but this,
of course, does not belong to the
German who was Boosting a few days
ago about possessing " dirty " thou
sand ponndsl
ARsURD.--A correspondent writes
ia ask whether there is, at Court, an
official called the Master of the
Clothes Horse2'
To GROcERs (ereen).-The place
for red cUr4aRts-The Red Sea.
To REFoRMERs.-The man who
would " mend the age must put q
" stitch in time"
Where Bankrupts ought to live
At D%ept-ford, of counsel Is
A Distinction without a difference
The announcement of British and
Foreign Wines in a g~rocer's shop.
woMAN's WORD BOOK.
Waist-A movable feast offered By
Fashion to sight.
Wdr-Pluto's recruiting sergeant.
Kater-The lovers register.
Wedding.pGrty-The crowd at an
execution.
Wilma fly that buzzes in the
empty chamber of the brain.
WGd0to-An old soldier on halfway
ready to join at a moments notice
Wife-A crown Of glory to her
husband-Or a crown of thorns.
WiLL-In her favor is as good as
the deed.
Wine-The juice to pay.
Wit-The trufle of conversation.