The Sunday critic. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-19??, 1883-12-16
BREAKFAST BUNS.

1t is said that Canton ginger is very
palatable with ice cream.
-" Render unto scissors the thing,
which are scissors"
The dudes absorbing pastme, i,
looking at his feet through the wrong
end of an opera glass. LITE.
Hogs are frequently seen in the street
cars as well as in other unexpected
places.
Grant and Tilden, each have greas,
pasteboard in their pockets, but the solo
Ticket won't let them in.
Policemen live longer than edi
tors. "-Medtcai JournaL See wha,
plenty of sleep will do for man
druggists die youngest of all men. >
That is because none of them will tax,
their own medicine, they know how it
made
A local paper states that a party Of
young men viii give Jail party at New
Castle on Tuesday The names of III,
birds are withheld.
The Rajah Of Madison Squar
Theatre fame, will be the reigning at
traction of the week, for amusement
seekers.
A lady married on Thanksgiving day
received among her presents, lace pin
OF yellow gold in the design Of roasted
turkey on little golden platter, sur
founded by rubies for cranberry sause.
Progress
News is commodity which is always
welcme to to tee CRITIC. SO if you set
any or hear any, or are given any, shoot
it through the telephone or drop it in the
mail, while it is warm with recent occur
renee. The editor will boil it down, and
season it with his own quill par-excellence.
-Barnum has a white Elephant
Every Oakley in the land next Summer
can get in free to any circus if he will
take bucket Of whitewash with him, and
walk boldly in, the door keeper will think
he is going in to ''touch up" the Ele-
plant.
-Tildea is in good health Carlisle's
free trade ships will not be able to pass
under the East River Bridge. Tilden
has been engaged at an enormous salary
to raise one end of it, and let them under
This is why he won't accept the office of
President, -uness-perhl ps-&c.
The Seven Wonders Of the World
were, in ancient times, reckoned to be
the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging
Gardens of Semramis, at Babylon, the
Temple Of Diana at Ephesus, the Statue
of Jupiter at Athens, by Phidias, the
Mausoleum, the Colossus at Rhodes and
the Pharos of Alexandria. The Nine
teenth century has more great wonders
than that. The Telegraph, the 1'ele-
phone the Electric Light, the Cotton
Gin, the East River Bridge, Samuel /.
Tilden and John Kelly.
And the humorist oft
To himself doth say,
In language soft
passing away!"
And then he multers, and muttering, mus:
where are my "hilom festive butts,
The people who made my early day
At building jokes so happy aid gay
Passing away, passing away,
Pretty soon herel none be left,
And shall be sad and sore distrest;
But then I'm best
If | shall be at all bereft,
Because. when they all have passed away,
shall sling my pen in manner gay,
And make my joke, on the overcoat,
And the slippery sidewalk smooth as tin
The beautiful snow, the banana skin,
The clamless chowder the quail the goat Puck,
THE DONKEY'S DREAM
donkey lay him down to sleep,
And as he slept and snored full deep,
He was observed tstrange sight y to weep,
As # in anguished Mood
A gentle mule that lay near by
The donkey reused. and with sigh
And kindly voice, inquired why
Those tears he did exude.
The donkey while he trembled DER
And dropped cold sweat from every pore,i
Made answer in fearful roar:
~ a1eaUiea 7OaS a aiYdel"
Adol6AUS SHf7O0,Yt, in Puck.