Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various
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CUSTOM-HOUSE SALE. LOT 1.--A PORT. For sale, Thorwaldsen's Byron, rich in beauty, Because his country owes, and will not pay, "duty." * * * * * THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE. CHAPTER VI. TREATS OF CHALK-AND-QUA-DRILL-OGY. [Illustration: E]Entirely disgusted with his unsuccessful appeal to the enlightened British public assembled in the front of his residence, and which had produced effects so contrary to what he had conceived would be the result, Agamemnon called a committee of his household, to determine on the most advisable proceedings to be adopted for remedying the evils resulting from the unexpected pyrotechnic display of the morning. The carpet was spoiled--the house was impregnated with the sooty effluvia, and the company was expected to arrive at nine o'clock. What was to be done? Betty suggested the burning of brown paper and scrubbing the carpet; John, assafoetida and sawdust; Mrs. Waddledot, pastilles and chalking the floor. As the latter remedies seemed most compatible with the gentility of their expected visiters, immediate measures were taken for carrying them into effect. A dozen cheese-plates were disposed upon the stairs, each furnished with little pyramids of fragrance; old John, who was troubled |
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