conscience or cash. A land to which many are called and few
chosen.

BONE One Dollar--the original price of a wife. Note, Adam, who
had to give up one bone before he got Eve.

BONNETS A female head trouble, which is contracted the latter part
of Lent and breaks out on Easter.

BOODLE Money, born of poor, but dishonest parents, and taken in by
the Graft family.

BORROW v. t., to swap hot air for cold coin.

BOWER A shady retreat, in general.

BOWERY A shady retreat in New York.

BRACE Security for the trousers.

BRACER Security for the stomach.

BRACELET Security for the pawn-broker.

BRAIN The top-floor apartment in the Human Block, known as the
Cranium, and kept by the Sarah Sisters--Sarah Brum and Sarah Belum,
assisted by Medulla Oblongata. All three are nervous, but are
always confined to their cells. The Brain is done in gray and
white, and furnished with light and heat, hot or cold water, (if
desired), with regular connections to the outside world by way of