Jorace


BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to
contemplate in your adversity.

BACKBITE, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find
you.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The
best kind is beauty.

BAPTISM, n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself
in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is
performed with water in two ways -- by immersion, or plunging, and by
aspersion, or sprinkling.

But whether the plan of immersion
Is better than simple aspersion
Let those immersed
And those aspersed
Decide by the Authorized Version,
And by matching their agues tertian.

G.J.


BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of
weather we are having.