Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various
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part, we have not tried it. We know rather less about it than we do
about the Water Cure; but we cheerfully print the following directions on the subject, taken from the fly-leaf of an old book. _How to make the Water Fly_: Fall into it. * * * * * HALL AND HAYES. The friends of Dr. HAYKS and those of Captain HALL are engaged in a heated discussion as to which of the two ought to be sent by Congress in search of the North Pole. As the public does not know who is right and who is wrong, we present our readers with the arguments of each party; so that they can decide which explorer is the man for the post--we should say, pole. WHAT THE HAYES PARTY SAYS. 1. The Pole being surrounded by water, must be reached by boats. HAYES is a sailor and HALL is not. Therefore HAYES is the man to sail to the Pole. 2. HAYES is a Bostonian; HALL is a Western man. Bostonians are famed for their skill in prying into every thing; while Western men stupidly mind their own business. Therefore HAYES is naturally fitted to become an explorer. 3. HALL spent his time while in the Arctic Region in the society of Esquimaux. HAYES attended to his ship, and lived on pork and beef |
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