PHRENOGICAL WELLERISMS.
AsiAiivn\FB.— lf Sweet food and fruits of eaily lovi 1 ," as the hoy said to the almonds and raisins. I'lULoruoGCNnivr.Nrss.— "Wliat blessings children aie," as the cleiksaid when he took the fcei for eh. etching them. Adiii 1 vknkss. — " You stick to me like true friend*-,." as (he man said to the tar and featheis, after he hud been Lynched. Inii\bitivenlss. — " Home, swept home !'' as the vaorant siid, when he was sent to puson for the third time. CoNCKN'TRA.Tivr.Nn;ss. — " I see the hole of yonr disuider,' 1 as the cobbler said to the boot that was worn out, and wanted patching. Comba'iivenkss. — " We've both had many a brush in our day," as the old sailor said to his. cocked hat. DnsritucTivr.Nuss. — '• It's a loe-tal-loss,'" as the sailor baul when the shark bit his leg off. Aiimi.mivpness — "We are bothmaltcis of taste," a8 the gi^erbiead said to the fine pirtnte. SlciulTivilNess. — " I'll hide you wliPi't nobody cm find jou," as the schoolmaster said when he took the truant into the ceUai to larrup him. Cautiousness. — *' I'll i at-ify it after I've put my concluding cl.iws to it," as the cat said when she was waUh:ii£ tl.e mouse. ArpruMJA.TrvTNr.ss.— " We've come off with flying colours," ai the ensign said, when he ran from the enemy. Sliv-lstrem. — "Industry must prosper,'* as the pu kj otket haul, when he stole thiee handket chiefs 1)( foic br< aki'.ist. I'ii-\ini '■s — " The more you diive me the firmer I urn iw -I," as the nail taid to the hainmci. CoNbCU'N' ini,s,M',ss.«— " I sliail prevent the use of aidpnt spiritb," as the innkeeper said when he wateied tb( J liquor "r MAi(\L,rj,oU'!NE < 5s. — " Sliould'nt wonder if that made my Head-ache !" as the sailor said, when the cannon ball smashed his skull. Vhnrration. — " All the world looks up to me," as the thief, sud when he stood in the pillory. Beni/voli'.nce.— " I leave you the bulk of my personal ) ropeily," aa the fat old gentleman Baid to his lean nephew. Form — " You only want a tail to be one of us." as the monkey said to the whiskered dandy. Sizu — " I*" ii>'nt Hie sue of a present that gives it its value," as the gentleman said, when his lady brought him four boys at a birth. Wiauiir — " 1 fed the weight of your resentment, 1 ' as the man said, when his wite beat him with a broom Etick. Okdi.r.—" Fir&t come, first served," as the snare 6, iid to tln ¥ rnhbrt. Calculate in. — " Your fiiendship is very dear to me,'' .is the merchant said when he had to pay his indoiseirents for his neighbours. CoNsniucuvKNKss. — " I'll do it for yon with pWMire,' 1 as the carpenter said, when the hangman asked him to make a gallows. Idi-amiy. — " I'll banq'iet on the smiles of love," a3 the Imngiy poet said, when he thought of his nustp'ss, about dn ncr time. Imitviion. — I'll follow in your foot'tpp*, as one tlnct said to another, when he spelled him on the ticad-mill. MrRTiiFULNESs.— " I shall die lauehing," as the ticklish man suid, when the sheriff was fixing the rope iound his neck to hang him. Individuality. — ' That's a perßonal remark, " a; the prnoner said, when the judge told him to hold out his n«h ( > hind Locality.—" This spot seems rather wet and exposed,' as the drunken man said, when he fell into the £Uttci. hvi.NriMLirv — " I'm off," as the man's head said to '.he guillotine. '1 1MB. — •' My fate will be soon re-vcnl-ei to the wot Id," as tl»e calf said, when the butcher was going to kill it.
Price of tub Gospel at Brighton.— We were pan.cd on entering the Chapel Ilojal, last Sunday (the strangest looking apartment, by the way, aiclntectuially viewed, that ever boasted such a title), tobp stopped in hmine by a money-taker, who demanded It. each fiom our party, and gave us a check, in playhouse fashion, which ought to have procutcd us seats, but did not, unlil, with strict adherence to the model, «i>emingly followed, the pew-keeper had been personally satisfied that it was ri^htto keep the promise virtually imde by the proprietors at the door. Our bumness is more with the church architectural than the chuich minuitninl, if we may use the word, but a piorecJing of lliib sort, which raises feelings incompatible will) the purpose of the day, really concern us all. — The Builder.
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New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 189, 22 March 1848, Page 4
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