QUEER SHOP SIGNS.
One could collect a very quaint and curious " shingle miscellany " in a short time off the signboards of London, taken 'at haphazard in the more retired street?. The. following is a specimen list of good, bad, and indifferent: — " Sick dogs medically attended by tbe week or month." " Birds to bi-ard" " Dogs' cars- and tails cut in the latest fashion." ""Cißiir stumps bought at iho highest market price." " Cross dogs taught to be gentle and well behaved." Ladies and gentleman's feet and hands professionally and artistically treated by the job or season." "Young, ladies, come in and learn the name and calling of your husbands." "Bound-should ered persons made straight." " Perfect Rraee taught in twelve lessons, and satisfaction guaranteed." " Sore eyes in poodlfs _ effectually cured." " Lidies deficient in wardrobe fashionably dressed very cheap by the month or year." " Babies or children hired or exchanged." '>First;, class funerals 'thoroughly equipped.' '•Country theatres supplied with every necessary/ "False nosea as good as new, and warranted to fit." " Black eyes painted jjver neatly." 'fJDress-eoats furnished at reasonable rates."
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4852, 29 July 1884, Page 3
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177QUEER SHOP SIGNS. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4852, 29 July 1884, Page 3
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