_ "Now might I do it, PAT." _(Hamlet, Act III, Scene III.)_
It is impossible to say now whether the PAT in question was a Fenian or
not.
_Jack Ketch._--We think that listening to a debate in the House of
Representatives may fairly be considered the worst form of Capitol
punishment.
_Potter._--No, no. COLENSO was born in England. Though he was Bishop of
Natal, it was not his Natal place.
_Poetaster._--Was not HAFIZ a Persian poet.
_Answer._--Yes. Poor fellow! he spent HAFIZ life in making rhymes.
_J. F.--y._--Rumor says that Mr. W.B. OGDEN intends to defer commencing
to build the Central Underground Railroad until the new Court House is
finished.
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WORDS AND THEIR ABUSES. Mr. THURLOW WEED, in an entertaining article in
the _Galaxy_ for May, sheds some long-desired light on the origin of the
term "governor," as employed by filial affection to denote the paternal
parent. On reading this, we were instantly reminded of a little bit of
historical philology which Mr. FROUDE has somehow strangely omitted to
chronicle in that portion of his delightful romance which is founded on
the life of ELIZABETH.
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