PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 102.
February 6, 1892.
"A GOOD STAYER."
THE DEALER SAID, "THE MARE COULD STAY FOR EVER." SHE SEEMED INCLINED TO DO SO WHEN JONES WISHED TO BE AFTER THE HOUNDS.RECEIPT AGAINST INFLUENZA.
DEAR SIR,—I send you this gratis. It is for everybody's benefit,
P.S.—I give "Coenæ prescriptionem" only, as the "Prescrip: prandialis" can be taken out of this with variations.
| Ostr: frigid: | 1½ doz. | |
| Pisc: anima: locus aut quid: ali: | āāā xvi ʒ | |
| Cum: pom: terr: fervesc: | f 8ʒ | |
| Ad Hoc: bib: sextarium | ½ mx. | |
| Ovem: torrid: virides: ad. lib. | ℥ss. | |
| Per: dix: anas: agrestis: | } | fʒij. |
| Condim: pan: aut aliquid: | fvijss. | |
| Prunosus: botulus: | āāf ʒvj. | |
| Condim: prand: aut lact: Devonii: | f 3 j. | |
| Liq. Pomm: et Gr: '84 | } | Oj 4 |
| Aut Mo: et Chand: '84 |
Fiat haust: sec: vel test: quâque horâ: extra horâ coenæ: regulariter sumendum.
Si opus sit: Misce: aq: sodæ .. ʒ1/14.
Misce: ot: grog: h.s.s. Si opus sit aut non.
LITERARY GARDENING.—A Correspondent, signing himself "STULTUS IN HORTU OR HORT-U-NOT?" writes, "Please, Sir, if my boy JOHN plant 'a slip of a pen,' what will it come up?" Answer paid—A Jonquill.
TO THE QUEEN.
(From the Nation.)
Queenly as womanly, those words that start
From sorrow's lip strike home to sorrow's heart.
Madam, our griefs are one;
But yours, from kinship close and your high place,
The keener, mourning him in youth's glad grace
Who loved you as a son.
We mourn him too. Our wreaths of votive flowers
Speak, mutely, for us. The deep gloom that lowers
To-day across the land
Is no mere pall of ceremonial grief.
'Tis hard in truth, though reverent belief
Bows to the chastening hand.
Hard—for his parents, that young bride, and