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A PATRIOT who had taken office poor and retired rich was introduced at a bank where he desired to open an account. "With pleasure," said the...

A MAN of humble birth and no breading, who held a high political office, was passing through a forest, when he met a Monkey. "I take it you are o...

“ARE the industries of this country in a flourishing condition?“ asked a Traveller from a Foreign Land of the first man he met in America. “Splendid!“...

AFTER waiting many a weary day to revenge himself upon a Lion for some unconsidered manifestation of contempt, a Skunk finally saw him coming, and pos...

A HIGH Public Functionary having died, the citizens of his town held a meeting to consider how to honour his memory, and an Other High Public Function...

A DISHONEST Gain was driving in its luxurious carriage through its private park, when it saw something which frantically and repeatedly ran against a ...

A CHRISTIAN and a Heathen in His Blindness were disputing, when the Christian, with that charming consideration which serves to distinguish the truly ...

A HURLED-BACK Allegation, which, after a brief rest, had again started forth upon its mission of mischief, met an Ink-stand in mid-air. "How did ...

A REVIVALIST who had fallen dead in the pulpit from too violent religious exercise was astonished to wake up in Hades. He promptly sent for the Advers...

A WISE and illustrious Writer of Fables was visiting a travelling menagerie with a view to collecting literary materials. As he was passing near the E...