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September 3, 1892, by Various

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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, September 3, 1892

Author: Various

Release Date: February 25, 2005 [EBook #15166]

Language: English

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 103.

September 3, 1892.

[Illustration: HAPPY THOUGHT.

_Obliging Country Butcher_. "LET ME CUT IT INTO CUTLETS FOR YOU,
MA'AM,--LEAVING JUST ENOUGH BONE FOR YOU TO HOLD 'EM BY, WHILE YOU'RE
EATING 'EM!"]

* * * * *

NOT GOING AWAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

_Cookson Gaze, Q.C._ Because MARIA votes Eastbourne vulgar, and the
girls (sorry now I sent them to that finishing-school at Clapham)
laugh so consumedly whenever I open my mouth to address a native if we
go to Trouville or Dinard.

_C. Jumper_. Because the Governor thinks three days in the year enough
for anybody.

_Eastend Dr._ Because that fiver will just give little SALLY the
breath of sea-air she wants, and she'll never make a good cure unless
she has it.

_Reg. Rake_. Because wife says she shall certainly accompany me.

_Barmaid_. Because I've just been ill for a fortnight from overwork,
and the Company say they can't give any more leave.

_Eastend Clergyman_ (_of any church._) Because there are hundreds who
want it more than I do, and I must help them to get a change first.

_Major Hornblower_. Because MACCRACSHOTT (the only man who has asked
me) was in the smoking-room the night I was fool enough to tell that
Snipe and Rhinoceros Story of PEYTON's in the first person.

_Quiverful_. Because there's another pair.

* * * * *

EPITAPH ON AN OLD CRICKETER'S TOMBSTONE.--"Out at 70."

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MUSICAL NOTES.

_Popping a Question._--The _Daily News_, in its last week's "Music and
Musicians," informs us that "Mr. CHAPPELL has now definitely decided
that the season of Monday Popular Concerts shall this year co