NOVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Looking into an Australian paper the other day, we cast our eye over a list of subscriptions for the “St. Patrick’s Orphan School, Windsor;” which, after enumerating several sums, varying from 10l. to five shillings, ended with the following singular contributions:—
- MR. BURKE—A supply of potatoes.
- A FRIEND—Five pounds of beef, and a coat.
- A FRIEND IN NEED—A shoulder of mutton.
- A POOR WOMAN—A large damper.
- AN EMIGRANT—Ten quarts of milk.
- AN EMIGRANT—A frying-pan.
At first we were disposed to be amused with the heterogeneous nature of the contributions, but, on reflection, we felt disposed to applaud a plan which enabled every one to bestow a portion of any article of which he possesses a superabundance. If, for instance, a similar subscription were began here, we might expect to find the following contributions:—
- SIR ROBERT PEEL—A large stock of political consistency.
- LORD LONDONDERRY—An ounce of wit.
- LORD NORMANBY—A complete copy of “Yes and No.”
- COLONEL SIBTHORP—A calf’s-head, garnished.
- THE BISHOP OF EXETER—His pastoral blessing.
- LORD MELBOURNE AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL—A pair of cast-off slippers.
- MR. WAKELY—A dish of Tory flummery.
- DAN O’CONNELL—A prime lot of
REAL IRISH BUTTER.