A Key to a Difficulty.
When the appointment of City Chamberlain was conferred on Sir John Key, the worthy Ex-Alderman naturally asked for the keys of office. A brother alderman, who happened to be a wag, remarked that "to bestow a key upon Key would be to carry coals to Newcastle, and that, therefore, Sir John must be satisfied with his habitual self-possession."
Extremely Particular.—We know a stupid old teetotaller who is so true to his principles he won't even mix in society!