Punch in Canada, December, 1849.
THE PUDDING AND THE WASP.
LITTLE JOHN HENRY SITS DOWN TO A NICE CHRISTMAS PUDDING, BUT IS PREVENTED FROM ENJOYING IT BY A NASTY GREAT WASP.—(Suggested by Hunt’s “Boy and Wasp”)
Punch in Canada, December, 1849.
THE TRAPPERS.
This cartoon signalizes the triumph of Toronto in being at last made the Seat of Government. Henry Sherwood and Robert Baldwin, the “trappers” of the picture, were prominent representatives of Toronto, though on opposite sides of politics, and both had urged the claims of their native city when the Government was first removed from Kingston. Elmsley Hut indicates the official residence, which was known as Elmsley House, on the site of the present Central Presbyterian Church. The “Beaver” in the case is, of course, Lord Elgin.