THE CANADIAN AUTOLYCUS.
Scene: Ottawa. Time: A fortnight hence.
Autolycus—Sir G. E. C—t—r, Bart., (loq.)—“Whether it like me or no, I am a courtier. See’st thou not the air of the Court in these enfoldings? Hath not my gait in it the measure of the Court? Receives not thy nose Court odor from me? Reflect I not on thy baseness Court contempt. * * * I am courtier cap-a-pe; and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business there.”—The Winter Tale;—Act IV., Scene III.
A DOMINION EASTER OFFERING.
Sir George E. Cartier had been a member of the Commission sent to England to negotiate for the transfer of the North-West Territory to the Dominion, and the surrender of the rights of the Hudson Bay Company. The successful result of the mission was now announced to Parliament. The conditions agreed upon involved a payment by the Dominion Government of £300,000.
Diogenes, April 16th, 1869.
A DOMINION EASTER OFFERING.
MISS CANADA.—“THANK YOU, SIR GEORGE! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM SUCH A LONG TIME! BUT DON’T YOU THINK, AFTER ALL, HE MAY PROVE RATHER TROUBLESOME?”