"UP A TREE."
Colonel Bull and the Yankee 'Coon.
'Coon. "AIR YOU IN ARNEST, COLONEL?"
Colonel Bull. "I AM."
'Coon. "DON'T FIRE—I'LL COME DOWN."
[Punch: January 11, 1862.]
NAUGHTY JONATHAN.
Mrs Britannia. "THERE, JOHN! HE SAYS HE IS VERY SORRY,
AND THAT HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT—SO YOU CAN PUT THIS BACK INTO
THE PICKLE-TUB."
[Punch: January 18, 1862.]
OBERON AND TITANIA.
Oberon (Mr. President Lincoln) "I DO BUT BEG A
LITTLE NIGGER BOY, TO BE MY HENCHMAN."
Titania (Miss Virginia) "SET YOUR HEART AT REST,
THE NORTHERN LAND BUYS NOT THE CHILD OF ME."
[Punch: April 5, 1862.]