TO WIDOWERS AND SINGLE GENTLEMEN.—WANTED by a lady, a SITUATION to superintend the household and preside at table. She is Agreeable, Becoming, Careful, Desirable, English, Facetious, Generous, Honest, Industrious, Judicious, Keen, Lively, Merry, Natty, Obedient, Philosophic, Quiet, Regular, Sociable, Tasteful, Useful, Vivacious, Womanish, Xantippish, Youthful, Zealous, &c. Address X. Y. Z., Simmond’s Library, Edgeware-road.—London Times, 1842.
JACOBITE TOAST.
The following remarkable toast is ascribed to Lord Duff, and was presented on some public occasion in the year 1745.
| A. B. C. | A Blessed Change. |
| D. E. F. | Down Every Foreigner. |
| G. H. J. | God Help James. |
| K. L. M. | Keep Lord Marr. |
| N. O. P. | Noble Ormond Preserve. |
| Q. R. S. | Quickly Resolve Stewart. |
| T. U. V. W. | Truss Up Vile Whigs. |
| X. Y. Z. | ’Xert Your Zeal. |
THE THREE INITIALS.
The following couplet, in which initials are so aptly used, was written on the alleged intended marriage of the Duke of Wellington, at a very advanced age, with Miss Angelina Burdett Coutts, the rich heiress:—
The Duke must in his second childhood be,
Since in his doting age he turns to A. B. C.
ENIGMAS.
The letter E is thus enigmatically described:—