CLERICAL ÆSTHETICS.

Fair Parishioner. "AND DO YOU LIKE THE PULPIT, MR. AURIOL?"

The New Curate. "I DO NOT. ER—IT HIDES TOO MUCH OF THE FIGURE, AND I LIKE EVERY SHAKE OF THE SURPLICE TO TELL!"


"BLOOD" V. "BULLION."

"Well then, it now appears you need my help.

Go to then: you come to me, and you say,

'SHYLOCK, we would have moneys'—you say so;

You that did void your rheum upon my beard,