But love is like the cobbler's awl,

That pierces through the soul and all.

W.J.


Why is St. Giles's clock like a pelisse, and unlike a cloak?—Because it shows the figure without confining the hands.

"STRICTOR."


CORPORATION LEARNING.

The mayor of a country town, conceiving that the word clause was in the plural number, would often talk of a claw in an act of parliament.