Colouring the Truth.
We are told on one hand, that Truth lies at the bottom of a well. On the other hand, the Latin proverb informs us, that there is “In Vino Veritas.” Probably the contradiction may be reconciled, by supposing that the Wine when there is Truth in it, has been largely mixed with water drawn from the Well that is the fixed abode of Veritas. We should not mind if wine merchants never put anything worse into their wine. We only wish that all adulteration were as harmless.
A Grand Transformation Scene.
At Christmas time, every Theatre has its Grand Transformation Scene. This year they have been grander, more beautiful, than usual.
But, without exception, the most startling, if not precisely the grandest, Transformation Scene this year has been that of turning the theatres into churches and chapels! The Beadle’s Staff has achieved a greater wonder than Harlequin’s Wand.
XX-Chequers.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has yielded to the pressure of the Great Brewers as represented by the London publicans, and withdrawn the licenses to Eating-house keepers. Surely the vendor of “One o’mutton thoroughly done” is more of a Victualler than the retailer of Thick and Slab’s Entire?
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Why should any one afflicted with defective legs turn clergyman?
Because he would cease to be a layman (lame ‘un).
A Jewel that should be Universally Worn.
Temperance, like a diamond of the first water, shines more brilliantly the better it is cut. With a man the reverse holds good: he ceases to shine the moment he gets “cut.”
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