Punch Volume 29 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...or egresa oftener than onee in three hours, and then only on notice in writing, except in eases of emergency." Poor man How is be to make his emergency known f The Board does not, we suppose, require that anybody shall be.in attendance outside the door to open it, in the event of an "emergency" occurring to the man. What is he to do? Write a formal demand for liberation and pass it under the door--for he will be unable to throw it out of window--and take the chance of its getting picked up and conveyed to the key-keeper? Or shout and scream, proclaiming the ground of his claim to be released in a loud voice F--But suppose his emergency were apoplexy Our spirituous Scotch friend furnishes us with two other notable precepts from the same code; viz., firstly: --"The sacks in which malt is removed must be free from patches or holes, and the folds of the seams must be in the inside. The mouth of each sack is to be securely closed by the trader with strong cord, sewn or fastened to the bagging, and when tied, passing twice at least round the neck." That a sack of malt should be free from holes is not merely very desirable, but absolutely necessary. But one would think that the purchaser might be safely left to take care of that. Caveat emptor. That the folds of the seams of the sack should be in the inside is manifest, but the Inland Revenue Board might have been saved the trouble of making an express order to that effect by the consideration, that there is hardly anybody who would be likely to turn the seamy side outwards. Secondly: --"With a packing needle, a piece of red tape is'to be drawn through a fold in the neck ot the sack, drawn tight round the neck, and tied in a double knot, the ends are then to be passed through the smal...