Why is a widower, going to be married, like Eau de Cologne?  Because he is re-wiving.

Why is a vine like a soldier?  Because it is listed and trained, has ten-drills, and shoots.

Why is a sailor, when at sea, not a sailor?  Because he’s a-board.

Why is a city gentleman, taken poorly in Grosvenor-square, like a recluse?  Because he is sick-westward (sequestered.)

Why is it better for a man to have two losses than one?  Because the first is a loss, and the second is a-gain.

“If Britannia rules the waves,” said a qualmish writing-master, going to Margate last week in a storm, “I wish she’d rule ’em straighter.”—­ Lit.  Gaz.

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