Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 123, March 6, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 123, March 6, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Five. _For Bleaching Coarse Sugars._
"Fair tattling gossips, you that love to see
Fine sugar blended with expensive tea,
Since you delight in things both dear and sweet,
Buy sugar shares, and you'll be sweetly bit."
Six. _Fatting of Hogs._
"Come all ye bacon making, greasy rogues
That want good names for your meagre hogs,
Send them to us, and at a small expence,
We'll fat 'em up with offal, blood, and grains."
Seven. _Rose Insurance from Fire._
"Projecting sure must be a gainful trade,
Since all the elements are bubbles made;
They're right that gull us with the dread of fire,
For fear makes greater fools than fond desire."
Eight. _Buying Seamen's Tickets._
"As the case stands, the Wapping wives all buy
The seamen's tickets for a small supply;
But 'tis no matter whether spendthrift slaves
Are choused by Wapping w----s, or bubbling knaves."
Nine. _Liverpool Fresh Water._
"This town does to our Western Islands deal,
And serves 'em with malt liquors, and with meal,
Both excellently good! then how in nature
Can people brew fine drink, yet want fresh water."
Ten. _Bleaching of Hair Company._
"Here dirty brown, dark red, and yellow hair,
Are bleach'd to colours that are fine and fair,
Then blended,--so that half the w----s in town
Contribute to adorn one addled crown."
Knave. _Freeholders Company._
"Come all ye spendthrift prodigals that hold
Free land, and want to turn the same to gold,
We'll buy your all, provided you agree
To drown your purchase-money in South Sea."
Queen. _Lending Money on Bottomry._
"Some lend their money for the sake of more,
And others borrow to increase their store;--
Both these do oft engage in Bottomree,
But curse sometimes the bottom of the sea."
King. _Irish Sail Cloth._
"If good St. Patrick's friends should raise a stock,
And make in Irish looms true hollands duck,
Then shall this noble project, by my soul,
No longer be a bubble but a bull."
HEARTS.
Ace. _Hemp and Flax._
"Here hemp is served for stubborn rogues to die in,
And softer flax for tender skins to lie in,
But should the useful project be defeated,
The knaves will prosper, and the fools be cheated."
Two. _Manuring of Land._
"A noble undertaking, but abused,
And only as a tricky bubble used;--
Much they pretend to, but the public fear,
They'll never make corn cheap, or horse-dung dear!"
Three. _Coal Trade from Newcastle._
"Some deal in water, some in wind like fools,
Others in wood, but we alone in coals;
From such like projects a declining nation
May justly fear a fatal inflammation."
Four. _Water Engine._
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