The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
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│1835.] │ JUNE. │
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│ │Of all the folks, this month you'll see, │
│ │The DAYS are the _longest_ family; │
│ │But the gallant Ross, in polar weather, │
│ │Met one as long as six Months together. │
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│ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │
│ D│ Signs. │ │ │
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│ 1│Quarter │ │ Look for │
│ │ │RIGDUM FUNNIDOS transcribeth │ │
│ 2│day │the following seasonable story from │ ♈ ☿ ♍ ♀ ♑ │
│ │ │the lucubrations of his defunct friend, │ │
│ 3│rent │_Poor Humphrey_. │ summer │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 4│to │ │ weather │
│ │ │ HOW TO KILL FLEAS. │ │
│ 5│pay │ │ ♅ ☊ ♌ │
│ │ │A notable Projector became notable by │ │
│ 6│afraid │one project only, which was a certain │ about │
│ │ │specific for the killing of Fleas; │ │
│ 7│to stay │and it was in form of a powder, and │ ♄ ☌ ☽ ♏ │
│ │ │sold in papers, with │ │
│ 8│bolt │plain directions for use, as │ this time; │
│ │ │followeth: The flea was to be held, │ │
│ 9│away │conveniently, between the │ ⚹ ♀ ♈ ♐ ♎ │
│ │ │fore-finger and thumb of the left │ │
│10│come │hand; and to the end of the trunk or │ that is │
│ │ │proboscis, which protrudeth in the │ │
│11│too │flea, somewhat as the elephant's │ to say, │
│ │ │doth, a very small quantity of the │ │
│12│soon │powder was to be put from between │ ♌ ♑ │
│ │ │the thumb and finger of the right │ │
│13│cash │hand. And the inventor undertook, │ somewhat │
│ │ │that if any flea to whom his powder │ │
│14│affairs │was so administered should prove to │ │
│ │ │have afterwards bitten a purchaser │ ♉ ♋ ☋ ♅ │
│15│are │who used it, then that such │ │
│ │ │purchaser should have another paper │ warm, │