│ evening by a timely │ and one or two │ cheque │ servants discharged │ │ Washing day │Very Rainy, pours │Master dines at club; │ buckets from morning │ not home till late; │ to night; up to your │ smokes a cigar in the │ ankles in water │ evening; mistress │ │ faints │ │ Grand dinner party │Sharp, Frosty, and │Abusing the servants, │ Unsettled in the │ and counting the │ morning; very Hot │ spoons, and running │ before dinner; │ through the guests as │ exceedingly Fair at │ soon as they are │ dinner; pointing to │ gone. Cold meat next │ Wet after, and │ day, carried off with │ frequent Storms │ pickles │ towards 12 p.m. │ │ │ Grand evening party │Strange singing in the │Nothing but │ ears and dancing │ barley-sugar temples │ before the eyes all │ for breakfast, and │ night; curious noises│ blanc-manges for │ over head, and a │ dinner for days │ fearful famine that │ afterwards │ devours everything │ │ about 1 a.m.; blows │ │ dreadful │ │ cornet-a-pistons till│ │ the next morning │ GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.—When it is Fair, the servants or guests in the house can move about with the greatest safety; but if it is at all Cloudy, or the weather looks in the least Unsettled, then he had better look twice at the above table before he takes the smallest step, or else he will have the matrimonial storm breaking over his head. If missus is out, then the atmosphere is generally Fair; but it is invariably Stormy when master goes out and does not come home for dinner. If master and missus are both in, look out for a change or a sudden squall; and the eyes of missus will probably point to Wet. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE GULL.