Hæc Fabula Docet [pp. 63]

FEBRUARY 9, 1861.]
Iurry Up.
BrLENUS says that if the Secessionists are
going to break into the U. S. Treasury, they
must huirry up, for after the Fourth of Mlarch
they won't have any Jimmy to help )en.
VANITY FAIR.
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Morttiary.
X. says that there are so many Laws now
that are merely Dead Letters, one can hardly
tell the difference between a Law Office and a
Dead Letter Office!
By an Outsider.
What are the premium articles in VANITY
FAIR?
Those which are given as A% WARD'S, to
be sure.
Congress Water.
The "tears" that the Herald says "were
shed when the Secession Congressmen bade
farewell to the Senate."
By our Handsome Contributor.
What the late Governor of South Carolina feels since the forced loan-An AIKEN
VOID.
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The Very Slowest Yet.
Why is our Future like a Drunken Teamster? Because it Teems with difficulty!
CENTRAL PARK. -
RATHER AN IDEA FOR STOUT, ELDERLY PARITIES WHO WISH TO ENJOY THE SKATING AT
CENTRAL PARK, BUT WicO ARE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN ON THEIR LEGS.i
true Broadway, Mr. Kineboy remarking at the time that he'd have
taken the same thing down street before, only he thought it was
a yaller soda-water or cigar wagon, and in fifteen minutes more
they were in front of that architecturally magnificent'residence
which had been purchased by half a century of carefully regulated
coal-scuttles.
"Now c )me in," said Mr. Primpenny, pulling the strap, "and
I'll introduce you to Jerusha, the old lady, that is to say Mrs.
Prim penny."
He had wandered back to the old school days when a wife was
called by her christian name. In a moment he fled through all
his after years, and at least became the gentleman he now was'!
And with a feeling of exhilaration he had not' known since he
sat on the bench beside that chubby-cheeked fellow who wore the
white country overcoat, a littlelarger than had fitted him in those
days, and felt' his hands tingle for the snow-ball which would fill
it at recess. Isaiah Primpenny went up the front steps to his
sonless house of freestone.
At this same moment Stuyvesant, with Teague, was examining
the separate bachelor establishment in 34th Street.
(To be Continued.)

BELLA HINKLEY.
VANITY FAIR is grimlyopposed to puffery. Especially of Pretty
Women. And of Prime Donne. It being well known that such
dames are generally very sufficiently Blown about so as to require
no extra puffing.
But having been defied to find a rhyme for the new Assoluta,
and never "taking a stump," VANITY FAIR after duly listening to
her nightingalings has produced the' following. After reading
which all small rhymesters to such easy words as "Silver,"
"Mouth" and "Porringer" are - espectfully requested to retire.
Who comes here with star-step twink'ly?
Shrinking, trembling, BELLA HINKLEY!
Comes with cheeks that blush so pink'ly?
Rosy, roguish BELLA HINKLEY! Comes with hair done up so krink'ly?
Graceful, tasteful BELLA HINKLEY!
Thrills and trills and frills so prink'ly?
Lively, laughing, lovely HINKLEY?
Showered with smiles and rose-leaves sprink'ly?
Pretty Prima Donna HINKLEY!
Here embalmed with pen and ink'ly?
Who but ISABELLA H1NKLEY!

HAEC FABULA DOCET.
A slender vine on an old oak hung,'
And clasped its scaly rind;
From trunk t6' top its pennons flung
And laughed to scorn, the wind.
II.
And men who passed the way along,'
Admired- and oft would speak,
Of the kindly law that gave the strong
To aid and shield the weak.
III.
Indeed it was as fair a sight,
As any in the landTo see the puny parasite,
Upborne by tree so grand.
IV.
One day the vine in anger said,
"My tendrils I'll untieAlone, aloft I'll rear my head,
And leave the oak to die."
V.
The winds were out; and strong they grew,
And hustled through the air;
They whistled and blew, the old oak through,
And laid its branches bare.
VI.
The tempest ceased; its rage was o'er;
The sunbeams gaily shine;
The sturdy oak stood as before-'
Low lay the lifeless vine.
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Con: for Modistes.
Why is a dress-skirt of the latest style, like the boiled bass at
dinner?
Because it is Set On in Wide Plaits!
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