... believed the rumour, will doubtless rejoice to know that they were .sent into April-the German expression for making an 'April fool of one: certainly a cruel way of playing off the annual joke. The Freradern Blatt informs us that the Emperor has settled ...

... reference to it, but that of the last cen- tury, from the.Spectstor downwards, has many allusions to April fooling. In France it is a' noted practice, the April. fool being 'called Un poisson d'Ar;'iI, and it would seem to have been more3 prevalent there than ...

... to I agit The Deformed, 7 to I agat Patrick, Soo to g agat April Fool. Master Bob D0t menrioned. On the flsg being lowered, the favourite jumped away with the lead, closely followed by April Fool and Patrick, and at her hoot pace forced the runnling till ...

... her throne Sitting high beyond aspersion, With her lusty child Coercion? Hey for Folly's endless rule ! Thus singeth every April Fool. ...

... Wenlook, the lrrlay Selling Pite to FViW yAing, aud the otamnford Welter Handicap to Marlaby. At-theo .arpende e 3Ieeting, .April' Fool wonr the Town IPf,)Lonsoon bth m 'g veaa!d-0talzes' :Quceei S. q*'33l &b=x i8 and~t. °i At thoeq u b yestordayro? - bo Assistant ...

... childl Coercion ? ]h t away intrusive thought, Hey for Folly's endless rule ! I 'onour ?? as ye ought, Thus singeth every April Fool. ...

... as he was going to see Miss Gray and pay court to her banker's book; 'tian't likely he'll make an April fool of her. She'll make worse than an April fool of herself and him too if she accepts him, for he does not care a straw for her, I'm sure, said ...

... quarter to one o'clock in tho mornirng of the ?? 'oApriLI aru appropriate ending to so foolish a beginniag'! 'But the'l real April fool in this protracted practicalfjoke i ia the' reader, who, baving waded on seven differenlt occesions through this foaming ...

... preserved in Britain, none of the least remarkable is that relic of its pristine pleasantry, the general practice of making April Fools, as it is called, on the first day of that month. The accuracy of this explanation has frequently been called in question ...

... trout fishing was ushered in amidst a snowstorm the clerk of the wreather being apparently determined tobaes a game of April fool with the public at large. Aneieri were especially disappointed, but many were not deterree from trying their luck on the ...

... cousin to the numeroas trile of poissons d'Avril, and standing on a par with the ancient andl ahlex-i universal custom of April fooling and wild goose chasing'- aforetime described as stalking the gowh, the gek, and the getl: On the first daye of Aprile ...

... accounts. The New Year's Day of PrI the Treasury and the CANCELosOR of the Ex- Ste cOnQUEE is that called by ordinary mortals April Fool Day. This is an undesigned coinci- co dence to which we may attach, if we please, K. some esoteric significance. We publish ...