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APRIL FANCIES. a Fool. April! of all the months the best, Thou showery, flowery, pleasant season, In folly rich ..

... hail thy coming gladly, when Wild mirth is monarch—madness rules, And we pronounce the sons of men— April fools—April fools ! A fig for Wisdom's solemn lore- It ploughs the brow with crooked wrinkles. No furrow will the forehead score, O'er wliich ...

ALL FOOLS' DAY

... children made April fools. Nay, my landlady herself did not escape him. _ The empty fellow has laughed upon these conceits ever since. Then the writer tells of an ingenious tribe of men sptung up of late years, who are for making April fools every day ...

•A FOOL’S BERAND.*

... surprise, the solicitor on reading it told him to quietly home, as the letter was a complete hoax. Ths joke of making 'an April fool’ has seldom been carried ao far.—‘Dundor Advettiser.’ ESCAPE op WILD BBASTS »»om MENAGERIE, A letter from to the' Pungolo’ ...

Published: Friday 16 April 1869
Newspaper: Cornubian and Redruth Times
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... till, And panroa's ,it, not parson's will, t lur congregations' need is. To church send charity to szhool ! You April-fool. you April-fool 1 Can Science boast our April host No son of hers has in it Who o'er b-ain-folds and jawbonesninglee About man's ...

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1861. of batteries and how to make them ; and Mr. C. L. Martin's comments on the

... Cie British Isles, so as to reach you as surely as the sun shall rise on the first of the month, (without making you an April fool either, since you will have ample value for your money), ordain information regarding the transit of every train that mores ...

A TELEGRAPHIC HOAX

... A TELEGRAPHIC HOAX. the sy.'tcrn drat introduced, American clerk, named Thayer, wade an April fool of his colleague at York the following dispatch;— “Philadelphia, April 1,1810, Mr. Jones, York. Send me ten once, so that I can get my dothea. (Signed) ...

A TELEGRAPHIC HOAX

... A TELEGRAPHIC HOAX. Wli.-n tho system was first Introduced, an American clerk, named Thayer, made April fool bis New York the folio wins ** Philadelphia, April 1, 1846. To Mr. Jones, New York. Send ten dollars at. once, so that I can get ray clothes. ...

Published: Tuesday 06 November 1860
Newspaper: North Devon Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 628 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WHY THE CHARMING WIDOW MARRIED PERKINS

... WHY THE CHARMING WIDOW MARRIED PERKINS. ' The current number of London Society contains a capital story, entitled An April Fool. It is intended a sketch illustrative the practical joking prevalent on the first day of the present month, but it may be ...

Published: Tuesday 26 April 1864
Newspaper: Sherborne Mercury
County: Dorset, England
Type: Article | Words: 2594 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SCRAPS

... boy: Your hstid, sir.— Passenger (Promptly). Yes, sir, *s yon sh*U feel(Boxes his esrs).—little boy: I wish there was no April Fool Dsy.—(Howling). „ TO FIND TIIK CAB PARK TO ANT PART Loshob.—Ask cabman bow much wants, and give him half the amount. Describe ...

Published: Tuesday 31 December 1861
Newspaper: North Devon Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 658 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LITERARY NOTICES

... tbe world but his glorious reputation. Two amusing papers, both admirably illustrated, are Our Entertainment, and An April Fool. The continuation of The Merchant Princes of England introduces us to Richard Whittington, of London, and the Cannings ...

Published: Tuesday 19 April 1864
Newspaper: Sherborne Mercury
County: Dorset, England
Type: Article | Words: 916 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SCRAPS

... boy: Your bud, air._ Passenger (Promptly). Yes, sir, as you shall feel (Boxes his ens).—Little boy: I wish t: ere was - April Fool Dsy.—(llowling). How To 11ND Tlll. CAB FAR*. To ANY PA : . 1 LONDt.N.7A9k . tlill cebman how much he wan:: giYe him half ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1861
Newspaper: Christchurch Times
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 719 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NEWPORT

... reflection in Mr Sheppard's window opposite. Charles Dart, young lad, said ha took box to the complainant's shop on April I—April Fool Day. It was tba ostler the Parrot tent him, hot Mr Isaacs was present with tbe ostler before be had Iba box. Mr Isaacs did ...

Published: Wednesday 13 May 1863
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 439 | Page: 3 | Tags: none