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_Punchinello:_ "Tut, CHARLES!--'tis a joke of the first water, (first
brandy-and-water, CHARLES.) Cap your joke with another as good, and then
consider yourself on our staff. Lead us to our apartments, CHARLES."
And so, looking from his pleasant Fifth Avenue windows, PUNCHINELLO
waves a salutation to his audience with a "May you be happy, each and
all of you, and live all your days in clover," (admission ten cents.)
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PUNCHINELLO'S NEW CHARTER.
THE GREAT PLATFORM OF THE RINGS.
The Lions and the Lambs lie down together,
While the "Sun" stands still.
The People of the State of New-York, represented by PUNCHINELLO and his
troop of admirers, hereby enact:
Sec. 1. All the offices now provided by law with within the City and County
of New-York, shall be put in a grand grab-bag;
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the Central Park to
devote said Park, on the Fourth day of July next, to the erection of
poles (or polls) for the purpose of enabling voters to grab from the
grab-bag.
Sec. 3. HORACE GREELEY, PETER COOPER, the Rev. Dr. THOMPSON, DANIEL DREW,
and REDDY THE BLACKSMITH, are hereby constituted Inspectors and
Canvassers for the grabbers.
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