The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror/Series 2/Volume 4/Number 199/Chit Chat

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Chit Chat.

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Excuse for Smoking.—I have heard an excuse alleged for it by an old smoker, that it is good for the memory; and as a proof of it, the advocate remarked, that if a man be ever so drunk, he is reminded by it to drink again.—London Magazine.

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Law Wit.—The house of Counsellor —— was broken into and plundered. The following morning, in Court, Mr. Curran was asked if he had heard of ——’s robbery? “No,” replied he, “Who did he rob!”

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Double Egg.—A gentleman of this town, one day last week, brought into our office a hen’s egg, which weighed 41/4 ounces, and measured 91/4 inches in circumference. It was as large as a goose egg; and we stoutly contended that it was such, until the gentleman broke it, in the hope thereby of convincing us of our errror. He did convince us; for on opening the egg, a smaller one, of the size of a common hen’s egg, was found within the larger shell. The interstice between the inner surface of the large shell and the outer surface of the small egg, contained a yolk and the white viscous substance found in common eggs.—Western Carolinian.

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The following is the literal direction of a letter which was lately sent through the post-office of Cambridge:

At Ashwelthorpe, near Wymondham town,
 In Norfolk’s famous county,
There dwells a man of high renown,
 Many have shared his bounty;

Good postman if you’re fond of ale,
 Convey this without failure,
And, fear you should mistake the name
 Enquire for Mr. Taylor.