Cenatus, equal to any emudgency of Fortun. I, who have drunk Shampang
in my time, aint now abov droring a pint of Small Bier. As for my
wife--that Angel--I've not ventured to depigt HER. Fansy her a sittn in
the Bar, smiling like a sunflower and, ho, dear Punch! happy in nussing
a deer little darlint totsywotsy of a Jeames, with my air to a curl, and
my i's to a T!

* This refers to an illustrated edition of the work.

"I never thought I should have been injuiced to write anything but a
Bill agin, much less to edress you on Railway Subjix--which with all my
sole I ABAW. Railway letters, obbligations to pay hup, ginteal inquirys
as to my Salissator's name, &c. &c., I dispize and scorn artily. But as
a man, an usbnd, a father, and a freebon Brittn, my jewty compels me to
come forwoods, and igspress my opinion upon that NASHNAL NEWSANCE--the
break of Gage.

"An interesting ewent in a noble family with which I once very nearly
had the honor of being kinected, acurd a few weex sins, when the Lady
Angelina S----, daughter of the Earl of B----cres, presented the gallant
Capting, her usband, with a Son & hair. Nothink would satasfy her
Ladyship but that her old and attacht famdyshamber, my wife Mary Hann
Plush, should be presnt upon this hospicious occasion. Captain S----
was not jellus of me on account of my former attachment to his Lady. I
cunsented that my Mary Hann should attend her, and me, my wife, and
our dear babby acawdingly set out for our noable frend's residence,
Honeymoon Lodge, near Cheltenham.

"Sick of all Railroads myself, I wisht to poast it in a Chay and 4,
but Mary Hann, with the hobstenacy of her Sex, was bent upon Railroad
travelling, and I yealded, like all husbinds. We set out by the Great
Westn, in an eavle Hour.

"We didnt take much luggitch--my wife's things in the ushal
bandboxes--mine in a potmancho. Our dear little James Angelo's (called
so in complament to his noble Godmamma) craddle, and a small supply of a
few 100 weight of Topsanbawtems, Farinashious food, and Lady's fingers,
for that dear child, who is now 6 months old, with a PERDIDGUS APPATITE.
Likewise we were charged with a bran new Medsan chest for my lady, from
Skivary & Morris, containing enough Rewbub, Daffy's Alixir, Godfrey's
cawdle, with a few score of parsles for Lady Hangelina's family and
owsehold: about 2000 spessymins of Babby linning from Mrs. Flummary's
in Regent Street, a Chayny Cresning bowl from old Lady Bareacre