Cannon, N. An Instrument Employed In The

A Lottery Is A Tax On Stupidity.

Monsieur Franqulin, Inventor Of Electricity. This Illustrious Savant, After Having Made Several Voyages Around The World, Died On The Sandwich Islands And Was Devoured By Savages, Of Whom Not A Single Fragment Was Ever Recovered.

Politeness, N: The Most Acceptable Hypocrisy.

Pun: A Form Of Wit, To Which Wise Men Stoop And Fools Aspire

Washingtonian, N. A Potomac Tribesman Who Exchanged The Privilege Of Governing Himself For The Advantage Of Good Government. In Justice To Him It Should Be Said That He Did Not Want To.