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| What Peter Said. | 1 |
| A New Scheme. | 1 |
| Puttyman turned Merriman. | 1 |
| How to Shed a Ray of Light. | 1 |
| Out with Them. | 2 |
| The Tail of the Cable. | 2 |
| The Paupers at the Town Table. | 2 |
| Fish and Fowl. | 3 |
| Cable Jollification. | 3 |
| A Great Chance for Peter. | 3 |
| A Wonderful Invention. | 3 |
| TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALLIGATOR. | 3 |
| The Genuine Cable. | 4 |
| Advertisements | 4 |
STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S
ALLIGATOR.
What Peter Said.
The great Cable celebration at the CrystalPalace was apparently a cut and dried affair,for the few speeches transmitted to us by thepress were not only written, but printed inadvance of delivery—a comfortable method ofreporting, very satisfactory, but not quite literal,as well as undignified in the orator of theday reading off his speech, schoolboy-like fromthe crown of his hat. Peter had his say, anda very funny say it was, so much so that weare inclined to believe that Archbishop John,while “stuffing” at Long Branch, intentionallyquizzed that venerable duck. Peter, when itcame to his say, w