The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

[A notion seller was offering Yankee clocks, finely]

"[A notion seller was offering Yankee clocks, finely]." New-York Saturday Press, July 23, 1859, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
bon mots
Abstract

This small assemblage of pleasantries includes one which teases a looking-glass customer for her looks and another one which teases a young boy for obfuscating the dual meanings of the word "watch."