*HAM AND BACON.' 147 



thus: "An old gentleman, who has just commenced 

 punning, has sent us the following — 'Why did Louis 

 Napoleon cut away from Ham ? To save Jiis bacon! 

 The pun is supposed to consist of the connection between 

 Ham and Bacon /" Here was a miserable ending to all 

 our anticipations ; but the editor really thought he had 

 got hold of a good thing, as in the ensuing year's 

 almanac appeared, " On this day Louis Napoleon cut 

 away from Ham to save his bacon " — Sic transit gloria 

 mundi. 



