Victorian Humour

A lot of humorous articles were just one line or a few short sentences; some were slipped in at the bottom of articles and others were bundled together on a page.

A few of my favourites shorts from the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess are:-

"INDIGNANT HUSBAND: "Now, I think this is going too far. You promised me that you would countermand your order for that dress."
Meek and lovely wife: "I wrote to the firm that very day."
"But here is the dress and the bill for it; enough to bankrupt me almost. How do you explain that?"
"I gave you the letter to post, and I suppose that you forgot it, as usual."

AND

A FRENCH doctor being asked by a man one day to go to a distance to see his sick child, replied that it was too far to walk, and that he had no carriage.

"Oh," said the man. "that doesn't matter, I am a livery stable keeper and will drive you."
Sometime afterwards the doctor's bill was asked for. It was five francs.
The livery stable keeper then presented his bill for hire of the carriage. It was six francs.

AND

LOST, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes, No reward is offered, for they are lost forever.

Humorous articles from British and American 19th century newspaper selected by George Burgess for his scrapbook.

A Humours Victorian Newspaper article - This one Speaks For Itself.