My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Motives, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

orewahomojanai:

questionableadvice:

~ Suburban Homes for Business Men, on the Line of the Marietta Railroad by Richard Nelson, 1874“Is a promoter of cleanliness, as it saves the necessity of handling the glutinous compound.”

This is seriously beautiful.

orewahomojanai:

questionableadvice:

~ Suburban Homes for Business Men, on the Line of the Marietta Railroad by Richard Nelson, 1874

“Is a promoter of cleanliness, as it saves the necessity of handling the glutinous compound.”

This is seriously beautiful.

(via 8melodies)