The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, 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.
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.
Crazed by Drink
God’s rational offspring… become a brute.
Plate titled “Crazed By Drink: God’s Rational Offspring… Become A Brute.” from the book Grappling with the Monster: Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink by T. S. Arthur. c. 1877. (HT NONIST)
~ The Housewife’s Treasure. A Manual of Information on Everything That Relates to Household Economies, by Frank M. Reed, 1874
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