Show SIGNS SIN OF OP OLD OL TIMES TS Ancient A and Cau Curious Sign Sig Boards of Great Britain London ondon Pall Pal Mall Mal Gazette G zette Long before education euc ton was universal and a nd when houses house were unnumbered and nl many m any streets stet were unnamed but took tok their heir t tt cognomen from the wares vended therein herein therIn t it was the tha eastern for all al traders without w exception to hang han out signs above bove a their doorways in order to make mke their heir t establishments and callings caln the te bet better better ter t ee known and in the te following lines we pa purpose purse p citing some of the more mor curious and a nd quaint quaint In this t connection including some ome s referring to houses house for tor the refresh refreshment meat ment ment of ot man mai ma and beast b t the te proprietors of o f which are arc ae about abut the te only traders tre who have h ave kept green the memory of ot signs and a nd signboards nb Most o persons are e ac acquainted q with rs the t quaint tr present ec day sign ign sig s of uTe The Case Cae Is Altered opposite c the he t gates gate of Kensal Green Gren cemetery but butt it i t may not be so generally known that it i t was a a cobbler who adopted the follow folon that ing l ll ag sign when be he took to the calling of a licensed l Search all aU the te town over ove o ver and find good ale at the theLast theLast Last On the Hounslow road In former forer times imes t was to be seen this sign Poor Jack J a ack k striving to live 10 At the te sign of the Snail was to be b found this th sg Inscription at a t a house houe in fn the Kings road The Th snail is slow And I am ant low What hat dyo think Pray Pay stop atop and drink drinkIn In the te days of Walpole on the te Green Greenwich with wic road rad an old house bore the sign Sg Stand fast fat Sir Robert ROber showing howing s a a little fat man straddling upon two t wo hogsheads hogshead In Old Fish street was waa formerly former f a house houe bearing being the sign Ig of the te Labor in itt Vain Vai the te board bad showing two women trying t to scrub a negro white and a nd in Oxford street was a the te Load Lad of ot Mischief showing a man roan bearing being on his back ack b a woman and a a monkey the former forer with wIt a glass gla of ot gin In jn her hand hand This Thi sign ign s s has ha been ben attributed to Hogarth and ad certainly c it Is painted In his hs style style The house Is now known know as a the Primrose The Te In the te borough derives its It i ts name from the te term ter applied to too the ta natives n of Wiltshire while the te Bag o 0 ois os is ts s at Chelsea i Is a a corruption of the tho te Bacchanals the te original signboard show showIng showIng Ing tog satyrs sat dancing and carousing around a figure fige of Bacchus In was the he the t Pickled PIckle Egg Eg and near ner Kabor ob ough ugh o in Yorkshire the tho to Ass As In a a Band Bandbox box box b ox upon the signboard being bing shown show a figure f of Napoleon the Great Great in full ful uni 1 form fon f orm getting on a donkey which stands sands on o n a bandbox which Is floating across the I English channel chanel and ana anc bearing beang the te tb ion tion ton t Me viii 1 make mc de do d Jean Bull Bul treni trem tremble ble b le now I have found out de grande gande con conveyance conveyance The Te signboard Is i still In I ex ax exIstence eI stence L but the establishment to t which it i t belonged is no nO longer an Inn Nearly Kery everyone e knows kows the te little public house at Lands n End the signboard I a of which bears bearson on o n one side l The Last Inn no in England J Jand and a nd on the other The he First Frt Inn In in Eng England En Enand I land and lad l but It i may niftY not be so o generally known know that tat at Witcombe Wit near Gloucester tar ter t er there thee is i an Inn at the te bottom of a hill hl which also aso has ha a a double signboard with these hese thee t two Inscriptions I Before the hill bill hl you do dO go up Step in and have hae a cheering cup and ad on the reverse side eide side Youre Toure down the te hill hii alt all al danger past pat I Conic Come ome In and drink din a friendly frendl glass At Falmouth some time since the writer wier Inscription i saw a signboard with wih the te following Temperance HotteL Ellen Een Tone sells sels here herer hee Lemonade Leonad and ad Ginger Beer Cow hels heis and tripe every ever friday frd y hand does doe to make snake ee es e tidy Crox Cros and kittles tIe pans an an all allAnd al alAnd allAnd And Godley Goley Bukes Buke to save yer er sole sol Mantraps gins and pattens paten likewise Ik wie And Ad on Saturday nights night Hot Mutton Pies Pies We hope ope this is a genuine signboard and your fascia facia writer plays strange pranks pInk with wih the English language but like ike l the te Scotsman we hae or douts dout Another Anoter signboard to be b seen at the te same establishment contained the following lines ines rl l te I JEREMIAH NUTE l Dealer in Cod Liver Lter OH on and aDd Treacle Tar Tur Turkey Tu Tarkey I key Rhubarb Tarts Tar and Mustard Saws Hammers Winnowing Machines Clogs ClOg Wheelbarrows and ad other Men they have many may faults faut But woman has but two tw Nothings NothIngs right that that they say s And nothings right they t ey do doThe doTe doThe The Te Town Tow Arms Ars Inn for tor formerly formerly merly had this on It its signboard Since man ma to man has ha been unjust I do not know kow what man to trust t t I have trusted many to my sorrow So pay today and trust tomorrow J STEVENS STEENS Landlord S I The following odd sign elan cornea comes from fm a village Johnny Overy Over lives liver Ue here teaches music t by steam stem egg merchant and ad parish paish clerk eg pig killer and bellman belman J O 0 sells sels red herrings hering and raisins parasols and pistols pistol I harm barm bar and sand fiddle strings and flour four tripe tIpe dubbing and ad all U kinds kd of ot hardware but treacle At Coopersdale Cooperdale Essex Ese there tere was some I years yeats since at the Queen Quen Victoria a signboard bearing the te following The queen some day das May y pass pa this ti way way Arid Ana Ad see our ou Tom and ad Jerry e Perhaps shell shel stop sop And Ad stand a drop To Ta make her subjects t merry me A shoemaker named FeatherS Feather Fether at Brad Bradford Bradford ford ford has ba the te following on his hs signboard Within this house hous a a poor man dwells In spite spie of wind and ad weather wether Boots and ad shoes shoe he makes make and mends HI Hia name as a William Feather Fether inn ing In Another Anoter boot furnisher fn r sher has ba the te follow When Ven boots boot and shoes shoe are nearly neary ended Here Rere they the can c be bo neatly mended But But gentle gete folks toUa what do you ou think tin I 1 must have hae the te ready chink 1 Near Xer Farnborough there ther Is i an Inn I with the following sign sl All Al who enter enter her heri n i Need ed not have hae any ay fear Cear For when th e drunk dr all al the ther rum and sin gin n They The can cn do the santO same sa with wt the te beer beer One Eine ne more mor sign sig taken from Elstow near ner Bedford Bedord and we have done d ne I Here lives Jve a man that tat dont refuse To make and mend both boots bot and shoes shoe His HI H leathers leathers good gOd his hid hil work Is just jUt justIns His Ins profits small he ie e cannot trust The above constitute a few examples of ot curious materially signs sig Ins added add but to the te list lt could cud be b very |