# Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870

Author: Various

Genre: Punchinello

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10017

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punchinello%2C+Volume+1%2C+No.+23%2C+September+3%2C+1870+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Having literally _fallen_ asleep from his chair to the rug, J. BUMSTEAD, Esquire, was found to have reached such an extraordinary depth in slumber, that Mr. and Mrs. SMYTHE, his landlord and landlady, who were promptly called in by Mr. DIBBLE, had at first some fear that they should never be able to drag him out again. In pursuance, however, of a mode of treatment commended to their judgment, by frequent previous practice with the same patient, the good couple poured a pitcher of water over his fallen head; hauled him smartly up and down the room, first by a hand and then by a foot; singed his whiskers with a hot poker, held him head-downward for a time, and tried various other approved a...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-1-no-23-september-3-1870-10017/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-1-no-23-september-3-1870-10017/chapters/2/index.md)