Mrs. Partington

Mr. Greene, the witty editor of the *Boston (N.E.) Post*, is believed to be the original of Mrs. Partington: at least he fathers all her sayings. He began to print them about twelve or fifteen years ago. [G.M.B. has also kindly forwarded to us some of "*Mrs. Partington's Queries* from a recent number of the *Boston Post*, from which we select a couple of specimens, viz.,— "Whether the Emperor of China is a *porcelain* statue or a mere fiction?" "Is the *Great Seal* alive, or only stuffed?"]