Volume 104 — A "Plucky" Answer.
Reading edition
Q. Who was Procrustes? What was the Bed of Procrustes?
A. He was an ancient philosopher who never would get up in the morning. Hence the word for a person who puts off or delays; viz., "One who Procrustinates."
The Whittington Record Broken.—"Mr. Hurst," The Athenæum gossip informs us, "has been four times Mayor of Bedford." He ought to be perfect in the part, for certainly it has been well re-hearsed.