Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870, is a magazine written by Various, and it is a comedic and satirical publication. The provided story features a chapter from "The Mystery of Mr. E. Drood," an adaptation by Orpheus C. Kerr, where three men are meeting for dinner on Christmas Eve in Bumsteadville. Each character's day is marked by hilarious experiences, including Montgomery Pendragon, who purchases an Indian club; Edwin Drood, who ponders marriage to Miss Pendragon and encounters an eccentric Irish lady; and J. Bumstead, the organist who has an eventful day and ends up wild and disheveled on Christmas morning.