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    • LONDON, FEBRUARY 1, 1868.
    • OUT OF THE GUTTER.
    • THE LAST VENTURE.
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      46 The Tomahawk. [February I, 1868.

      46 THE TOMAHAWK . [ February i , 1868 .

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      Now ready , Handsomely Bound , with Gilt Edges , VOLUME ONE ( DOUBLE VOLUME ) , OF THE T O MA HA W K Price Nine Shillings .

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      ** Correspondents Are Informed That Cont...

      ** Correspondents are Informed that Contributions cannot possibly be returned by the w Editor on any consideration whatever . Contributors should make copies of their articles If they attach any value to them . Letters , on purely business matters , should be addressed to the Publisher to insure attention .

      London, February 1, 1868.

      LONDON , FEBRUARY 1 , 1868 .

      The Obstinacy Of The Mule Is Proverbial ...

      The obstinacy of the mule is proverbial ; but an instance of his besetting sin is reported by the Special Correspondent of that Nestor of the Press , the Sta 7 idard , which exceeds belief . We learn from this authority that the mule is " a delicate animal ; " that " if well fed he will do wonders , " but " without food

      he falls away rapidly . " In other words , he gets thin if starved . We hardly know which to wonder at most , the dogged obstinacy of the mule , or the surprising intelligence of his half-brother , who has pointed out this serious defect in his character .

      We Have Often Heard Of The Large Appetit...

      We have often heard of the large appetite for news possessed by Special Correspondents ; but we never knew before how terrible their voracity was in other respects , till we read that Colonel Merewether actually refused to take two Special Correspondents 1 . with him on an expedition * into the interior ( in

      which he was accompanied by " a troop of cavalry , a large stock of mules , & c ., " ) , because such an addition " would probably break down the whole party . Starvation might ensue , and he could not guarantee that we should be fed . " One of the correspondents in question confesses to eating nine pounds of meat a day at Senafe , so perhaps the gallant Colonel ' s precaution was more reasonable than at first sight it appears .

      Out Of The Gutter.

      OUT OF THE GUTTER .

      Ming Our Ham Readers , Who Made May Reme...

      ming Our ham readers , who made may remember a very serious a certain accusation Mr . Gutteridge against a , certain of Bir-Roman Catholic Nunnery . We need not reproduce the ingenious of three details of the nuns of this and fiction of their , suffice father it -confessor to say that was the involved chastity in proof the . charge He declined . Mr . , Gutterid from modesty ge was challenged ; but at last to he produce submitted his , with Mr reluctance Kynnersley , to ( Sti the pendiary arbitrament Mag © f istrate a tribunal ) and , composed three other of

      Justices . of the borough . From their report , it appears that the whole statement is without the slightest foundation j that Mr . of Gutteridge age , emp ' s loyed sole in authority his house was as a a seamstress young girl . of This nineteen immaculat years e the denouncer threshold of Pap to make istical an iniquity inquiry said . " , " We that should he never think crossed not ! be Could guilty such of an " uprig crossing ht , honest " anything member ? of No the ! Reformed such a practice Church savoured too much of PoperySome v have ir been nv content to be

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      and His friend from scoffing , Murph unbelievers y , will comfort . But him let . Yes him ! not he be has cast a hi down gher . throug consolation h good still , report —the , he proud has done sense his that duty through ( as he understands evil , if not it ) ; he has done his best to revile a large section of his fellowhis Christians faultif who he has differ not from succeeded him ; in and blasting it is his the misfortune character , not of three innocent , girls and one holy man ; in staining the fair

      fame of an institution whose usefulness is as far beyond the grasp of his comprehension as its purity is beyond the reach of his heart .

      The Last Venture.

      THE LAST VENTURE .

      There Were Three Men In British City, Th...

      There were three men in British city , There were three men in British city , They They took took a a boat boat and and put put to to sea sea , . There Of Home was Affairs Gathorn so e cool Hardy and , Secretary And the second , it was reconstructing wary , JP

      . . And the third it was my Lord Stanley . While Now they the 'd food scarcely talked less and all the round hour the equator later , When somebody grew thought how fine grew a story , If Bristol would vote for a good Tory . Says the Reconstructor to the Secretary ,

      "Of " votes But it like ' s clear that that they ' if re the somewhat thing ' s to chary be , " It can only be brought about by me . " " You I'll tell talk them of the of Army Fenian reconstruction plot ' s destruction , ; " " And Well that throug will h last the coffee two hours and the and eau three de , vie . " " And There he ' s ' s my used Lord by Stanley the F . O , he . men ' s young as a fender and tender ; ,

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      " So tell us what y ' s your policy , you ; " And give us to public things the key . " " Sooner Says Lord than Stanley Tories " should I'll be be eaten beaten , ; " " Which So I will my say pap my a has catechee taught , to me . " I believe in the Abyssinian Expedition .

      " I devote the Fenians to perdition . " And think Reform a necessity , " And the Compound Householder a mystery . " That But he Irelan 'd scarcel d shall y got not to be the a separate declaration nation When TV ^ A ^^ * A all « # VM «¦ the W ^* V supporters V WV W" ^ W ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ *^ of ^^^ ^^ Berkeley ™ - «^ ^ ^ « ^^ ^ ^^ ^ « ,

      Cried out this is the man for me . And So they told sent their young Bowring to to to blazes other places , And declared mayor that they go for ages were ; free From all the Liberal party . But But as as for for Lord Lord Stanley Stanley , , they they made made him , The member for Bristol city , The member for Bristol city !

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 1, 1868, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_01021868/page/4/