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    • A GREAT CHRISTIAN LAND.
    • PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER!
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      ¦ ¦ "T ~~~~ " 258 The Tomahawk. [Novembe...

      ¦ ¦ "t ~~~~ " 258 THE TOMAHAWK . [ November 2 , 1867 .

      A Great Christian Land.

      A GREAT CHRISTIAN LAND .

      What A Charming Room ! Room 1 Do You Cal...

      What a charming room ! Room 1 do you call it ? Observe the dimensions . From that massive oaken sideboard , rich and respectable with its load of well leathered plate , to that fine French window ei that ght touches and thirty the feet marg , Sir in of i Measure the smooth for yourself lawn beyond . And , we look have you exactl at the y height . It is some six good English yards from the Turkey carpet , on which ( I trust you have wiped your shoes ) you are now standing , to that fine old Gothic blazoning above you . Comfort and splendour ! Of course , sir , what would you have ? You are in a Bishop's palace . Palace 1 mark that and oh ! what goodlsithis—this briht

      you ; a y ght g morning sun breaking on this peaceful scene 1 See how it floods the brilliant breakfast table ! Yes , this is breakfast . You wonder at the magnificence of the entertainment ! My dear Sir , you are a child at these things . Entertainment ? Merely four silver entree dishes , a raised pie , and the ordinary etceteras of the most ordinary breakfast ! "Too much , " did you say ? Too much ? Wait till you have seen the Bishop's dinner ! You object to superfluous luxuries . Surely you do not mean to tell me that you call such everyday things as pate defoie gras and caviare" luxuries ? " Caviare is not for the multitude . Of course not . No more are Bishops , Sir . You are quite right . They are for such company as we have here . Let us look at it . Yes , here it sweeps in to its mouthful of breakfast J The Bishop , God bless him ,

      his his familv family , . and and his his guests quests . . Most Most influential influential guests euests . , I I can can tell tell you you .. That old gentleman , with the yellow wig , is Lord Yawton . Yes , he is the good Bishop's dear father-in-law . Next to him , with his lady , comes a Cabinet Minister , whom I think you recognise . See with what a Christian grace the venerable prelate motions him . to that arm chair . Who are these two dashing girls ? You do not know ? Why , they are famous from one end of Blessingshire to the other . They are the Bishop ' s daughters . You think they look "fast ? " Of course they are fast—why shouldn't they be ? Then there is young Sir Luke , and old Cursom , of the Blues . You have heard that the latter is " wicked , " and the former * 'wild . " Nonsense , my dear Sir . Good society does not trouble itself with anything de profundis . It has to do merely merely witn with the tne surface surtace . . Besides . Besides , , Cursom Cursom has nas great great influence influence at at the tne

      Horse Guards , and Sir Luke is no common catch . Then , that fine fashionable-looking woman—What ? you do not care to know 1 And did I hear you mutter something about "Dives ? " How could you be so ill-bred ?—but hush—I beg of you . Here comes the silver coffee urn , the devilled chicken , and the hot dishes . Can you not see that this is the signal for prayers—Softly . Let us quit this pious scene in thankful awe , and turn to another picture . Ah ! this is touching , but not quite so beautiful . You wonder where you are ? Yes , you are right ; this place is a sort dungeon ; for , their and these crime peop is poverty le are criminals . Look ! at Criminals these aged , too men , of , the huddled worst together ujj ^ clu cit on < ju a broken ucuk . cu . bench uciiuii , , in m this Liiit > damp luuiip , , ill iti--ii lighted gutea , , miserable miserauic room rucuiu . What do they deserve—but this—beggars—that they ?

      What ! you would alleviate the sorrows paupers , of their declining years are ? Stuff , Sir ; they are the recipients of the public charity—old as they are , the old sinners are not too old to learn that " charity is not puffed up , " and this is the Gospel way in which they shall take a salutary lesson in humility . Besides charity is " long suffering " and " envieth not , " and they know it . Let them practise patience and contentment , regularl and thank y , and their nearl '' guardian y as well " , angels as the that pig wallowing they exist , in and the are dung fed -hill as hard by . But let us move on . " Is this another dungeon ? " Yes it is another dungeon—and meant to hold more criminals . These are children . " Are they happy ? " No ! why should they be ? They are the offspring of paupersand they must learn the healthy

      li truth frnf ri * -i g rrTi ht +- earl An » "l * y . Oh ^ ~ ^ T"i ! Sir C 2 * i « , , don * 1 a \ v \ ' t quote fim-vf ** scri c */« t * ptu mfiivA re to 4-s ** me w * a . We ART * a know what you are going to say about " Little children . " Sentimentality and nonsense J I tell you these brats are paupers —miserable paupers—to be branded and degraded , starved and ill-used—taught what it means to eat the bread of beggaiy . Bread J Sir , its too good . Let them be thankful they don't get their due—a stone . And the sick—you ask me about them ? Why they are worse than the rest ! They are not only beggars but burthens—and they are made to feel it . Look you here—that easy bed is of chopped strawand b that I look That ' well where , it means deat equal h . with But it them is dark You , and there know is no

      one vuw how to y t teach j . iiaL the s o paupers niiviv we we what are tixe it mean ( . j _ ut-u- s wiiii to die Liieni in the . nig x uu ht . ace see . Did we we I aiiu hear w you murmur something about Lazancs ? Oh ! come Sir , we are sick of the comparison—tell the story to Sunday school children if you likeor to those workhouse beggars , but not to us . In the Bible ? of course it is ; every Englishman knows that . Is not England the land of the Bible , and doesn't she spread it and preach it—and—what do you mean by " practise it ? " I know nothing of that , Sir . I tell you this is a Christian and a Godly land , and that what you see is—charity ! You

      doubt it ? Ask anyone . Ah ! the Bishop of course . Let us see if he has finished his prayers .

      What Bakers' Loaves Really Are.—Short-Br...

      What Bakers' Loaves really are . —Short-bread .

      Please To Remember The Ninth Of November!

      PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER !

      The Lord'mayor Elect Has Declared His In...

      The Lord ' Mayor elect has declared his intention of driving to Westminster in state . It will please our readers to learn that his coming lordship ' s trade as a bookseller has enabled him to secure the services of the entire "literary world , " who have most generously consented to lend him their support . The procession of the 9 th November , therefore will be remarkable for several novel features , and will start ( we believe ) in the following order : — A Howling Mob

      Rushing away in fright from Four Policemen Reading aloud the Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper , ( To clear the way . )

      The Representative of the " Daily Telegraph , " On horseback . A Squadron £ of Hussars to hold him on . Squire Squire Carrying the Representative ' s Carrying the Representative ' Copy of " Dictionary of "L ' Empriere . " Quotations . " A Brass Band of 01 Advertisers Advertisers

      ( l ^ Composed omposea ); ,, Playing upon their own Trumpets , Mr , Babington White In Male attire ! [ One Hundred and Fifty Horses Attached to Four powerful Steam Engines

      Attached to A Waggon containing Twenty Lines of " Copy " from The " Censor" of the " Star , " ( Weighing more than 40 , 000 Tons !) Band of Penny-a-Liners Whistling "God Save the Queen " ( Conductor—The Hon . Secretary of the Savage Club . )

      Four JfOUR Ancient ANCIENT and AND Used USED--UP up TRANSLATORS Translators Carrying a Banner bearing the inscription "Justice for French Play-wrights . " Squires Squires Carrying the Carrying the Translators' French Dictionaries . Translators' French Grammars .

      The " Evening Standard " Supported by "The Largest Paper in the World , " Carrying a " Contents Bill " bearing the inscription " ChurchStateand the Latest Sporting . " , , A Dozen-and-a-Half of Superior Government Clerks Riding on an Owl . * Sixty Bohemians ( two and two ) ( Who have passed the Bankruptcy Court . )

      Four Bohemians ( two and two ) ( Who have not passed the Bankruptcy Court . ) THE LORD MAYOR . The Rest of the Press .

      Brevity Is The Soul Of Witt.—A Mr. Witt ...

      Brevity is the Soul of Witt . —A Mr . Witt is sending round by way cliurch of , an inducement offering of to a small subscribe black to cat the in restoration velvet , which of he an is unknown pleased to call " a little wiper . " It smacks much more of the " old sarpint . "

      Frenc Comparisons H Occupation Are Of Ro...

      Frenc Comparisons h occupation are of Rome Odious . . Ten —A thousand fortnight troops ago there were was moved a talk down of a t Vecchia o Toulon in in a , dozen a dozen hours hours more , and . mi Also ght a have fortni been ht half a way Fenian to Civita rising in the north of England was thought to be imminent gago . A regiment of seven hundred men was ordered from Aldershot to Manchester , and took eleven days to get there . We don ' t manage these things better in England .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 2, 1867, page 258, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02111867/page/2/