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    • DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
    • ANSWER TO CHARADE IN No. 12.
    • NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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      148 The Tomahawk [August 3, 1867.

      148 THE TOMAHAWK [ August 3 , 1867 .

      Double Acrostic.

      DOUBLE ACROSTIC .

      Having Been Requested To Give A Double A...

      Having been requested to give a double Acrostic , we give guess one this it will week subscribe , but only to on a new this Idiot condition Asylum , that . all persons who He asked us if we would peruse his work And promise not a single line to shirk ; We kept our promise ; and when all was read ? This little Eastern word was all we said .

      v-w He bore me bravely through the fight , The arrows whistled round us ; He saved me from his dreaded self , And safe the evening found us . ~ r O sweetest voice that ever charmed A ** dilettante " sinner , To listen to those thrilling notes , I'd e'en give up—my dinner .

      The noble beast was done 3- ) to death I never mourned his fate ; , But when I found him done to this I mourned alas ! too late . About this word I don ( 40 ' t know what to say , And so I'll say it , just to save delay . Ladies , don ' t frown—I might have used a worse , To you I swear , but to myself I curse .

      Answer To Charade In No. 12.

      ANSWER TO CHARADE IN No . 12 .

      The Quaker Statesman, Knowing, From, Act...

      The Quaker statesman , knowing , from , acts past , His power with mobs , by no indulgence loses it , A carriage smacks of luxury and " caste , " A CAB is popzdar—so he uses it ! Not less the " people ' s friend , " and quite as vain , Earl Russell thinks Jits words alone delight 'em , Spotting his speeches ( like a peacock's train ) With " / " and " / " and " / " —ad infinitum !

      D' Or Israel by i f silen air speech tly , wi t and h many cunning smiles coaxing , , brought 'em To Then swim — like pop fishes ! he drew round his his NET bait ashore of wiles , and , caught ' em ! And thus with all the statesmen we shall see One objecttho' of ways and means a score , They'll fawn , , and flatter fools , and all to be Once in the CABINET—and then ?—No more ! R . R .

      Notices To Correspondents.

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .

      E. P. Sends To Our Publisher The Followi...

      E . P . sends to our publisher the following letter : —* ' — Dewich and p vonshire icture if ( sic in ) terrace No I worth have . XL , H , my just and yde while written they park may wich , , W correspond . be a little Sir of use , — encouragement The somewhat to you follo for wing with insertion would lines your , , make it so ) I can produce more of a similar nature . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , E N P—E . An answer will

      offer oblige has . been It is accepted scarcely by necessary us with a to thousand say that thanks this . generous For the guidance couragement of would of E . - P be . in contributors particular , we in may general here and observe the that enour " rate of remuneration " is from id . to i $ d . per page . Torture-Stake . —Your modesty is perfectly charming . As you say your contributions are neither worth " using'" nor ( oh !

      E. P. Sends To Our Publisher The Followi...

      you wag !) " abusing / " If we were long in your company we fear we should begin saying something about a stake wanting a chop ( he ! he ! he !) , or some other bosh quite as witty (?) and nearly as amusing (!) . C . A . W . —We presume from your contribution that you are under the impression that " Rubbish may be shot here . " You are wrong , and consequently your " drolleries " are rejected . j Kate . v . ^* . j . ja . K iv Y 1 .. — —Your iuui letter J . CLLCX is xa funny iuiui ) , but uui unsuitable uuauiutuic to iu our our

      , pages add when . As we you have say to we deal are with both vice " ribald / " and " scandalous ;" " The Craven A i . "—You are quite right . —Milton's " Samson Agonistes " ( which we published scarcely with the alteration ot a single word last week ) was " not at all up to our standard /' A . —Your remarks are alas ! too true . The correspondent to whom you make allusion is ( and it is with tears in our eyes that we make the admission ) but a sorry wag ! As you say , we never ought to have allowed " his palsied hand to use our pens and

      and so to stup dilute id . " our ink , as to render the writing illegible , coarse beware G . F . — of Send our scal contributions ping knife . by all means , if you like , but Cinderella . —You must not be offended if we do not use your " Acrostic " in its entirety . Really we have no room . However List . , " we There have , much will th p at leasure do ? in publishing the answer . "Army vinced A . S . — that Really , from must have contents intended of your to have letter added , we are another

      con" " S fi " to tc \ your vniir you signature « ionnat « r < = » . . J . M . —Not so bad , but the subject has been done to death . R . R . —What you said about the man and his productions was perfectly true . We are sorry , however , if we were injudicious . Little Woman . —Please don't bother . course H . , M very ., Liverpool much above pro flattery . tem indeed . —Although , we are our gratified soul is with , of your letter . Your paragraphs are under consideration . jf FREE KEE Lance juance .. — —Your lour contribution comriDuuon is is vulgar vulerar without witnout being

      oemgfunny , and libellous without being sharp . You are kind enough to send us your private name and address . Thanks , we shall carefully avoid you . Mac . —If you go to hear the Bishop of London preach next Sunday , you will most likely listen to him while he reads out your article—at least , we have sent Dr . Tate your " copy" per i waggon , advising him to use it as a sermon . ' A . B . C . —If what you have sent -us is a fair specimen of your style in a comic mood , what can you be like when you are sad ! Edgar Poe's Eagle . —A " funny" friend , who has just been tnat

      moved to tears oy a perusal 01 your conmouuon , suggests you should go to the Grecian . We don ' t in the least know what he means , but we pity him and you . lent substitu S . —Your te for jokes cap , we ital should punishment imagine . , would prove an excel- j j Hawk-Eye makes a mild joke about D'Israeli being " Dizzy , " and imagines that we shall publish it !

      Answer To Last Charade.—" Cabinet." Corr...

      Answer to last Charade . — " Cabinet . " Correct solutions have Lil been Alfred received Brown C om . H La . Cl Beige ark , Tim H . Llennap Turn Widdl , An Orange Wum j T y £ , cotus * -.. r- XT TJ 1 , T 1 1 X 7 C jd "R , xsav Fioxrxr iviarjcs TV / Ioi-L-o t rin inaereua y iflyalU , ;

      . > , r . n . -., . w . o . ., y , -, H F . . J M . . H O . ., ( Business Pimlico ) , ( " Eccleston Bien Roug squ e , are " G ) , . Arundo F ., Red , The and Torture White , Shot Stake -a , - " Ha Great wk , S Little t . Helens Woman , " Two , W Toads . E . H , C ., . W Tonga . J ., A Webb . S ., F , . T Scalp . W . , , V Lec . C tor , Robson T . D . P , . Cabby , R . McC , H iawatra N ., Unc , W as , . G H . . , A T . . H H . . , , and Dick Toby , Dimbola ; and three incorrect . T" \ w <~« t TikTWTr * ltrTTitr fr \ Tt /~

      A Cool Hand , and A . R . S . T .

      Making Ducks And Drakes Op The Mirror Of...

      Making Ducks and Drakes op the Mirror of Truth . —Can not an untrue peace-rumour be called a " Canard aux olives ? " j

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 3, 1867, page 148, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03081867/page/8/