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IO2 THE TOM AH A WK. {September 4, 1869.
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FATHER THAMES TO THE RIVAL CREWS.
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Rowed ye well, athletic strangers, Boldl...
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' MURDER OJST THEHIGH SEAS.
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cold The -blooded authorities murder of ...
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THE SNOB'S GUIDE, A Continental Handbook...
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Since I commenced this little series I h...
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How the Boy of the Period "does" Xenopho...
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Io2 The Tom Ah A Wk. {September 4, 1869.
IO 2 THE TOM AH A WK . { September 4 , 1869 .
Father Thames To The Rival Crews.
FATHER THAMES TO THE RIVAL CREWS .
Rowed Ye Well, Athletic Strangers, Boldl...
Rowed ye well , athletic strangers , Boldl Fled y g sent lings ye of put the this Eag challenge le ' s nest ! From your eyrie in the West ! With Such no as lakes or have noble are rivers we rich , : 1 Narrow Cam is flows nothing you the stream but , a ditch of I SIS : , 1 Yet Welcome a welcome to , each aye , gallant a double crew ! ! Should Or decl I back are to the win bold with Magenta Blue ? , 1 : \ EvV Dail y detail had of I heard your training and read ¦ j Morning Of your y papers doings came , in my to bed tell . me ; ; Gone Sewage all th , o Fisheries ught of my , or Embankment tide ; , ; But And I thrilled my mud through was stirr all 'd my with rushes pride , . Yes Put , my on children idleness , though no stint the , dog days " All Row the worl the course d must with feel you your in struggles print . , ; With Daily its conies plethora the of well " padding worn news , " ' In Puffings brain-hammered of the rival iteration crews— , , j Pace improving— -fine conditioni Health and muscle hard as nails—! Steady paddling at the Soap Works—Glorious spurt at Barker ' s Rails—: i Legs Backs well well strai forward ghtened to to the the oar stretcher — — j I Paragrap Was there hs of ever " Bravo such ! a both Four sides !" ! 1 j You Of , my the children heartbre , ak long of unconscious defeat , ¦ I Victory And that on your goddess helm kep was t her sitting seat ! ! I I Hardy Light vigour weight of of New the Eng inland land seas , — — I Brawny South Pacific muscle , ; Harden'd in th' Antipodes—Yc Makes , whose energy for spasmodic want of size ; Catch the up stroke your at the beginning— , It is there the secret liesj I Turned Vagrant a-stern barges , intrusive , cleared steamers the way ! ! [ Father Thames would have no favour And the best men won the day ! ,
' Murder Ojst Thehigh Seas.
' MURDER OJST THEHIGH SEAS .
Cold The -Blooded Authorities Murder Of ...
cold The -blooded authorities murder of . the Capt Admiralty . Harvey , hav of H e . M perpetrated . S . Eclipse , , another died of poisoned shi yellow p . The fever air Admiralty through to kill one the knew officer infamous of this at least , state and and they of the reduce wilfull ventilation y other allowed officers of the the and men to a state near death . But of course the murderers will from never the be brough people t ' s to pockets justice , , they and will will receive come smiling thousands down of pounds to the hundred House , to pounds assure at the the Engjlish trifling nation cost of that a mu they rder have or two saved . three
The Snob's Guide, A Continental Handbook...
THE SNOB'S GUIDE , A Continental Handbook for the British Traveller Proper . BY ONE OF THEM .
Since I Commenced This Little Series I H...
Since I commenced this little series I have been in commoment munication doing with their several very amiable best to snobs support , who the are British at the character present most at some kindl of y put the me leading in possession places on of many the Continent of their . most They effective have vagaries guidance , all of those of which aspirant , I trust s to , peculi I shal arity l be abl who e to would utilise follow for the in moment their train the . The seasonable most interesting bit of intelli , and perhaps I have , at the received present is , gence de can matic nothing voyage hearti , but more l recentl they recommend or say less y kept a than good at them a Wildbad stray deal to leaf . in readers from The their jottings a . dear own snob brief are ' s ep journal way igram . I - y my Wildbad , Aug . 13 , 1869 . Up the at hotel six , made . Think for I the saw Plats one of and the hung children about at the the back of windows . Waited hanging about till a soldier aske upper d me fools what a bit talk I of was my Eng up mind lish to . . in He And Eng said yet lish this one . in B hears y German the such way , and , a none precious I gave of these him lot about German education . Gammon ! S . 30 had a . m on . — a Seen white him hat . and That is , I'll veil lay and a fiver looked it out was . of the He fourth window in the second green floor . , N . B . To watch that window like anything . 9 a . m . —Waiter says it ' s a French Count . v 9 . 5 a . m . —Don ' t think it is a French Count . Only a real live I mean Prince that would is what wear I should a white do hat under and green similar veil Royal —that cir is - , cumstances but the , photograp . Hulloah h I keep ! What hand ' s y to that recognise ? Looks him like . by him gives ; him those more trees beard . N . . B . Ah Join ! there it instanter ' s a crowd . coming Yes , I ' m down sure under they are there ! I ' m off for them . Done it this time ! 11 a . m . —Been after lots of people who look like them , but a it ' s dancing no go yet hear . . That Never lot mind I followed . Faint round heart the , & Platz c . at 9 was 11 own . 15 A hook M - —How going joll about y it must and dining be to be at a seven Prince francs , out on a head your , you perhsps J How ten , , and I wish then I walking was one about ! for Wpuldn peop ' le t I to swell stare it at ? Oh , no ! 11 . 20 A . M . —Another crowd . Off we go ! 11 . 25 A . M . —Sold again . Turned out to be only a row with a policeman . Why doesn ' t iie go about with a band , or a beggars dozen guards his rank or so , , and or something let them know to show what these a thoroug German h which British degrades gentleman us in he the is ? eyes It of is Europe this dropping . N . B . of I'll royalty write to the Times about this . ' 11 . 30 . —If I stick here all day , I'll see him . 11 about 45 . —What like other ' s the good le of ? being a Prince , if you can ' t walk peop 12 . —Hurrah ! here they are . Capital ! I have got close to hini . Let ' s see—he has got on coloured , & c , & c . ; & c , & c , & children c . And , & she c , & ' s c . got , & c . on blue , & c , & c , & c , & c . And the * * # * * 9 p . m . —A jolly day . I spent seven hours walking close ri behind ght in H front . R . H of . the him Prince , and had of a Wales good , and stare five at the times Princess I got . I like your free and easy German ways . 10 p . m . —It wasn't him after all !
How The Boy Of The Period "Does" Xenopho...
How the Boy of the Period " does" Xenophon . — " Tiaprja-ap < eh S «/ j 5 ejy , —They walked into the Sardines . "
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 4, 1869, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04091869/page/4/
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