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    • PICKING UP YOUR SPIRITS.
    • COURT B UMBLEJD OM.
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      June 6, 1868.] The Tomahawk. 227

      June 6 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 227

      Picking Up Your Spirits.

      PICKING UP YOUR SPIRITS .

      The Master- Scene Spirit .— Sits The Alo...

      The Master- Scene Spirit . — sits The alone Athenceum in his , sanctu Sloane ? n . street Derision . in his sionate home / despair A II around —Tables may are be ttpset seen , disclosing the traces many of despair little , pecu pas- - papers liarities cover to the theJloorj unpractised while eye a helpless ( "which -looking happily galvanic is not present battery ) , '

      is lying in one corner paralysed . The Master Was it for -Spirit this I : — grovelled week by week 1 For this I kissed the beldame ' s wrinkled cheek ? The The Have foot foot I been that that licking now now would would , like like like a household to to use use the the sour , . spur

      And Or kick all must me to perdition these cursed ?—Not costs a rap to 1 ! , My new spring -table , bought but yesterday pay ; That My battery trough containing , —quorum twenty magna pars den , jars ; ^ M ™ * ^»* y j ¦ ^ faithfu » «^^^ ^ r ^ fc ^^^ fc ^ t ^^ l fc tambourine up -t ir n r ^ m ^ ~ i _ r ^>^ ^ ^ b ^ ^ h ^^ ; V the ** « v »<^ ^^ jewelled - ^^ * w ^^^ k" ^^ ^*^ b hand ^* *»^* ^ ^ ^* w

      Of gutta-percha at the Czar ' s command ; The So much plaintive admired concertina by a King , which and Queen been ; My indian-rubb ' er double which , inflated , All Floats these to the little ceiling treasures , as has I been must related leave ;—There ( Myself ' s no it my ' help no use now try — ing what to ' s deceive that ? ) The : Post ?

      ( ICnock . A Familiar delivers resembling letters a . charivo ) 7 na ? i enters and The Post . M Nor Courage y noble yield ! subjects Dan spirits Home swear ( reads will to letters not rally give round ) , nor up an . inch ghost of ground ! !

      Letter I . think My there dear are Mr wicked . Home unimag , —What inative a noble peop martyr le about you who are ! profess and to tions to think to the you Athenaeum mercenary — — yo you u who who can don onl 't y even be persuaded accept contribu to take a - matchless brilliant or two as a souvenir—you who would scorn to rep by lace the them credulity with Paris of your imitations fellow-creatures , or indeed . to Ah profit I I ¦ in any

      thise way elevated with position you indeed you can Mr take . Home at will , and when when amongst I think us sympa of when the last I rememb seance er I the feel sudden that you rise are you the took only in being our estimation now on earth at , fit our to just wear received the mantle , a lovel of the y satin prop -wood hets . table My from dear Mr one . Home of the , I Leeds ha ve tism exhibitors . It is , come in a hi and gh state inaugurat of pol e ish its . arrival Perhaps with Kosciusko a spirit-bap will

      condescend . —Ever yours , S . C . Hall , Letter II . mundane My dear body Home " lifting , —Beautiful to eternal , sum indeed ? jzer , is " the yours idea does of one : but ' s law the there craving the is a Real sad of reality is the not ra , venous my in friend iritualism Lyons , in the . The and verdict when Ideal of the the is not dweller judge in the on , sp ;

      the the shallow threshold threshold scepticism of of the the of Sloane Sloane the nineteenth Athenaeum Athenaeum century shall shall , let feel feel w wearv eary come of of the the write Friendshi " The p and Last Appreciation of the Seers . " under the hospitable roof of E . L . Bulwer Lytton . Letter III .

      Oh ! Sir , —You have been ignobly treated , and by a woman too But ! if you a who urblind are old honesty woman — has self- not sacrificing known the honesty unutterable —itself . bliss others , the who p distingui have sympathies shed honour with of the your unseen confidence world , who there would are friendshi g ive all irits p they . of I , Confucius possess who write to Joh to insp you n ire , have ¦¦ you long with and corresponded Joan the sentiment of Arc with but of gratif sp ying as their communications , Bunyan are , and must be to a sensi , - tive bosom mind : a , craving there which is a craving you can assuage further . I mysteries have heard in that this Lady Ada Vivid and Mrs . Simon Stylites meet on Wednesdays

      at I hear your she Oratory is a medium of horoscopes of no . common I have never type seen . Oh Lad ! Sir y Ada let , and me join a cheque you at for these fifty meetings in this envelope and be , blessed believe . If , I know shoul , nothing d find whatever believer and of it zealous , so it would follower be useless to return it to your obedient , Anna Maria Swallowtail . Letter IV .

      Japanese Sir , —Finding butterfly my being bottle palpable trick is to getting everybod dried y , I up propose , and the to enter into partnership for the exploitation of your little lotmake daughters it a limited to take company nineteen of of twenty themand shares leave —I the and other my eig one hteen to , you . —Yours , & c , Professor Anderson Wizard of the North , .

      Letter V . about Daniel to make , —These tracks cussed . Air Britishers yew along are with too us spry ? . The We next air Cunard and Hail Columbia ! Ira . O . Davenport . The Master-Spirit ( sneering )—

      The I must jugg , indeed lers treat , hav me e fallen like a low common , if thus cuss ; While My last gap card ing ' fools not yet are played to be found ! I know on earth my worth . his The Fa ? Master niliar to arranges let his dea his r friends tables , repairs know he his is battery at Home , and . tells

      Court B Umblejd Om.

      COURT B UMBLEJD OM .

      It Who Is Impossibl Is It That E To Loos...

      It WHO is impossibl is it that e to loosens believe and that draw the s the Queen purse herself strings can of have Royalty any ? knowledge of the vagaries of charity that are perpetrated in her name . many Not long other paragrap , a paragraph hs that appeared have appeared in the newspapers before and ( will like appear Ww ^^ w - ^^ ™ ~ — ¦ again ~ ^^ K -- ¦ — ^ m ^ w ) m , - stating ^^ " - ¦ ^ ^ ™ ^ ^ m ^ ^^^ fc that ^ - ^^— w ^ r a ™ » poor W ^^^ ^^ woman * J ^ f ^ ^ _ in ^ ^ ^ * shire ^^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^^^

      had a birth presented . It is her usual husband in such with cases three for sons the or newspapers daughters , to at direct inform that us that three " pounds Her Majesty should has be been forwarded graciously to Mrs pleased . to , who casion , it that is bel so ieved highl , is y progressing interesting an favourably incident . " was On chronicled the last oc by - three the press pounds , the Queen ( the ordinary ' s gift was fee reduced in such b a . from cases the ) to time two -honoured pounds

      only ^ r ¦ ^ v ^ ^ h - ^^ - , ¦ because - ^^ ^ w ^ ^ v ^ mv , we w ^ m ^ m ^ r read ^^ ^^ w w ^ , ^ ^» h " ^» one j «* ^^ - ^^ of . ^ ^ « . the v « v - ^^^ - ^^ children ^~| J ~ «* V ^^ ^^ ^^ g had ^ f m , ^ since ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ f * died ¦* 1 ^ J , ^ b ^ W . ^ " anything Surely , if more there than is any an meaning aimless in and the wanton Queen caprice ' s bounty of , Royalty if it is , the fact of a dead child lying in the house should not be accepted of a charitable as a sound donation and . proper Her Majesty reason for personall withholding y is a too portion well understood and appreciated by her le to be considered for

      a moment capable of giving her sanction peop to such a proceeding ; licity indeed that , it is the onl Queen y a few had days sent back £ 10 that to two a story Cornish crept g into irls pub who - had written to her for money to complete their outrits to enable been them intercepted to emigrate by to Austral some responsible ia—an appeal officer which of mig the ht household well have and and by bv him him might might reasonably reasonabl y have have been been refused refused . . But But . in in this this ,

      instance , the letter of the Cornish girls found its way , into the Such Queen a ' story own as bands this , proves and at to the once public their , what request they was have granted long . believed generous , that ideas Her regarding Majesty the possesses manner the in most which liberal deserving and appeals therefore for , that her the aid blundering and assistance folly should of Sir be Somebod met . It y is This a p , or , General An incident That , like should that cast of a withholding reflection on a the guinea Queen of ' s the charity usual .

      donatio ^~ ^* * ^^ ^ m *^ ^ n * ^ W ^ m ^ in *~ ^^^ ^* ^ B cases ^ V ^^ ^ " ^ B ^ t ^ P of ^ V ^* ^ H V ^ V " three ^^^ H > * * ^^ ^ V " at w ^ m ^^ ^^ a r ^ M ^ W birth ^* ^* ^* S ^^ k ^^ , " ^ because ^ h ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ V ^^ W ^^^ r Death ^ ^^ ^^ 4 « ^^^ F ^^ w V had ^ V ^^ ' f ' . ^ H that done Her his work Majesty full earl wanting y , does in net consideration in the least for degree the misfor show - tunes certain of men her , subjects in offices , but of responsibility y proves that , who she have has neither around dis her - cretion , common sense , nor common kindness .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 6, 1868, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06061868/page/3/