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April 10 , 1869O THE TOMAHA WK. 167 ,
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THE VOLUNTEER BARZ> TO HIS VOLUNTEER RE ...
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7HE PARROT PAPERS.
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"Pol, me occidistis, amici." No. IV. HOW...
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and—¦—Mr Disappointed . Robertson altogether Author . . Fancy —Quite School so—it without 's enough Miss to Wilton spoil interpreters and Mr . Hare exactl . However . Mr . , Robertson it is something is clever " to be at able that to . fit your y fellow An . A . of Mr . R . —Capital part for Wigan this German the Disagreeable last degree . Sympathies S . —The worst of he audience ever had dead . Ungrateful against him to . Something Disappointed better than Author that . — ought Looks to have so much been like foun a " d dreamer for him . "
most too too . . of He He the does does one the the situation best best he he in pan can the with with iece it it . , however however . That , , was and and makes makes admirabl the the acted excellent on . both sides . Mr . Clayton p there , and throughout , was y fashion An A to . of criticise Mr . that R . — now Oh ! a- bother days . Good the acting set that . , come It isn' now t the % Somebody . —The best interior ever put on the stage . come Somebody of the old Else father . — , Miss I wonder Robertson . , charming . What ' s besustained Funny ci 4 b Critic loud — cote Gone rie to Madame Tussaud ' s { much laughter
o irl tjtctt F . reddy « It ' s tsjr disgusting y ( u No , luwit . i . ) CUbvTlfi — . I A man ) ) . . ' t like thinks that of fellow his sisters making , you up know to the . An A . of Mr . R . { coming to the rescue ) . —Ah , you don ' t know seen the what last goes of the on fath in real er yet life . . You wait now . We haven ' t Act . III . Scene . —Same as before , but of ~~ J ™ the r W after ^ ^»~ piece J ^ ^^ ^ the ^*~ ^ . conclusion of the last act
Somebody . —This is it . The Earl pitches into him , and the father get out turns of it . up , and being an officer , of course the Earl can ' t li fighting g An Somebody htning A . a . of duel If M Else r in an . R his English . . — — garden Why Well , , to Earl I in c introduce onfess , the on dark the I do the e with n ' t s sabre of ee cavalry the his fight point marriage sword in . the s , , all dier over in full the pla niform ce too , about , flow nothing er beds and particula all , with r , and a Prussian then getting solbe run through ingbut , and do / ix n neglected ' t call uaAi in ixi by help two wome give n , hi who believe him lass to of
lif wat diminishes *** " * e , e wha y r , * but * x Sj t , is wuu wait his ? uv chance Capital till m •*¦* v supp _ * of e sir r recovery , the s JLxwxjyj ov best er , , , or jx — when if * thing give that every 41 he JLUL is m & ' has nt moment gvui even lik done e a e veryday g giaoo * . ' s delay n And n ui as to the last act—Funny Critic—Dreams ?—I call { Coterie it a ni merriment ghtmare . as usual . Bored Freddy ? ( No . j ) . —Yes . Nasty taste that comic speech I Freddy ( No . 2 ) . —Awfully ! dan * An »* . ¦ » si A *»• ., ; of » - '¦•• ll Mr . back Ta . iv . . j R -. v . . . (\ jnr to anybody t # rvjrvvi 4 ijr generall goner t . ^ i > t y ^ yj )* —Talk * . Cfcicw w of * Sheri ** ju . \* m . i . - -
is Dis not , appointed r good . I' . Mr . — Author Hollingshead . —You has had made better a not bad . The shot p — iece he Shaft knows oug all ht ab to out have balle warned t , but literary Mr . Robertson pieces—No off ! the Shadow regions Tree of a drama re well . w He ritte is n not , and at here home and there there . it Some is well parts constructed of " Dreams . But " , w in as shod ith the a whol great affair piece 4 fb e . , tact . fcuiwb it The is Miss stupid Mr Earl Madge Wi ' s and character uninteresting Robertson has been is the p — thrown layed onl in short y well a diffic , a drawn very entirely ult slip part one
except " **« J 5 * in w « one act . * . . atjh The . vv igaii much gan - iiao praised lswwaa bit ijiu between v / wu away c ^ wclj the wutii two old i ^) , out me and . come is If you old go as to at th see e nine hills Dreams . , I rather could * go vul at stand twenty gar , that and minutes much would of be after it well once eight cut or , twice , but away not at the price of the rest . An A . of Mr . R . —Sir !—do you mean ( — Is taken 1 Why out ! in I— a fit Curtain .
April 10 , 1869o The Tomaha Wk. 167 ,
April 10 , 1869 O THE TOMAHA WK . 167 ,
The Volunteer Barz> To His Volunteer Re ...
THE VOLUNTEER BARZ > TO HIS VOLUNTEER RE VIE TVERS .
Yes Oh I ! Glorious I'M A British Thoug ...
Yes Oh I ! glorious I ' m a British thoug Volunteer ht ! sublime I idea ! A warrior to his country Be dear caus , e he ' s cheap . England Is proud the such land soldiers which to gav send e us forth birth , , She'll pay a tribute to our But worth not — our keep . The Government will tell with pride How How Volunteers Volunteers from from every everv side side
Came up too fast at Easter But tide not to feast . The How , trumpet when in -call spite calle of d storm not in and vain rain , , We , like a bird , fell in again To feel , a beast . And Auth crown orities themselves their paeans with raise our , bays ; But for our spirits taking Don praise 't giv , e a drop . We But ask one for voice hel sounds p X will from no one front hear to rear ? ! To open stores , the Volunteers Must shut up shop .
7he Parrot Papers.
7 HE PARROT PAPERS .
"Pol, Me Occidistis, Amici." No. Iv. How...
" Pol , me occidistis , amici . " No . IV . HOW MEN IN . FULFILLING THE FINAL CAUSE OF TKEIR CREATION MIGHT BE KEPT FROM CRIME . —SOME REFLECTIONS ON HANGINGOF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . OF TORTURE ITS
. ADVANTAGES AS A PUNISHMENT . THE FREEDOM OF PARROTS FROM CRUELTY . —OBSERVATIONS WHICH PROVE THE WRITER EMINENTLY SO . ON STUFFING AFTER DEATH OF MUMMIES . WHY HANGING IS A GOOD PUNISHMENT . —SUMMARY METHODS OF DEALING WITH DISAGREEABLE PERSONS ARE THE BEST .
AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE TRUTH OF THIS MAXIM . —THE WHITE MOUSE . —THE HAPPY FAMILY THEORY NOT CONFIRMED BY PRACTICE . —AN EXPERIMENT . —THE RESULT . —SOME REFLECTIONS THEREUPON . to mischief ilUbUlUCi Now do , I men . . hop have e they found will out do what it , and they so were keep intended themselves by Nature out of if tdo
bu t h s cratch no tr Parrots ouble ' in head sayi s ng that that they m would en were be o very no much thing happi decreas er e and crime better which than I believe they , are is a now difficult . In thing fact , this to do , and uld o a ne thi Well of ng the , too he questions re , which it ; is answered you of the are day at always once . . try Make ing to men do fulfil ; in fact the , final it is cause do of , their with creation crime —set at them once to . scratch On second parrot consideration ' s heads , and if some you we placed of away you ourselve might s so take much it into in the your power heads of you to wring wretches our , , this officeIt would be
like necks while and performing whatever it soothing be to menit . is a small conso just - all lati probabilit o you n to ; me t y o r e e s tr c t that led himself if may a man some stra weeks ng , or me month , he w s ould after in - wa rds— I in thi other nk that words on — hanged whol . ewere I murderedI should low fe cri e m l s . in u , al It very in would th sca e n not ty n d bring s so of lat me the ion back , polic even , e to , if or life my on dying and the all foot gaze its of beheld , pleas the ures gal the - . I cord should were not round be able his neck to eat I hemp should -seed never , even know though the a sweets hempen of gr sugar ateful more pungency , or the of the s of ; capsicum apples . , I or should the piquancy never revel of cheese in the . to any whistle more . —or I should to peck be boy dead ' s fingers —unable . to eat—or to drink—or
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 10, 1869, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10041869/page/11/
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