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      July N, 1868.J The Tomaha Wk. 11

      July n , 1868 . J THE TOMAHA WK . 11

      Cave Canes/

      CAVE CANES /

      Polis A Monst Was Held Er L Indi Ast Gna...

      polis A MONST was held ER l indi ast gnation night at meeting Barking , of in the order Dogs to take of the into Metro con- - muzzling sideration of the all dogs recent not order led with of a Sir string Richard . Mayne for the After Lord Newfoundlan an ale collation d presided of bo . nes and oatmeal ruel had been discussed mp , the pails of water having been set g upon the gree deep n bark board . , Silence the Chairman having been opened thus proclaimed proceedin , g s e with noble a Lord My said Lords , — , Ladies , and Gentlemen , —I need scarcely tell you why compe we lled hav to e choose met to this gether somewhat this nig out ht , - of-the -way y w spot e have , because been who it hap has pens direct to be ed out against of the us jurisdiction those sordid of the instruments infamous of tyrant oppression , the police . ( Lozid growls . ) I need not tell you the nam ( Bow e - wow the ) . miserab I will l venture e despot to say m that we have there is no here dog to , how defy - . ever poor , however thin , however unused to high society , however Mayne ignorant with , howl who s will of execration not greet . { Th name e speaker of Sir here Richard was nation obliged swelled to pause louder for a few and louder minutes and , while graduall the chorus died awa of y indi into gbearance low growls which . ") H is e owes ingrained it onl so y to deep the generous in our natures and patient , that for the - to word the reveng fact that e does we are not dogs exist in and our language human ; beings I say , , that owes he is it whom not torn he has to p so ieces long , limb tortured from and limb oppressed , by the . noble { Loud creatures expressions such of approval raes for . ) But ever " we if we it t do o ourselves not wish not to to see endure our noble race g entirely destroyed , , and with it all that is good , and true , and faithful , and gentle , swept from the face of the monster earth ; we has owe dared it to to ourselves inflict on , I us say , should that such not go tyranny unpunished as this . { Loudbarks . ) The Human Race is under our protection . It

      his is our own evil k by nature exam . p ( le Mu , le nHurs ss than of applause y precept . ) , to This save recent Man edict from for clima th x e muzzling of a course of all f le dogs islat in ion the wh streets ich has of had London for its is onl but ob the - ject the torture , and murder g , of , our unoffending race . And y the impudent pretence , upon which this last order is based , adds , if sooth possible some , to its of us brutality have . We mad are and to be have muzzled bitten because some , forfew bi , peds in the course gone of the , last two or three years very . under The wonder the infamous is to me treatment that we we have . have not received all gone . How mad many men owe their death to us ? Perhaps ten in the last five years bation . . ) How I fear many they men are owe not their so easil lives y to counted us ? { . Loud I will appro not - before speak of this myself . ( Loud , thoug barks h I . ) have We must saved not a child recount from the drowning benefits we Sir have Richard conferred Mayne on is man this , for : If time dogs presses are dangerous . What I , would what ask are men streets ? , are who there live no by two robbery -legged , violence wretches , and who murder prowl , who about knock the man down with helpless the women stealth and tread children of the , and assassin steal behind and strike the strong him bleeding to the ground y ? ( Immense excitement . , ) Let Sir Richard handcuffs Wh Mayne y let muzzle the , if pestilent he wishes them , ag to or itator protect rather , the the let blasp lives them hemous of walk his fellow mob the - - orator cre streets atures , the in . our foul- mouths mouthed strapped gin-drinker round go unmuzzled so as we cannot , while we breathe poor dogs or lap have up palaces what little and water beer-houses the heat are has built left in every us % street ( Loud for barks man . ) , there Gin to are refresh even no our drinking parched tongues fountains with for what us , and drink we Nature are forbidden gives us . these ( Loud the growls dog- . days ) My ; let friends us give , I the cannot term a say new more significance . They ; c let all us such show wanton by determined cruelty , and resistance if justice that is denied we will us let not us submit emigrate to at ( Tremendous once , and leave approbation this brutal . ) country to Man and the cats . not Several space to other report excellent . Among speeche others s — were made which we have Mr . John Bull-dog said that he would fly at Sir

      throats Richard of M all ayne the ' s re throat st of the for police an old for marrow that matter -bone . , and If he had the b his e the way deat , the h- only rattle rattle . they should sound for the future would The Honourable Toy Terrier remarked that the last to speaker say that was coars he thought e and violent a studied in his attention language to . He the was calves happy of policemen would be quite sufficient . The Bobbies were very nervo societ u y ( great creatures wagg ing that of ' s tails why ) . they He ( were the Hon so . fond T . T . ) of was female glad to Suspensory say that Bill his friends by a large in the majority Upper , as House he understood had rejected that the the liked object it or that not . B ( Loud was barks to hang . ) all dogs at once , whether they The following resolutions were ultimately passed : — ( 1 . ) That this meeting declines to be muzzled . ( 2 . ) That noxious , shoul edict d Sir within Richard three Mayne day not s , all withdraw dogs at the once obleav congregate e London in and the country the other , with chief a towns view to of getting England at , and the sheep Bull-dog [ the ] . words " and the cows " were added by Mr . J . ( 3 . ) That in the interim no dog hold any communication with were any police added man by . the [ The Hon word . Toy s " Terrier except . ] rough his calves "

      Woman's Worjd-Book.

      WOMAN'S WORJD-BOOK .

      For The Use Of Our Young Friends. (Conti...

      FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS . ( Conti ? iued . ) Twaddle Tttne . —Music . —Your ' s argu writing ment and . mine—especially yours . Tyrant Bab . — y— Sometimes but very much Papa Mamma , sometimes . Mamma , sometimes Undertaker Understa 7 iding . —Black . —What Stick is beneath in waiting woman —for ' all s sole of us to . discuss . Upholstery Union . —Is . — strength The latest —strength creed . of mind . Vice Variations . —What , mus women . —Assault of the and epoch battery assume on , a thou favourite gh they air . have it not . Victory ing . — to The drive happy . possessor of a car woman is always want-Vine . —Wine in the wood . Virtue . —A vice when made too prominent . Voice and . —What voice makes versd . a nightingale of Mrs . Jay in her J . ' s ears , Volunteer defences . —A . tear dropped by Lox-d Ranelagh over the British

      Ojv The Line.

      OJV THE LINE .

      The Authorities At The Horse Guards Seem...

      The authorities at the Horse Guards seem determined on making Each new the regulation uniform of curtails Line officers some one as " of simp the le trifling " as possible adorn- . redeeming absolutel ments which y hideous point have , the . hitherto It epaulettes is now saved , some were the abolished years uniform since ; from since the being great then , been from time shorn to of time their , gold scarlet lace has stri been and narrowed the shako , trowser has s been have transformed into a meagre imitation pes , of the head-dress of the Shoeblack Brigade . But reform has not stopped even herethe order very has buttons just appeared have not curtailing been permitted their number to rest in on peace the tunic —an b The y ten dress . Where of the is Eng this lish fever officer for a has " sensible long been uniform celebrated " to end as ? wonder the ugliest if all , as these well alterations as the most make expensive difference , in Europe in its . cost We ? The Horse Guards' authorities should any look to this—if the uniform must be nasty , for goodness sake let it be cheap .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 11, 1868, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11071868/page/3/