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    • "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?"
    • THE BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS* RECEPTION PROJECT.
    • CHARADE.
    • ANSWERS TO THE LAST CHARADE.
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      May I8, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 23

      May i 8 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 23

      "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?"

      " AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER ?"

      Vastl Sir Y ,— Entert I Have Aining Just...

      vastl Sir y , — entert I have aining just personage awoke to . the Till conviction nowI never that had I must an be idea a what an excellent joke I really am . I always , fancied that I was very much like the rest of my species . I have dressed as human beings in general dress . I have lived as they do , and with them . I have had feelings of admiration and hatred aroused by one and the same set of objects . All at once I am iiiuuuruiu

      who bicirueu m I iruiu had hitherto my uruuiciry supposed to be existence my fellow , uy -creatures seeing uuusc turn round and point at me , giving vent to inexpressible screams , of side-splitting laughter . At first I thought they had mistaken me for some one else—some popular wag or well-known eccentricity I must . be I , could till I not found thoroug that hl it y was realise the how Tim immeasurabl es—at least , y I comic have this point , in common with the world in general , that I read the Times—which was holding me up as the object of such immoderate merriment . There was no resisting this . When I saw that impersonation of journalistic gravity foremost in laughact iui cl iu

      that But ing < on xl is , my supposing , j word . -tv-ucw Sir . ixicti I had I j have . juigixt wished no <* ambition i to fii ^ appear c to play in this the character . iuiy part xiia of a . professional buffoon , . , The Times talks about " my coming into and out of the House of Commons with the facility of my class . " "My class" Sir ! Great Heavens , Sir , am I not a man and a brother ? "There are a good many lodgers , and there area good the Times many then sparrows look , upon but nobod me as y a tries specimen to count , of animated them ? " nature Does solely interesting , , from an ornithological point of view ? "A , good many lodgers and a good many sparrows ! " When the Times gives us a leading article on ecclesiastical matters , it had better commence by telling us that there are a good many bishops , and a good many prize-fighters . And then I am told that I have " a ereneral reluctance to take rest and commit

      myself to a locality . " Why , Sir , I have not changed my lodgings for the last ten years ! And what is the next complimentary term in which I am mentioned ?— " the little stranger 1 " " Welcome little stranger , " says the Times . And then it is stated that " Sir the this dread is language of my life which is being I do made not understand a chattel . " . On Is this my the honour way , to speak , of an elderly gentleman , who lodges in Bury street , because he is a minute ' s walk from his club ? A friend and brother lodger , who is looking over my shoulder , says that there are other classes of lodgers , and perhaps the Times may refer

      to these . Jout of this , bir , 1 know nothing . 1 have made up my mind . This is a kind of thing I will not stand . I will not be reckoned with the sparrows , and be publicly spoken of as an amusing curiosity , to be contemplated under a glass-case . Sir ; libel my mind . It is is not made , perh up aps . I ,. of shall ten that proceed the Times against does the laugh Times ; but for hang it , Sir , it shall not enjoy this exceptional gratification at , my expense . My friend tells me that t might not , perhaps , get a verdict . But I have read quite enough lately of the libel cases to know better than this . What do you think , Sir ? Yours indignantly , The Lodger .

      The Belgian Volunteers* Reception Project.

      THE BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS * RECEPTION PROJECT .

      Last Year Our Riflemen Visited Brussels,...

      Last year our riflemen visited Brussels , and were treated like princes carried a by bou t in hospitable triumph in Belg carri ians ages and Lord six Mayor , and the Philli rest ps of was his countrymen were scarcely less nonoured . Under these circumselves stances into , a p a atriotic commit band tee for the English considera gentlemen tion ot the formed advisability themof Bri returning tain , by inviting the comp the lim Bel ent gians paid to to make the citizen for a brief army season of Great the

      ia . nu . ui sxiuiuu mcir iiuinc . vvc regret iu & a . y umi uic naiion t has not responded to the call with any very great amount of heartiness and thatconsequently , that subscri , p the tions festivities have been will few have and to be far conducted between , on principle , s of the strictest economy . We understand that the following will be the official programme of the week ' s entertainments : — Monday . —Visit of the Volunteers to the Thames Tunnel . Inspection of the Duke of York's column . Excursion to

      Last Year Our Riflemen Visited Brussels,...

      Putney by Omnibus . Visit of the Volunteers to Man's Metamorphosis at the Egyptian Hall . Tttesday . —Private View of the Coliseum . Wednesday . —Tour of the Metropolitan Railway . Grand Exploration of St . Paul ' s ( as far as the Whispering Gallery ) . Visit of the Volunteers to the Cabinet Theatre . Thursday . —Official Inspection of the Foundling Hospital . D 6-jettner Boat from at Lambeth the Chelsea to Westminster Bun House . . Excursion by j Friday— . Professor Beckwith's Entertainment at the Lambeth

      Baths . Saturday— . Grand Dinner at the Polytechnic . BILL , OF FARE OF THE DINNER . First Course . —Watling ' s Pork Pies . Second Course . —Sandwiches . Third Course . —Bath Buns . i Entr & e . —Acidulated Drops in Boxes . Sweets . —Toffee , & c . Dessert . —Marmalade and Raspberry Jam *

      Charade.

      CHARADE .

      The And Old Chief He Gazed Sat At With T...

      The And old chief he gazed sat at with the a head smile of around the board . , Quoth " But he " a We haven have at weathered last we ' ve found many . a storm , " The " So bravest often mi we ght ran have a-ground turned ; my first , " " But And we here threw we are our , ballast safe and overboard sound . ,

      " Our " Throug good lieutenant h many a has nasty managed sea ; the craft , " Though dizzy he never lost his head , " When the breakers foamed on our lee . " The sharks they followed us hard on our wake , " Did he reck their jaw ? Not he ! "He flung them my second , * There swallow that , " ' For you never shall swallow me / " You all remember the merry jest , " With which he settled my first ; " Come " For bumpers I'm sure , fill you , and are we all 'll a drink -thirst his . health , " Let the compound householder rail as he may , " And kick till his bonds he burst ; " We " ' ve And discussed Gladstone him may enoug do h , his now worst discuss . " our whole ,

      Answers To The Last Charade.

      ANSWERS TO THE LAST CHARADE .

      ("Reform") Young Arthur Having " Sold Hi...

      (" Reform" ) Young Arthur having " sold his soul , " " Reform " was urged , that being my whole ; But when the duns around him pressed He read my first , which " re " was guessed . When he exclaimed " 'tis but my second

      A ' form'" without his host he reckoned . Love To summoned taunt him with up a derision " form " he knew , ; " R And eform simple " he is needed division it was . true , But it may " fatal" prove as well , A bill-once thrown out , who can tell The Ministers' decision ? ______ T * IT T \ C

      Seal Correct Dufler answers W . B . received C . Upper from Wimpole Morton street , C . H Elise . U . R and ., Kappa Guise , G F . . Q E , . . R H . . , Bromoton A . , I . Leicester , Omega Padd , D H ublin . Harrison J , . H , . B Portsmouth . Felstead , , A . W . T ., , U . N . " S ., L square . R ., B , . D ., Boulogne y , , , R . S . C , , Z . A ., An , Afflicted Uncle , Socrates , A . R . T ., Dandiprat ; and 102 incorrect . % ? Answers may be sent to Tomahawk Office , 9 Burleigh street , Strand , W . C .

      The Latest From The Luxbmjoi-Rg Theatre....

      THE LATEST FROM THE LUXBMJOI-RG THEATRE . orders A claqu to shout e has " been Bis-bis organized -bismarck here " i * » k * pay of Prussia , with ¦ - ¦¦ hi -i ' -- ¦ - — •«• • . *¦ ' ! t

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 18, 1867, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18051867/page/9/