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      88' The Tomaha Wk. {February 27, 1869.

      88 ' THE TOMAHA WK . { February 27 , 1869 .

      Stanzas For Stones: Being A Collection O...

      STANZAS FOR STONES : Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS .

      Dlmon Fred. 1. Well An Aw ,— Fu Yes L Bo...

      Dlmon Fred . 1 . Well An aw , — fu yes l bore , I ' ve read know the papers . ; y ^ , — i , you The I think leaders the ' ? leaders Well , you low . see , —that is , — The I read Convent it all case ;—great ? Yes fun , . that was good , Distress in Bethnal Green ? Oh ! no . That sort of thing I shun . 2 . Let M me y sty exp le lain is quite myself unique a bit ; , I am an English gentleman , I m On ove in t a myself good set , ique you . know ; And The Am don , name what ' t quite you of D see call emon how , well Fred I bred have J , earned 3 . I c ' I true haven , of 't course got a thoug , beyon ht . d myself To What bore decent about a fellow hundred oug things ht ? , If That dirty ' s peop hardl le y starve my affair and . , I've M other boots calls upon loves my time hair , — . y , my g , my

      4 . It ' To s bad see enoug the brutes h , just one now meets and , then , Without And live being told the th streets ey ' . no homes , For I ' m if sure they ' they re upon hungry might , better as well starve : — ; How One can ' truffles one dine and , if Moselle one can f ' t have Yes , I have seen subscription lists , But And must charitie confess s , no I never doubt , et Have cared what they ' re y about . I take Will it listen that to your the p call ious , ones Yes B , u Bethnal t where ' s my en opera ' s all stall very ? well , — 6 . Ah , want ' s a dreadful thing 1 By J ove , For I know full thre it is e , weeks of course I ' ve , set my mind You On know Charley —the Pal bay gr , fine ' s action horse . ! Why , I'd Most like to any show price him ' twould in the bring Row , ! Oh , want ' s a dreadful thing ! A deathbed going on dow 7- n there 1 Ah , disagreeable sight ! I ' m M m y necktie conc is erned all right , of course . , to know Wh at erhaps , eighteenpence a fellow ' s soul would I save a life , —7 Dear To me fill this —but button I must hole get . a flow ' r ,

      Dlmon Fred. 1. Well An Aw ,— Fu Yes L Bo...

      8 . You I can think ' t say I ' m I cynical see that 1 , Well , —no , I own I'm care I like ful to of h my ave hat things : — nice ; — Mcoat ' s well made—and for the res I beg They y your know pardon me in , did , Pal l Mall ask , , , If I'd thought much of hell t 9-Why should I ? . I ' m good company ; I do Will Wh the at tell more proper you can what thing you ' s . correct expect By Jove . ? , I wouldn ' t cross the road—who would 1 To give a fellow bread . But Misname I ' ve no tail me Demon or hoofs Fre , so d wh ? y

      At The Council.

      AT THE COUNCIL .

      Befo Re Mr. Tom-A-Hawk, The Presiding Ma...

      Befo re Mr . Tom-a-Hawk , the Presiding Magistrate , Very sheriotis case— " I stand on my Ambiguity " author Mr . , Watts was broug Phillips ht up , charged who described with loitering himself about as a in dramati a sus c - p court icious that manner the . prison It was er proved had , for by the a detective last few ni attached ghts , taken to this up his tense residence at the of the Queen Press ' s and and the Holborn Public Theatres . to the in-The annoyance Magistrate . —What was he doing there ? his Witness ieces . . —He said he was amusing the public with some of The p Magistrate . —Was he 1 themselve Witness s frig . —Oh htfully dear bored no , Sir . ! On the contrary , they declared Witness The Magistrate { laughing . — ) . — What That wa ' s what it all about none 1 of us can make out , I never saw any thing so mysterious in all my life . what The Magistrate ieces were about ( turning ? to prisoner )— . Can you tell us p my M ambi r . Watts guity strate { la Phillips ughter ) . . —Certainly not . Sir . I stand upon

      of this matter magi . We . will —Come leave now the , let Holborn 's try to drama get to the out bottom of the to case the Queen too hopeless ' s—I see of you comprehension call your p , iece and there confine Not ourselve Guilty s . author Surely , ? that title was used more than a year ago by another Mr . Watts Phillips . —Yes , it was . cau The se a Magistrate little confusion . — ? But won ' t your assumption of the name stood Mr . Watts on my ambi Phillips guity . ! — { Of Renewed course laughter it will . . ) I told you I The Magistrate . —Well , we had better perhaps call a few witness the piece es . —they may be able to help us to find out the plot of charact Mr . e Watts rs , I tell Phillips you once . — for If all you that are it going will be to useless call any . of They my all Silas of them Jarrett stand on was their then own called ambi . guity —He hadn { Roars ' t the of laughte remotest r . ) a noti house on who in Southampton on earth he was . Took . He the onl command y knew that of he the broke Madras into wheels boat , was swam threatened to shore with and a was pistol made , jumped a warder into of the Dartmoor paddle-Prison , for his services . , There misbehaved himself shamefully , by pla allowing n mutinies the , & co c nvicts , & c . to On sing account comic of songs this , n he egle was ct th promoted eir work , to the command of a regiment in India , was knighted and the made cording piece a l hero y , it he b of ecame was — unhapp transported necessary ily , falling to for transport in life lo . ve And with him that the for was heroine life . all Ac he of - knew about the matter . The Magistrate . —Can you tell us nothing more ? white laundress Wit trousers ness refused . — , Nothing with to wash a go ; unless ld them stripe . it be let , I in wore down in India the side a pair . M of y

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 27, 1869, page 88, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_27021869/page/4/