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    • TOMAHAWK'S ANNIVERSARY.
    • SEA-SIDE FOOLS.
    • OFFENBACH z\ HANDEL.
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      spatch money . Just make a note of it at once , or you'll remember being Mr . worked Topps , v upon \ rho had , and turned forget it quite . " pale upon seeing the old man s proceedings , and appeared even now to be petrified withof astonishme to nt make and the terror note , mechanicall referred . He took muttered up a pen as he wrote a slip to it down paper be paid " — Issue Curtler execution v . Bransc . Instruct ombe . ' * Isaacs . Despatch money XXIV . The name seemed suddenly to strike Mr . Squigsby . He combe dropped 1 his I remember pen . " Branscombe that name . ! " he Wh said to himself it was . in " the Brans will - up of , Mrs and . Ri added gsworth aloud made , — " What a coup Branscp le of months mbe y , yes , ago Mr , . ! Topp " H s e ? started what Squi Branscombe Mr . Topps y turned ? returned Fetch them the over with papers hurriedl the . " papers y , himself in the trembling case . now Mr . almost as much as the old man had done . street " Here , Fitzroy ' s his descri square ption . Who —John served Bransc the ombe writ ? , " of 206 Clipstone by I did Don , " 't said you Mr work . Topps upon ; me " but . " what ' s the matter , Mr . Squigs" What is he ?" something " He ' s a of music that -master sort . , He or was player once pretty some well instrument off when , he or used Lane to orchestra take in ; pup but ils he ' s come Char to lotte grief street a long , and time was . " In Drury " Who " Wh did y didn you ' t see you when tell me you this served before the ? writ " cried ? " Mr . Squigsby . old " man It was was a out substituted of the service so I , left sir , " it said with a , Topps woman . " The I her found ; but on the I made premises the affidavit . way She , burst , sir , a o nd ut cry it ing added , sir young , two when guineas I served to the costs ! " Mr . Topps thought to please his master by his observations . own Mr . S privat quigsb e thoug appeared hts . , At however last he , said to be - ^ only intent upon hi s " Fetch a cab ! " the As driver Mr . Squi was — " y Cli jumped pstone into street the , Fitz Hanso roy m square , his . direction " And he to added to himself , " I will see her ! " ( To be continued . — -Commencedin No . 116 . )

      9 8 The Tom Aha Wk. {August 28, 1869.

      9 8 THE TOM AHA WK . { August 28 , 1869 .

      Tomahawk's Anniversary.

      TOMAHAWK'S ANNIVERSARY .

      World Tomahaw Knows K That Does Fact Not...

      world Tomahaw knows k that does fact not ) j but often there blow are his occasions own trumpet when ( silence all the becomes criminal . Such an occasion has arrived . When the climbing statesmen over were the popp Al ing ps ; at when the grouse the Snobs ; when were the hunting tourists down were the Prince , and the Cads were bathing on the sea-washed sands of and Margate his friends the "h was " -less dining , Tomahawk at the , Crystal surrounded Palace by . It braves was drunk a pleasant to the sight aging , , and an Child impressive of the occasion Prairie , ( more Bump than ers were five volumes old , if you please ) in the dryest champagne and the finest admiration of sherry reigned . Speeches supreme were . A made word , and of thanks mutual to ( and our sincere friends for for the coming excellent , a word inanner of thanks in which to Messrs they obeyed . Bertram to the and letter Roberts our abl admirabl e , the e wines commands exquisite —( joking , and apart the cooking , the menu all was that unexception the most - critical clude , a shout of cor dons joy ileus fbr ourselv could es possibl —several y desire shouts ) , — of and joys , to ! con-1 Please And beat blow the the tr dr um ums pets , ( That ' s not bad language ) - ^ - The hero comes ! ( Should have been ) — Shakespeare .

      Sea-Side Fools.

      SEA-SIDE FOOLS .

      Big At Newspapers A Season When With The...

      big newspapers a season when with the tremendous dulness is circulations felt to be so and great great that breadth even holiday of sheet , are respo driven , nden to the resort ut Bougy of publishing sur Mer little the letters Gruph from lis Poppi 7 tgeny and Flamborottgh , one may be excused , for recurring ,

      Big At Newspapers A Season When With The...

      to a very time-honoured subject , and asking , Why on earth , mass when of there Eng is lishmen so much insist to be on seen scampering everywhere off , will to miserable the great tant British British hotels prices , dirty ? British Only watering last week -places someone , and pay wrote ing exorbi to the - himself Tt 7 nes to wife comp and lain a of frien an hotel damounted at Eastbourne without , where wine his to bill some , for - a alone thi sum ng were like large , . charged £ enough , 5 in two to at board 19 da s . ys , 6 . d and . per The lodge diem bed , orie - , room tha comfortabl t is and over sitting , y 24 for francs -room three , days at more than , half the hotels on the Continent , TqII n Puncher ot act this and itbut he be will off not next believe week you to j or his , if fav he ourite d o es , British he will dergo watering Poor any upon Punc -place amount h er , , read he of y cann imposition again ot hel to be , himself thoroughl . He y has plucked been , an bre d d un-, p up long to this as . he His can modest remember horiz , on at of the " holiday one extreme " has b been y the bounded solid satis , as - faction of Southend , at the other , by the racy revelry of Ramsga he te enjoy . He himself cannot , unless conceive he got any well recreation bullied b " y abroad his landlad , nor y would , and nearl anything y summoned about the whenever hundred- he and bathed -one little . He quiet could and not reasonable tell you p subject laces on of the Margate French . Yes coasts , and , but t his is , thoug quite well he can posted rec a ll , o n o his the will cost small , the shop ain sums keepers seek he them has ' Elysium often next . spent He in the has a bad three not ro forgotten oms weeks bad ' , visit thoug food to h that bad he there bathing ag , bad only fun two , bad good company things year b , y , and way seelc of a them set , off , knowing against , that the general Puncher , badnes and thousands s—to wit like , the him pric , put es , up and with the this chalk kind ! of But excuse of lo o for king a holiday for anything — -this better sort of . s The elf-imposition stereotyped , and vul never garities think of

      cockney sea-side places are accepted by him as necessary intemight gral part spend s of half that his recreation money and requir get double es , and its the worth idea in that some he and other con fashion servative , never head for . a And moment as Puncher enters his and thoroug his class hly British to workso do the various social strata a great way above go him . The stock same , families stock and places the respectable are besieged Eng year lish after fathers year and by the mothers same hurry and swindled off with , , their and tacitl broods y supporting for the purpose by their p f pat being ronage cramped that monstrous which British goes paterfamilias a nd y the comfortless , name who is of organised the Englis slave h system sea of - this bathing of watering impropriety . Many -place a ma weeks nia ' , has stay at pull the favourite much money and out fashionable of his pu locale rse for as would six enable the Rhine him and to intlb take Switzerland his whole household or to some , ser lovel vants y spot and on all , the up his Lake snobbis of Geneva msstirr , where ed into mtlor a state Ang ^ lais of rabid has not and yet restless , been , lu an nder d by . Howeverit , is of very little use preaching sermons of p wisdom and on this very theme much , . prefers The British discomfort character to novelty is "but . slowly But when impre every ssed , thrilli year ng some account indignant of half spirit -crown bursts mutton out chop in s the and Ti nine ? nes - and with -six - penny may a step not towards beds be , perfection it a does cheaper reall ; but , if se there not em st better is range no , mistake la that nd . not French about a soul bathing British stirs . fools It is will disorga pay nised them indecency year after . year As , they to British must ! prices—well , if

      Offenbach Z\ Handel.

      OFFENBACH z \ HANDEL .

      British What Aud Do Ience People ? Mean ...

      British What aud do ience people ? mean We are whe very n the much y talk beg of i a nning discriminating to doubt surel whether y be the last such week bod of y has Handel an ' s existen " Acis ce and , or Galat this ea would " not the Princess ' s Theatre . There appears to have been no difficulty in Offe filling nbach the St g . ned James supreme ' s night j aft bu er ni ght that at Opera the prices enterprising when ma lay nagement house prices of Mr the . venture Vining ha has s m g e t ven with H n andel o support a cha an nc d e the at Eills inform us that , " Acis and Galatea" is about to , be withdrawn , to make way for " a new and original drama by Mr . producing Boucicault . anything " We are sensational ready enough , but we to give atmse them man no agers support for

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 28, 1869, page 98, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_28081869/page/12/