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    • THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES.
    • CONSCIENCE MONEY.
    • OBSTRUCTIVE OBSEQUIOUSNESS.
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      April ¦&, 1870.] The Tomahawk. 173

      April ¦& , 1870 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 173

      The Roundabout Rambles.

      THE ROUNDABOUT RAMBLES .

      [Continued By Our Special Correspondent....

      [ continued by our special correspondent . ] insisted I have on been my in quitting great her distress roof Lugworth .. ( a Not large onl county y , 2 has , 2 nd meeting my April aunt , 1 having 870 twice . been held to condemn the conduct of the Chief " as unprecedented the character in the of annals a gentleman of the hunting " ) , but field Lord , and Bolchester inconsistent has been with for papers days , and at death a paragraph ' s door . ' associating The whole thing me with has the been outrage in the , headed by somebody "A Couple to all of Malicious ray friends MA . \ W jrtunatel . r , " has y been , the kindl affair y sent has from brought an me East several End app music lications hall , and for the another Chief , from two of a which quiet — and one reli the g charge iously disposed of an elderly family at gentleman Bayswater suffering , ivho do from not object nervous to eccentricity to entertain , . or sli The ght music mental hall affliction people , I , who am very say much they have disposed frequentl sion , offer y had . £ 3 dealings a week , with and as "forei much gn refreshment gentlemen" in in the the shape profes of - another train figure oil the chief and Chief from rats will some as be may expected South reasonably Pacific to go throug Island be required h a and sham . then fig For ht finish with this by eating half a live turkey , feathers and all . , him If get the throug religious h this family trifle would at night onl , the y take one him thing all wo day uld , s and upport let the We other have , made and I it should with get Lord rid of Bolchester him for good the ! Chief But to at resume the last . moment having up undertakenon the understanding , that he goods should train have , to his cure arrow him - back , which , , and he be did allowed in a few to hunt hours the , by 9 the . 30 application of a peculiar kind of fat that he carries about in a the pill-b i px raffe , and . So says efficacious is extracted is it from as an the antidote back of that the in left Pok eye of the g King always puts on a great coat of it , before going into yar action . As to Lbrd Bolchester , he is now quite himself again , been and the suddenl preparations y stayed , for are his being daughter hurried ' s marriage on faster , which than ever had . When a little I overshoot say that his the lordshi markfor p is a quite few traces himself of again his recent , perhaps acci I - dent of him are being still discernible paralysed , and about , the him other . However a little disfigured , beyond one through -half his having Jost the thoraxdorsal musclescollar boneand sciatic Gener nerve al C , ruff there however is nothing , very he peculiar onlremembers about , him one . similar , , , says y mine case , at and the that moment was when they Ensign burst . in Floffy the was gates taking of CJiahawlapoor tea on the . well And even and retained the Ensi his gn got cheerfulness better off , wh for ereas he always Lord Bolchester could hear is totall , y deaf , and seems disagreeabl , y gloomy . In fact everyone riage says he will is give breaking the finishing up . rapidl stroke y , . and I assure that his you daughter it has ' been s mar a - geranium fectl very y awkward indifferent leaf in affair to his . it button , The and wears Chi hole ef , at the nevertheless dinner arrow . , But together , remains I must with take per a - up my notes at the present point . To-day , then , is the day fixed for the Chief ' s lecture at the Lugworth the chair , Lit and erary everybody and Scientific within Institution ten miles . is The expected Vicar takes to be exp there lorer . We , who hear is stay also ing that at the a Herr Bolchester Glojip , ' s a ce and leb is rat said ed German to have been from one end of Pokyar to the other , is , probably coming . Spagmore ' has just been round to take a last look at us 7 p . . m . He him insists put the on Chief some does spectacles not look and scientific a pair of enoug false h whiskers , and has . made Both his are war glued paint on to on him too . . The I am Chief , however seems , in to hopes like it that , but he will will have rub The this o penin off programme g against w w ith ords a stick , the then is cushions and very Spagmore a simp of le after . the is The to carriage which g Vipar ive his a as brief is eleven we to history say go Indians along a few of -. the who Queen yar are to , and be in an a appropriate cage behind map comic , the scenes song , composed are to sing by God himself Sai / a , . manners Then I am and to cus in t om rod s uce " of the the Ch peop ief , le who , but is as to I illustrate have arranged " the

      positivel part of the y nothing entertainment with him may about prove what very he vague is to do and , I startling fear this . to Next conclude we are with to hav a powerful e some " dissolving address of view the s , Chief " and , the in Eng whole lish is , to am the expecting school children , therefore , exhorting , a very them pleasant " to and put away really idols edif . y " ing I evening . So , I hear , is the Vicar . In the carriage . The Chief has rehearsed his address 7 . 30 p for . m the . last time , and is fast asleep . I have arranged with Spagmore his door programme matswallow of " a manners bottle of and ink customs stand on . " his He head is to in mak a e a plate , eat , the whole of the liver of , a fresh caught cod , break soup an finall the to arm show vicar - y ch get ai how , r and with twenty a clear grandfather one peop blow them le on of at is a to all garden served the at one platform up roller back at , table cut to leap sit up in , in while Pok a a lay row yar in fi , gure with and the act of sharpening the twenty-two pointed blades oin \ syangatang that or sp it ine will knife " go . like This anything last idea , " and is be Spagmore invaluable ' s , and if the he cod insists -liver business falls flat . ******** getting Just got out to of the the Institution carriage . , th To at my the annoyance Chief has I see come , as in lie his is fashion " tops . " . From A large the crowd waist is upwards waiting , however us . , he is in the latest ******* being Just - - evergreen on the platform festoons , which and a is suspended most tastefull circle y arranged of laurels , there in the Central centre Africa bearing . " This the is device very nice , " . Lugworth I have pointed welcomes it out South to the Chief * . The * cheering * is * tremendous * * stop # . him - * ! Good gracious ! He is climbing up the vicar ' s neck ! * * * * * * * * I feared it ! He has mistaken me ! With a terrific yell he grinning has leapt at ri the ght audience into the . middle of the laurel device , and is

      Conscience Money.

      CONSCIENCE MONEY .

      Mr It . Colquhoun Is Stated That Was The...

      Mr It . Colquhoun is stated that was the the leader Church , having Association gained , of its which suit the against late costs the Incumbent , which amounted of St . Alban to no ' s less ,. Holborn than ^ , 1 declined , 500 . This to concession accept the , however vast difference , to Mr . to Machonochie the reverend 's pocket gentleman cannot , for his have costs made in any the p amounted same ity that suit religious , which to no , less of squabbles course a sum , he cannot than had , £ 2 be to , 800 settled pay . , It are less is stated reall expensivel y to a great have y Presuming there is a right and wrong side to these suits—which , be we accorded admit , to a be chance perhap of s a winning bold presumption without having —the to ri run ght the should risk of losing a sum of , £ 4 , 000 or ^ £ 5 000 on each point under dispute while . for If Mr these . Machonochie quarrels are and to continue his , enemies it would to really be between worth themselves for the institution of a Special Court arrange of Arches , by the decisions of which they would mutually agree to be bound , and sonable which figure would . The take the suggestion St . Alban . is ' s worth job on y contract of consideration at a rea- . Its adoption would not only save money , but a great deal of delay and confusion ; and who knows but that in the end the dispute might really be settled .

      Obstructive Obsequiousness.

      OBSTRUCTIVE OBSEQUIOUSNESS .

      Although The Recent Visit Of The Prince ...

      Although the recent visit of the Prince of Wales to Portporaries land Prison , the was order reported of the at reception great length of His by most Royal of Hi our ghness contem by - the other prison ' s wives officials to the , how royal they visitor introduced , and what each they other gave and him each for lunch , were the only facts dwelt upon by the " special corre- j spondents Prince of Wales " who saw chronicled anything the of the interesting convicts , event that . he That appeared the 1 kept so interested we out must of in their presume them way , or that ; that but he His it spoke appears Royal to them Hig to us hness , is absurd not was stated carefull that , and the y j Prince should have been at the inconvenience of making a sea '

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 30, 1870, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_30041870/page/11/