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    178 THE TOMAHAWK. [August 31, 1867.

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    URBS IN RURE.

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    No. I. I Miss Constance Vane to Miss Ame...

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    AN OLD FOX TO SOME VERY SOUR GRAPES. Wha...

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    THE GREAT CHURCH GRIEVANCE.

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    be Dear grateful Tomahawk if you can , g...

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    Startling Announcement.—Old King Coleis ...

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    178 The Tomahawk. [August 31, 1867.

    178 THE TOMAHAWK . [ August 31 , 1867 .

    Urbs In Rure.

    URBS IN RURE .

    No. I. I Miss Constance Vane To Miss Ame...

    No . I . I Miss Constance Vane to Miss Amelia Ryde , Painter August . 22 nd . this de My clare bothersome Darling it was becoming Reform Amelia Bill perfectl , — , At Papa last y abominable was we obli have ged got ; but to awa stop of y course . from I reall town owing y . to I is provision think obliged that against to a country sit after such must the an season be annoyance very is badl properl as y governed this y over is made . in I which do in not this the hear precious Parliament that Re any - form me , that Bill . there I onl must y can be say something , and I am very sure , rotten my dear in , the you state will of agree Albion with , when ladies kJ are CbA *« r compelled for AVI reasons frUm / itf of state to t \/ remain in A ** London 414 \ 41

    when nei f f J . AVAJL hbourhoods young there TVUtl ^ are AMVAA positivel ^ and when VWl y no & ApVfJ balls the . JLW \ Ji going f is closed " , except * £ * » . ••* - ' a I few shall A V ^ in ** . *« certainl - ** low ¦** . . suburban . AV write V » g , opera y to Mr . M now ill , on my this dear subject pet , to , as tell I conceive you something it to be about most important ourselves . We present have onl ; y I been think here it promises three days to , so be I very cannot deli say ghtful much , there about are the plenty place of at persons peop UV * OV 11 le here whom V * * . LW , and . ! . one VSAK . V of cannot VMMilVb the right speak UL /^ MI sort \ . to VV , . | thoug Who « W »^~ h do U of . V you J course \ J ¦** . think « , 1 AU 11 V one I . a . saw J * meets « f » the » , »* .-w many o ^~ r ¦ ther . * . ¦** m .

    day , but Edgar Loosington , walking on the pier with a creature who I is understand a sort of Anonyma is established . The in a naug little hty villa rascal just outside ! he took the off town his , hat and to 'who me just as if he had been alone , and never even blushed ; but what the men are ladies old coming before like you his to time I and don me ' vr t know ho , unless has , there found we get reall out hold y the is no foll of chance some of his middle for virtuous - . aged Of young course man , I stared at her , and , really Amelia , what he can y see in ways her I can ' t

    conbut ceive impudence ; I think her goes positivel down yplain with the , but men there now , it - ' a s - always days . ; the she way was , nothing dressed presumption too so plainly of , with these nothing creatures at . all loud about her , just like a lady—the is Mamma a know dreadful what says bore a she , man for won he of ' is t the so world agreeable Edgar is to , and any dear does of . our talk We evenings so met joll them y , to which one two : or you three times ; I wonder he has the impudence , my to show his face here . happened He absolutel and y came oh I was up the not next mamma day to short call on with vis as him if nothing and never had

    asked It is him a most , to deli stay ghtful luncheon life here ! ! We have not seen anything , of the ful island ! One yet ; can but wear we have all been sorts on of the fascinating pier every toilettes day , and if one it is likes so deli ; g and htcome then one in ; meets and every really one y ; can and quite it is imag such ine fun the to country see the . steamboats Then Sir cruise Arthur , and Seagull take has our asked luncheon us to with come us . in Then his yach we are t , and to we have shall private go a some theatricals parties next when TV week 4 we »» , and generall several balls ; to t and get every a little evening dancing there be are

    sides » JVX * 1- ^ five JLS «*>« . I , o ' clock J , } . M .. teas W * , and gVlAVL we CVA . shall J . y V manage tlAM > have lLO . CW picnics > W W *~ I * soon up IT , I fcfci dare % * V > . say ^ ilV ** . «( L ) , I do - »^ - expeditions think those B every lunt ' s day are to perfectl some ridiculous interesting spot they like do nothing a lot of cockney make What tourists nonsense . They ! say I they should came like to to see meet the Ed island gar qui and etl enjoy y some the ni country ght , and ! have that creature a little exp out lanation ! with him ; how delightful it would be to cut write Good again bye to , darling soon , write I hope and this tell detestable me what you cholera are will doing be . over I will in

    Rome before you we go there . . Are you coming ? You must try and manage it . Ever dearest Mely , Your loving Constance friend , Vane . P . S . —A young gentleman , of the name of Plainley , has called twice on us already , do you remember him in town ?

    No . II . Miss Amelia Painter to Miss Constance Vane . Folksleigh Hall , near Stafford , 24 th August . evening My Dearest . Oh J how Conny I envy , — you I received ! My dear your , if welcome you only letter knew yesterday the dulldemned demned ness of this to to six six place weeks weeks J—perfectl imprisonment imnrisonment y dreadful here here !— . . and What What we are shall shall absolutel I I do do ? ? y con Oh Oh - .

    and these their dreadful absur people d and vul ! they gar tastes ' t even I reall p y cannot croquet do , justice except to 1 a game What , , do that you she think would that rather Julia spend , the second fine of summer the girls ' s day , told in me the yesterd country ay tha ?— n one a wh has ole to week associate in London with such at the savages heigh one t of mi the ght season just as well Reall be y in , when New ciou Zealand s ! Then or the the Arc affectati hipelago on at of these once I girls It : l- they eally go makes out me botanizing quite fero I I - assure you , my dear , they pretend to feel as much pleasure in finding a parti new flower of the as season we should , and he real asked ly feel us if to we dance were twice introduc ! I e reall d to y have e best 110 patience with the crass ( I think that ' s the word )—the crass ignorance

    No. I. I Miss Constance Vane To Miss Ame...

    and begun Heaven stup to idit keep talk y to of me these me from the , country such other boobies day boors of . ! Ben As Alfred Jonson for , the the ; young and eldest when , men absolutel I , asked may y him if he had not written a very good Dictionary , he laughed in my face think —and , who it turned wrote out plays this , Jonson like Shakespeare was a poet , onl of Queen y I believe Anne ' much s period more , I improper—as if I should ever have read such trash ! done My if dear I had Conny not broug , I do ht assure all my you old I ball don cards ' t know of this what season I should with have me ; they have ** been onl V 1 UJ consolationI M sit 3 in 111 JlllJ own SM bedroom ( which

    I « - ** must . w ^ . « . « . * confess ^> KSV *^** my *** is snug y , WVlMVUbllUll and , thank . H -. eaven * AC , my far -f enoug If .. t ~*\ + h \ JLM . \ away SKJ ± M . M . 1 XV fro ALLK m + H . back Mamma to those ' s ) , and glorious read them hours over , and and in over my ears again sound . Oh once , how more my soul the goes glorious melodies of Coote and Tinney ! Talk about nightingales ! I'd than rather all hear the ni one ghtingales bar of the that " Mabel ever were Waltz hatched , " or even ! of the " Lancers , " It You was ask at the me Vavasours if I remember ball— Mr I . happened Plainley ? to Don be ' t not I , Conny very full , that , and ' s all I . done absolutel so y rriiV was should fool enoug come h to but put that him dear down Lord for a Dunciman waltz ; after and I I had had

    not ~« . v »« . w a round ^ vy , dance ^ llV / Ui- left U . Vl ! / l < iV Of > up "i / cours VUC e IJ . XC I put 1 . U . \*** him 4 J—rfVJJ down . \ JL JL / UllVllUAUy for Mr . , Plainley CUXV 1 . JL . J . XCLVJ ' s , little saying fib , with . Oh ! laug he h laug , that hed I was sweetl engaged y ! You , but know for him what I nice could teeth tell he a has ! When the dance came , of course Mr . Plainley was there , and when simp mistaken ly I took told , that him my I , card had in my been which most engaged was naive hang to and ing Lord simp by le Dunciman my manner wrist , , t long hat showed he before must , be he his said name he had written heard by " himself beaut ! and Fancy truth how were I looked ! He terms sneered in and art

    but apparently they were y not so in simplicity syno . " nymous What he meant I , me don' because t know . he I believe had not he got had any made one the else speech to say up , it to . Of y said course it to I danced when I next with met Lord Mr Dunciman . Plainley , , h and e bowed he took stiffly me , and down would to not supper speak , but to me let , this as if be I a cared warning a p to in you for , such never rubbish let any as man he of is ! whom My dear you are Conny not , very Now * 'Vff fond j , dearest ^ -t . write ^ . C *« . W ^ Ly his , good J ^ VVU name . ni HAtfll on ght U your . I ± . card All am A . . very VVl V sleepy Ol ^ vUVt . I JL . did VJ . 1 A ^ . manage J . A . tC * li . Cl £ ^ X » to fc-VS

    - smuggle three or four French novels , or else what should I have done ? T Eng hey lish have classics got a ! library and nasty here old , but dictionaries such a library ! Good !—nothing bye my but sweet standard . Ever yours devotedl Amelia y , Painter . do P . S . — think There ?— is that to be brute a ball uncle next John week at actuall the county town and , and died what so that you we are in mourning . , If that is not , fiendish conduct y gone , I should like , to know what is !

    An Old Fox To Some Very Sour Grapes. Wha...

    AN OLD FOX TO SOME VERY SOUR GRAPES . What Not a ! bit the of famed it ! Let Prussian all the Eagle Fatherland at Salzburg rail ! be caught ? D That o you he ' think s don , e— then if , they that once Bismarck get the has Salt never on his been tail taug ? ht ,

    The Great Church Grievance.

    THE GREAT CHURCH GRIEVANCE .

    Be Dear Grateful Tomahawk If You Can , G...

    be Dear grateful Tomahawk if you can , —As some the reforms church made season , w is hich now will setting go far in , to I wards shall alleviating town , You , for kno the its w that ver severity y simp . le and about suf town ficient never reason thin that k of nobod going y to there church cares in fore to in , quire no reason or to w remark hy we whether should inflict we have upon been ourselves or not this . There particular is , there form - of VSA . self h ? WAJt - *** mortification X ^* biltVMblWlit , in il * «>« addition t % A % ^ A ^ AVf «¦ heirs to * ^ J enduri ^* . such *»»• ** n * g J ^ t w h ** indifferent ose . \« wv ills t VV o tailors whi * T AiiVilM ch , in **»

    dinn common ersand with so on . flesh But , we when are we — out of town as of course we have , bad to and help as we , peop have le all to got set an down examp to t , he go and country so we b y this , c time hurch , it regularl really is y ; serious question whether something cannot be done to alleviate our good various deal Sunday . To miseries have to . get In there the at first 11 is p as e bad , church as being is too in a earl Govern y by a - afternoon ment office , and Then I should of course propose the s that ermons it should are too onl long y be and allowed too stup in th id e

    hard beca vating and u there se . they Now . is us altogether like and this , unless , may but a b wan e w , is t e l of go altered ver comfort y w orde ell we f or and fellows to p eop refreshment an le do wh e w xamp n o he go le quite re , it m c is aggra hu er y , - strik to j ^ e rison upon , and like to , those get our two governors fellows in not the to paper pay their the Yours other church faithfull day -rates . , but to go Gaston y , .

    Startling Announcement.—Old King Coleis ...

    Startling Announcement . —Old King Coleis asavage old soul

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 31, 1867, page 178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_31081867/page/2/