DOI issue:
January to June, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16519#0160
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
163
THE LADIES' COLLEGE
Wyz Antiquarian Sbottetg.
The last meeting of the Antiquarian Society was devoted to a very
I patient investigation into the origin and meaning of the phrase " Give him
Range, Zomerset. | the sack," as applied to the ejection of an individual from some position
he had previously occupied.
Mr. Pokeabout observed, that he had devoted nearly the whole of liis
life to a deep and solemn research into this very curious question. He
begged leave to produce a portion of a sack ; which, on being compared
with the garb of a monastic penitent, was found to be of the same cloth as
the sackcloth which the early martyrs were accustomed to rig themselves
out in when they started on an expedition for the purpose of doing
onzummat Sir,—I fealeno arpolagy
isnesessary for intrudin upon time
like yourn. I rite to inform you
not to put no faith in Missis Owitt,
woo I zee is comin over the Afchy-
fenum, wich my wife don't consider
fare to her, woo as a simlar In- 1 Peil<ince.
.■ e „__.,___t „„i . | Mr. Digaway was strongly of opinion that this sackcloth was given to
stitaotion, oi the same sort, onlv no i , , , &i ' . , ,, . e
, . n t l it \ 1 martyrs when tliev set on on their pilgrimages ; and thus it was said
end ot beter. JJo i mak myself of that ^ ^ on %heij. departure> Peter of Putney, who
clear I Mary Owitt rites and says, ; was tile father of the old parochial pilgrims, had left behind him a remnant
" I have been much charmed by of an old ballad ; but fortunately only two lines of it had been preserved,
those articles in the two last Athy- He (Ma. Digawav) said fortunately, for if the whole ballad were as poor
senums on Mr. Reid's ' Plea for Woman.' "— as the two lines that have been handed down to us, it was as well for the
1 beliv she menes the articel in Punsh askin reputation of Peter of Putney that only a single couplet remained.
wat way she stufed duks, an foggot vich vas j ^?l'r'\ .
• , ■ . i n j, e__i,!,,,,^,,,,, I Mr. Grubemup, knowing that this discussion was about to come on,
vich, an mistuk Punsh for the Atnnyseum. , , ., , . . ' . » . >
„ , , „, .j. " . , had provided himself with a sack-but, winch he begged leave to produce.
Cos she gose on :-" They are written with j The Chairman did not exact, see lhe relation between the sack-but
a full comprehension and feeling of the subject, and the act of givjng the sack "
and must do somethin towards enlightening the Mr. Grubemup would not press the suggestion, and begged leave to
public mind," which is clear she can't mene \ withdraw the sack-but, which was unanimously agreed to.
A.thymseun, but menes Punch. She then ses j The Chairman said that the woolsack was a curious instance of giving
aks the libbaty of inclosin a parspicuous of a , the sack without sending a person away. He hoped the meeting under-
she talis the iiUDaty ot inciosin a parspicuous oi a , """"""6 prawn nwoj. uc ihjjjcu mc mocuug miuw-
"Educational Institute" (I coppy her spellin, but i think j stood him- (Cries °f " Hear.") When Lord Brougham had the sack,
it isn't rite. Asn't Instittute fore f s ?) wich some rite that » ** a»y, the woolsack, he was not dismissed ; but when he was dis-
thinkin and spirted wummans in her nebberhood as got
up. And she thinks as it'll be a nucalus for a general
an' eddicate big gals, an the Anythseum '11 get it poopils. She ses :—Of
corse you kno of the Eddicational Instit" at Bedandbug ; this is jist it.
Now, dere Punch, my wife is charmed not only with two articels, but
with you in particala, hoom she ses is very andsome ; an she opes if the
other cotteppory supports tother spec, as you will stic to her and sens the
followin perspicuous according : —
Principal—My Wife, d.d.,1 f.R.S.,2
Who will give lecters twice a week on Apel Dumpling.
PERPESSER of THE THEARY an PraCTIS 1 |j g DaRTER, v.P.f. R.S.3
ov Pi-Crust.....j '
Regus Perfesser ov Puddens . . My Litel Darter, M.B.,4 f.R.S.
Perfesser ov the Thbary of Peticote] Harriet Martin 0, R.A.,5
ec0nemy an 'ousekeepin . . j f.r.s.
Perfesser of the Practis of ditto . Betty Martin 0.
*#* A Nativ of Berlin w ill giv instructin in Berlin Vool, so far as relates
to useful manifacters, and vill open is course with the —
WOOLLONIAN ORASHUN ON KETIL-OLDERS.
N.B.—Xo Arts u-ill be tort.
missed, the sack, that is to say, the woolsack, was taken away from, instead
of being given to him.
A gentleman observed, that the expression " Give him the sack " is
probably as old as the Saxons. (Cries of" Who are you ? " and " Turn,
him out ! '')
The gentleman here hastily left the room ; and thanks having been
voted to the hall-porter for his able conduct in the passage, the meeting
was adjourned.
(cj- A Labertort will be opened in the kitchin, vich vill be enlarged by
openin the cubberds ; and publik insterction will be given there by a Dumb
instructor in the ordinary manipulations of Ousekippen. Every poopil will
be expected to bring a rollin pin an pasteborde and find her own buttar.
Poopils to take rotashun to eat each other's manofacters, vich is a Teat
stimilis to industry, as no other board vill be pervided.
Oping you will elp my wife, who is more sartin the more she thinks on
it, how bootiful you ar, I am
Ture tru lie,
cornew copyer.
P.S.—There will be a gran public sho wen we 're reddy to begin in the
Labbertory; Prins Albert will be invitted to open the cubberds, and lay
the fust dab ov buttar on the Iuorgaration paste, wich he will afterwards
roll a litel, an my wife will finish it. 1 vill sen you a ticket to the sera-
iaony if you will elp er prodgick.
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Of mills to grind old people green,
And bring back early prime ;
We've read in Christmas Tide, and seen
In Christmas Pantomime.
But magic of a converse hue
Assails, in hideous storm,
Whatever earthly things go through
Thy Club House, 0 Reform.
The Hat which, guiltless of a shower,
In virgin sleekness shone,
Will grow so vile in half an hour,
You '11 blush to put it on.
Umbrellas, more especially
In bad or doubtful weather,
Not only rot and fade away,
But vanish altogether.
Your cane into a stick will change ;—
There's nothing in creation
But into something old and strange
Doth suffer transformation.
The following rule of life from hence
A prudent man will gather—
But no : I '11 not insult your sense :
I think you guess it—rather ?
Philosophy and Horseflesh..
The Earl of Cardigan has lost two horses—pet hunters. And yet
his Lordship neither tore his hair, nor his moustachios ; but, says a
Dublin paper, " heard of those losses with his usual equanimity and in-
difference, speaking of them as ordinary casualties ! " What the " usual
equanimity" of the Earl of Cardigan is, may be learned, as Dutch
doctors learned diseases, from a bottle,—a black bottle.
"THE RULING PASSION STRONG," &c.
D.D. Duck, a' darling. « F.R.S. Fond o' Rum Srub. The proverbial good taste of George IV. has even descended to his
* V.P.F.R.S. Very Petiekler Fond o' Rcm Srub. * M.B. Mbttculufl Booty. equestrian statue in Trafalgar-square, for it turns its back upon the
<> R.A. Rayther a Absurdity. National Gallery.
163
THE LADIES' COLLEGE
Wyz Antiquarian Sbottetg.
The last meeting of the Antiquarian Society was devoted to a very
I patient investigation into the origin and meaning of the phrase " Give him
Range, Zomerset. | the sack," as applied to the ejection of an individual from some position
he had previously occupied.
Mr. Pokeabout observed, that he had devoted nearly the whole of liis
life to a deep and solemn research into this very curious question. He
begged leave to produce a portion of a sack ; which, on being compared
with the garb of a monastic penitent, was found to be of the same cloth as
the sackcloth which the early martyrs were accustomed to rig themselves
out in when they started on an expedition for the purpose of doing
onzummat Sir,—I fealeno arpolagy
isnesessary for intrudin upon time
like yourn. I rite to inform you
not to put no faith in Missis Owitt,
woo I zee is comin over the Afchy-
fenum, wich my wife don't consider
fare to her, woo as a simlar In- 1 Peil<ince.
.■ e „__.,___t „„i . | Mr. Digaway was strongly of opinion that this sackcloth was given to
stitaotion, oi the same sort, onlv no i , , , &i ' . , ,, . e
, . n t l it \ 1 martyrs when tliev set on on their pilgrimages ; and thus it was said
end ot beter. JJo i mak myself of that ^ ^ on %heij. departure> Peter of Putney, who
clear I Mary Owitt rites and says, ; was tile father of the old parochial pilgrims, had left behind him a remnant
" I have been much charmed by of an old ballad ; but fortunately only two lines of it had been preserved,
those articles in the two last Athy- He (Ma. Digawav) said fortunately, for if the whole ballad were as poor
senums on Mr. Reid's ' Plea for Woman.' "— as the two lines that have been handed down to us, it was as well for the
1 beliv she menes the articel in Punsh askin reputation of Peter of Putney that only a single couplet remained.
wat way she stufed duks, an foggot vich vas j ^?l'r'\ .
• , ■ . i n j, e__i,!,,,,^,,,,, I Mr. Grubemup, knowing that this discussion was about to come on,
vich, an mistuk Punsh for the Atnnyseum. , , ., , . . ' . » . >
„ , , „, .j. " . , had provided himself with a sack-but, winch he begged leave to produce.
Cos she gose on :-" They are written with j The Chairman did not exact, see lhe relation between the sack-but
a full comprehension and feeling of the subject, and the act of givjng the sack "
and must do somethin towards enlightening the Mr. Grubemup would not press the suggestion, and begged leave to
public mind," which is clear she can't mene \ withdraw the sack-but, which was unanimously agreed to.
A.thymseun, but menes Punch. She then ses j The Chairman said that the woolsack was a curious instance of giving
aks the libbaty of inclosin a parspicuous of a , the sack without sending a person away. He hoped the meeting under-
she talis the iiUDaty ot inciosin a parspicuous oi a , """"""6 prawn nwoj. uc ihjjjcu mc mocuug miuw-
"Educational Institute" (I coppy her spellin, but i think j stood him- (Cries °f " Hear.") When Lord Brougham had the sack,
it isn't rite. Asn't Instittute fore f s ?) wich some rite that » ** a»y, the woolsack, he was not dismissed ; but when he was dis-
thinkin and spirted wummans in her nebberhood as got
up. And she thinks as it'll be a nucalus for a general
an' eddicate big gals, an the Anythseum '11 get it poopils. She ses :—Of
corse you kno of the Eddicational Instit" at Bedandbug ; this is jist it.
Now, dere Punch, my wife is charmed not only with two articels, but
with you in particala, hoom she ses is very andsome ; an she opes if the
other cotteppory supports tother spec, as you will stic to her and sens the
followin perspicuous according : —
Principal—My Wife, d.d.,1 f.R.S.,2
Who will give lecters twice a week on Apel Dumpling.
PERPESSER of THE THEARY an PraCTIS 1 |j g DaRTER, v.P.f. R.S.3
ov Pi-Crust.....j '
Regus Perfesser ov Puddens . . My Litel Darter, M.B.,4 f.R.S.
Perfesser ov the Thbary of Peticote] Harriet Martin 0, R.A.,5
ec0nemy an 'ousekeepin . . j f.r.s.
Perfesser of the Practis of ditto . Betty Martin 0.
*#* A Nativ of Berlin w ill giv instructin in Berlin Vool, so far as relates
to useful manifacters, and vill open is course with the —
WOOLLONIAN ORASHUN ON KETIL-OLDERS.
N.B.—Xo Arts u-ill be tort.
missed, the sack, that is to say, the woolsack, was taken away from, instead
of being given to him.
A gentleman observed, that the expression " Give him the sack " is
probably as old as the Saxons. (Cries of" Who are you ? " and " Turn,
him out ! '')
The gentleman here hastily left the room ; and thanks having been
voted to the hall-porter for his able conduct in the passage, the meeting
was adjourned.
(cj- A Labertort will be opened in the kitchin, vich vill be enlarged by
openin the cubberds ; and publik insterction will be given there by a Dumb
instructor in the ordinary manipulations of Ousekippen. Every poopil will
be expected to bring a rollin pin an pasteborde and find her own buttar.
Poopils to take rotashun to eat each other's manofacters, vich is a Teat
stimilis to industry, as no other board vill be pervided.
Oping you will elp my wife, who is more sartin the more she thinks on
it, how bootiful you ar, I am
Ture tru lie,
cornew copyer.
P.S.—There will be a gran public sho wen we 're reddy to begin in the
Labbertory; Prins Albert will be invitted to open the cubberds, and lay
the fust dab ov buttar on the Iuorgaration paste, wich he will afterwards
roll a litel, an my wife will finish it. 1 vill sen you a ticket to the sera-
iaony if you will elp er prodgick.
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Of mills to grind old people green,
And bring back early prime ;
We've read in Christmas Tide, and seen
In Christmas Pantomime.
But magic of a converse hue
Assails, in hideous storm,
Whatever earthly things go through
Thy Club House, 0 Reform.
The Hat which, guiltless of a shower,
In virgin sleekness shone,
Will grow so vile in half an hour,
You '11 blush to put it on.
Umbrellas, more especially
In bad or doubtful weather,
Not only rot and fade away,
But vanish altogether.
Your cane into a stick will change ;—
There's nothing in creation
But into something old and strange
Doth suffer transformation.
The following rule of life from hence
A prudent man will gather—
But no : I '11 not insult your sense :
I think you guess it—rather ?
Philosophy and Horseflesh..
The Earl of Cardigan has lost two horses—pet hunters. And yet
his Lordship neither tore his hair, nor his moustachios ; but, says a
Dublin paper, " heard of those losses with his usual equanimity and in-
difference, speaking of them as ordinary casualties ! " What the " usual
equanimity" of the Earl of Cardigan is, may be learned, as Dutch
doctors learned diseases, from a bottle,—a black bottle.
"THE RULING PASSION STRONG," &c.
D.D. Duck, a' darling. « F.R.S. Fond o' Rum Srub. The proverbial good taste of George IV. has even descended to his
* V.P.F.R.S. Very Petiekler Fond o' Rcm Srub. * M.B. Mbttculufl Booty. equestrian statue in Trafalgar-square, for it turns its back upon the
<> R.A. Rayther a Absurdity. National Gallery.