DOI issue:
July to December, 1844
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16520#0059
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
FAMILY
THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY'S PITMEN
TO THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.
he following Family Secrets are Secrets Worth Knowing ;
and it is better to learn them by reading Punch, than
to find them out by expensive experience.
Economy in Juvenile Clothing.—Among the phe-
nomena of Infant Growth, is that of out-growing the
trousers before the latter are worn out. To obviate this
inconvenience, let your child's trousers be made with
several tucks, each, in succession, to be let down ac-
There has been a great turn-out of the Marquis of London-
derry's Pitmen, for which incident—deny it as he may—we have
little doubt that the Marquis is uncommonly grateful. And for this
reason : It affords him an opportunity for the exercise of his literary
powers ; and that the Marquis is smitten with the fatal charms of
pen and ink and foolscap, who that has read the noble writer's His-
tories and Travels, can deny ? Hence, the Marquis has, from Holder-
ness House, sent to his Pitmen several epistles full of "really paternal
advice!" The result of this is, the following answer from the
pitmen to their anxious father, Londonderry.
be disposed of at the area, or laid
up for future contingencies.
2. How to get a Bonnet out of
a Fall in Sugar.—This process is
" Durham. July 22.
cording to the elongation of the legs When the last: u Mar ; We have received vour letter that cMs w t {
tuck has been unfolded, the trousers, if still respectable, the Union and retum tQ Qul. wovk? [n angwer tQ ^ w/ , {}n Mar.
to descend to the smaller brother, ig , leaye uni ^ CQals m be cl and the ^en's
provided there is one ; or else to I labour more abundant-»
" You charge us with combining. We, Marquis, charge you with the
like act. We combine with one another, that we may have the value of
the sweat of our brows ; you belong to the Coal Trade Union—to the
Union of Masters, banded together to keep up the price of coals : to stint
very simple It consists in avail- the , of the market that ifc &1 bri £ certaiu wh
mg yourself ot the Fall in your : then> wealth combine-but labour, not ?
purchases, and taking no notice , « Y()u C()njm.e us <to Jook u the rum wQ are w ■ Qn our w-
of it in your entries in the house. Qur childrenj our county> &nd-the country ." We, in reply, conjure you
keeping-book. Ihe result is a , t(J consider tke miserv, the wretchedness, the suffering that every winter
balance in your favour unbe- ig brought upon the London poor by the Coal-owners' Union, that, obstinate
known,' to speak popularly, to for high prices, makes firing an unattainable luxury.
your husband ; which you quietly ; .« You say that you will come among us, and < proceed to eject us,'
invest m the bonnet. The success taki especial eare that « the civil and military power shall be at hand'
of this little experiment depends to Bupport you. 0h, father ! is it thus you will show your paternal love
upon having a confiding husband to pitmen's little ones ?
who never inquires about prices. , « Come among us? Marqlus; pray cora6i and never dream that we shaU
—JN. B. it will also help towards want , the civil and mnit.ary power' to settle the differences between us.
" making a purse.' No ; fear not, after a little talk, we shall agree in amity and love. You
3. How to gel credit for a w;y ieave vour union, we will leave ours, and in the hope of this, dear
Country Residence. — Shut all fatker
" We remain,
" Yrour affectionate Children of the Pit."
[herb follow mant signatures.]
His Lordship is expected to start forthwith from Holderueat
your lower shutters during Au-
gust and September, and live at
the top of the house. Take this
opportunity of wearing out your
old clothes.
4. To perpetuate Youth : —
Important to Matrons.—Having House for Sunderland
grown-up daughters, of sixteen, j
and pretty, dress them in frocks, -- —
pinafores, and frilled trousers.
Encourage them to play with ,p ^ ^ \ £ \yr COMET
skipping-ropes, battledores, and shuttlecocks, and let them come in after
dinner to have half a glass of wine. Or send them somewhere away to (From our own Astronomer.)
school, till people begin to say that you are treating them shamefully. _
By this means an inference as to their age, and consequently as to yours kver having seen a Comet, and being most
will be precluded. For your own part, wear no caps ; lace tight y, and jPSUjf «p desirous .,f getting every possible information
if your cheeks should have lost somewhat of the bloom of youth, buy h ^ about this partieular one, I took an early
a little. You may thus remain stationary tor a long time at eight-aud- fk\ breakfast and commenced my observations
twenty. W'W\K\ \ I wUn fhe naked eve. A sort of fluid smoke
5. To multiply Sherry.—Take of old Brown Sherry one bottle ; of WT \ for gome time ^errupted a clear view of
Raisin, two ; of White Currant, three. Mix. This will make an excel- «■ \ \ \\ the sky, and I had recourse to mv spec-
lent Pale Sherry for supper at evening parties ; but you had better not #M |L|\ U tacies, which gave me very little assistance,
introduce it at dinner. _ xta* M Having read the Times, in which I found
6. Axioms.—Flannel for the fire-side ; silk, satin, and velvet, for the ''If \M | Professor South's report stating that he
toire'e. ^*S^ I I 111 had "seen the comet for the fraction of a
7. Pudding first and Meat, afterwards for little Girls and Boys.—To - W ^|$Jv ff^ second, but could make no observation of
cloy is to moderate the youthful appetite. Fat mutton goes far with the 5f%^ ^^^=5 it," I thought that, with great mental
young consumer. --energy, I might eventually succeed iu
8. Scraps on six days ; a dinner party on the seventh. doin °" nearly as much, and thus be in a
9 Wax, damask Brussels, magnificence, and profusion, one evening in ve great astronomer. Accord-
the year; dips, dimity, drugget, seedmess, aud parsimony all the ^ dinner T gat down with a bottle of wine before me. and my
res,tnofDlt- ... . . Avi ' eye-glass in my hand, determined to watch for the comet. Having been
10. Pinch the stomach ; pamper the back. unsuccessful for the first hour, I opened a second bottle of wine, and
If Punch, by the above maxims and directions shall have furnished ; „ ^ which X had got about half-through, when the dazzled
any family with a hint as to « making it out, he will be delighted. of / induced me°t0 come t0 the conclusion that, like the
_______ celebrated South, I had seen the comet. Such was my state of happy
| ecstacy, that I remember nothing more, and I have great pleasure in
Historical Negligence. j confirming the report of the great astronomer that no observation could
Abd-el-Kader has not been taken yet. What is the Editor of the , be made of the Comet. Indeed I could make nothing of it at all, but
Mordteur about ? Joinville, we understand, has written over to his j i shall co-operate with the renowned South, in keeping my eye *UU
ather to have him instantly dismissed. I upon it.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
FAMILY
THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY'S PITMEN
TO THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.
he following Family Secrets are Secrets Worth Knowing ;
and it is better to learn them by reading Punch, than
to find them out by expensive experience.
Economy in Juvenile Clothing.—Among the phe-
nomena of Infant Growth, is that of out-growing the
trousers before the latter are worn out. To obviate this
inconvenience, let your child's trousers be made with
several tucks, each, in succession, to be let down ac-
There has been a great turn-out of the Marquis of London-
derry's Pitmen, for which incident—deny it as he may—we have
little doubt that the Marquis is uncommonly grateful. And for this
reason : It affords him an opportunity for the exercise of his literary
powers ; and that the Marquis is smitten with the fatal charms of
pen and ink and foolscap, who that has read the noble writer's His-
tories and Travels, can deny ? Hence, the Marquis has, from Holder-
ness House, sent to his Pitmen several epistles full of "really paternal
advice!" The result of this is, the following answer from the
pitmen to their anxious father, Londonderry.
be disposed of at the area, or laid
up for future contingencies.
2. How to get a Bonnet out of
a Fall in Sugar.—This process is
" Durham. July 22.
cording to the elongation of the legs When the last: u Mar ; We have received vour letter that cMs w t {
tuck has been unfolded, the trousers, if still respectable, the Union and retum tQ Qul. wovk? [n angwer tQ ^ w/ , {}n Mar.
to descend to the smaller brother, ig , leaye uni ^ CQals m be cl and the ^en's
provided there is one ; or else to I labour more abundant-»
" You charge us with combining. We, Marquis, charge you with the
like act. We combine with one another, that we may have the value of
the sweat of our brows ; you belong to the Coal Trade Union—to the
Union of Masters, banded together to keep up the price of coals : to stint
very simple It consists in avail- the , of the market that ifc &1 bri £ certaiu wh
mg yourself ot the Fall in your : then> wealth combine-but labour, not ?
purchases, and taking no notice , « Y()u C()njm.e us <to Jook u the rum wQ are w ■ Qn our w-
of it in your entries in the house. Qur childrenj our county> &nd-the country ." We, in reply, conjure you
keeping-book. Ihe result is a , t(J consider tke miserv, the wretchedness, the suffering that every winter
balance in your favour unbe- ig brought upon the London poor by the Coal-owners' Union, that, obstinate
known,' to speak popularly, to for high prices, makes firing an unattainable luxury.
your husband ; which you quietly ; .« You say that you will come among us, and < proceed to eject us,'
invest m the bonnet. The success taki especial eare that « the civil and military power shall be at hand'
of this little experiment depends to Bupport you. 0h, father ! is it thus you will show your paternal love
upon having a confiding husband to pitmen's little ones ?
who never inquires about prices. , « Come among us? Marqlus; pray cora6i and never dream that we shaU
—JN. B. it will also help towards want , the civil and mnit.ary power' to settle the differences between us.
" making a purse.' No ; fear not, after a little talk, we shall agree in amity and love. You
3. How to gel credit for a w;y ieave vour union, we will leave ours, and in the hope of this, dear
Country Residence. — Shut all fatker
" We remain,
" Yrour affectionate Children of the Pit."
[herb follow mant signatures.]
His Lordship is expected to start forthwith from Holderueat
your lower shutters during Au-
gust and September, and live at
the top of the house. Take this
opportunity of wearing out your
old clothes.
4. To perpetuate Youth : —
Important to Matrons.—Having House for Sunderland
grown-up daughters, of sixteen, j
and pretty, dress them in frocks, -- —
pinafores, and frilled trousers.
Encourage them to play with ,p ^ ^ \ £ \yr COMET
skipping-ropes, battledores, and shuttlecocks, and let them come in after
dinner to have half a glass of wine. Or send them somewhere away to (From our own Astronomer.)
school, till people begin to say that you are treating them shamefully. _
By this means an inference as to their age, and consequently as to yours kver having seen a Comet, and being most
will be precluded. For your own part, wear no caps ; lace tight y, and jPSUjf «p desirous .,f getting every possible information
if your cheeks should have lost somewhat of the bloom of youth, buy h ^ about this partieular one, I took an early
a little. You may thus remain stationary tor a long time at eight-aud- fk\ breakfast and commenced my observations
twenty. W'W\K\ \ I wUn fhe naked eve. A sort of fluid smoke
5. To multiply Sherry.—Take of old Brown Sherry one bottle ; of WT \ for gome time ^errupted a clear view of
Raisin, two ; of White Currant, three. Mix. This will make an excel- «■ \ \ \\ the sky, and I had recourse to mv spec-
lent Pale Sherry for supper at evening parties ; but you had better not #M |L|\ U tacies, which gave me very little assistance,
introduce it at dinner. _ xta* M Having read the Times, in which I found
6. Axioms.—Flannel for the fire-side ; silk, satin, and velvet, for the ''If \M | Professor South's report stating that he
toire'e. ^*S^ I I 111 had "seen the comet for the fraction of a
7. Pudding first and Meat, afterwards for little Girls and Boys.—To - W ^|$Jv ff^ second, but could make no observation of
cloy is to moderate the youthful appetite. Fat mutton goes far with the 5f%^ ^^^=5 it," I thought that, with great mental
young consumer. --energy, I might eventually succeed iu
8. Scraps on six days ; a dinner party on the seventh. doin °" nearly as much, and thus be in a
9 Wax, damask Brussels, magnificence, and profusion, one evening in ve great astronomer. Accord-
the year; dips, dimity, drugget, seedmess, aud parsimony all the ^ dinner T gat down with a bottle of wine before me. and my
res,tnofDlt- ... . . Avi ' eye-glass in my hand, determined to watch for the comet. Having been
10. Pinch the stomach ; pamper the back. unsuccessful for the first hour, I opened a second bottle of wine, and
If Punch, by the above maxims and directions shall have furnished ; „ ^ which X had got about half-through, when the dazzled
any family with a hint as to « making it out, he will be delighted. of / induced me°t0 come t0 the conclusion that, like the
_______ celebrated South, I had seen the comet. Such was my state of happy
| ecstacy, that I remember nothing more, and I have great pleasure in
Historical Negligence. j confirming the report of the great astronomer that no observation could
Abd-el-Kader has not been taken yet. What is the Editor of the , be made of the Comet. Indeed I could make nothing of it at all, but
Mordteur about ? Joinville, we understand, has written over to his j i shall co-operate with the renowned South, in keeping my eye *UU
ather to have him instantly dismissed. I upon it.