Punch (31.1856)

150 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [October 11, 1856.

MR. PERKS'S MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCES. PART II.

Mr. Peeks finds there is a Gentleman in the House who
will be glad to join him in his sltting-room. the stranger
Mr. Perks turns his back on Snowdon in Mr. Perks continues his search after Soli- is grim and clerical, and enlivens Mr. Perks by an ao-

disgust, informing the unabashed mountain tude. He finds it at the pen-y-gwr-yd inn,* count of all the tourists who have fallen over the

that he c0ns1debs him a regular do ! NANT-GwYNANT, us doe8nt like it at all. cliffs for the last ten years

„, „ 0vee the " glydder vawr " in SEARCH of " AnTHERICUM

Mr. Perks, not to be daunted, ;c:ns an adven- saratinum/' Mr. Perks has previously soaped his stock-

turous Cragsman, Botanist, Geologist, and ings inside, which produces a chilly feeling about View of Mr. Perks's Boots as they appeared

Fisherman, in a Little Walk the febti before the Little Walk.

,.i*JN-?' Mr Funch begs, from personal experience, to recommend this Inn to those of his numerous acquaintance who wish to explore Snowdonia. They may not find
solitude, but they will find capital quarters, first-rate cookery, and a moderate hill.

POOR LAW GUARDIAN ANGELS.

A Common subject of lamentation with grumblers is the selfishness
and lack of charity which they assert to characterise the present age.
But what, truth can tcere be in this assertion, when the Guardians of a
Parish Union actually put forth the advertisement whereof the following
is a portion :—

BROMYARD UNION. RELIEVING OFFICER WANTED.
THE Board of Guardians are desirous of receiving APPLICATIONS
J- from Persons competent and willing to perform the duties of RELIEVING
OFFICER of the Second District of this "Union; comprising the parishes of Acton
Beauchamp, Avenbury, Much Cowarne, Cradley, Evesbatch, Felton, Bishop's Frome,
Moreton Jefferiep, Ocle Pitchard, Stanford Bishop, Stoke Lacy, and TJUingswick ; and
containing an area of 27,104 Acres; at a Salary of £52 per annum,
c T? v.0f^Cer wiU be re1uired t0 reside in such central part of the District as siall be
fixed by the Guardians, to keep a horse or pony, and devote the whole of his tltsss to
the duties of his office, not following any other kind of business; and to be prepared
to enter upon his duties on the 25th day of March next.

In this advertisement it is assumed that applications will probably be
made by several parties for a situation, the duties of which will absorb
the whole time of its occupant, will consist, simpJv, in the distribution
ot alms, and will be unremunerated. A salary of £52 per annum, to
be sure, is offered to the relieving officer, but then he will be obliged
to keep a horse, which will cost him nearly a pound a-week, so that the

£52 must be intended for the maintenance of the quadruped, leaving
perhaps a small surplus for contingent veterinary expenses. Who are
the clergy about Bromyard? The names of these apostles and ev-ai-
gelists ought to be known : they have been preaching to some purpose:
they have evidently produced a state of things in that neighbourhooa
identical wir,h primitive Christianity. In the blest region of Brom-
yard it is evidently looked upon as a likely thing, that there will he
plenty of competitors for the place of gratuitous almoner, willing to
devote their entire lives, without earthly consideration, to the dis-
pensation of benevolence to their fellow-creatures. Iu that angelic
ministration, we suppose, the Guardians of the Bromyard Union expect
that their Relieving Officer will distribute not only the ample fund-:
which they intrust to him, but likewise all the odd cash that he may
have of his own, after the deduction of his personal charges from his
private income.__

A Proverb Picked to Pieces.

We are told that " When Poverty enters by the doo-, Love flies
out of the window." This might have been the case years ago, hut in
this money-making age we think that it occurs just as often, if not
oftener, that " Love flies in at the window, tohilst Poverty is shown the
door:'