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February 1, 1862
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[February 1, 1862.
PRUDENCE.
Matilda {with the lmt). “ Well, dear, no one ever presumed to address me; still, after all the Letters in the Papers, I think
no Girl of Prepossessing Appearance should ever go out unprotected ; so I always take Thompson now ! ”
THE I. 0. U. INDIAN.
A Very interesting paper was read before the Ethnological Society-
on Tuesday night. It was upon the manners, habits, and destinies of
the American tribe of I. 0. U. Indians, and was prepared from notes
taken by several travellers, and also from native records. It appears
that the I. O. U. Indian was originally English, and that his ancestors
passed over to the New World in the seventeenth century. For many
years he preserved the noble characteristics of his stock, and showed
himself wise, brave,-and independent. But the deteriorating influences
of climate, and still more a vast infusion of inferior animalism, in the
form of convict Irish, deboshed Germans, and the accumulated scum of
other nations, combined to demoralise the Englishman, and a few
generations have brought him more and more closely into assimilation
with the aboriginal Indians of the Western Continent. We now find
that he has lost nearly all traces of his English descent, and has acquired
the propensities but not the savage virtues of the aborigines. Instead
of the dignified silence which is so picturesque a feature in them, he
cultivates the art of talk in its amplest and noisiest form, infinitely
prefers the longest lo the shortest oration or letter, and has recently
chosen a Chief Magistrate because there was more of him than of any
of his rivals. The I. O. U. Indian is excessively fond of smart dress,
aiul attires himself early in the morning in the costume worn by
civilised persons as full dress, and upon Ins females especially he loves
to heap. every conceivable piece of incongruous finery, in imitation, as
he fancies, of the fashionable ladies of France. He is very extravagant,
but entirely unscrupulous as to the payment of debts, and when such
payment is demanded, he whoops, leaps,' and declares that his abode is
in the setting sun, which he considers a good plea. Formerly a warlike
character, he seems to have lost, this attribute, and though irritable and
revengeful, he displays no aptitude for the combinations which make
war a science. But, in common with the aboriginal Indian, he delights
in safe mischief, and his exultation at burning a house, or choking up a
harbour, is very demonstrative. He has acquired the name of I. O. U.
from his latest expedients to raise money, when refused it bv bankers
and others who have declined to trust him. Of his religion not much
seems to be known, except that he swears a good deal, never laughs,
and refers to something which he calls Dollar as the Great First Cause
of all his actions. Helias a strange hatred for the black man, whom he
illtreats, either physically or morally., as much as he can. But he is not with-
out many redeeming points, and often evinces generosity and humanity,
and is so desirous to learn better things, that lie plunders foreigners of
their books upon all occasions. These are good signs, and there is no
reason for despair of his future, if he cau be brought into contact as
much as possible with European civilisation, the same remedy which
indeed he himself, in his calmer moments, advocates as the means of
elevating the negro, though the I. O. U. Indian has never sincerely
tried that experiment. We have to thank the Ethnological Society for
the above heads of a most instructive paper.
JUST THE VERY NAME FOR HIM.
The following appeared (go and buy the paper, sceptic) in the Times
of Thursday last
“The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of a Bank-note
for £5 on account of Income-Tax from A.S.S.”
Magna est veritas, et prcevalehit! No doubt the advertiser thought,
by sending merely his initials, to conceal his real name. However, it
has slipped out, spite of his attempts to hide it. For there is no doubt
that a person, sending conscience-money to the Chancellor “ on
account of Income-Tax,” only tells the real truth when he writes himself
down that which Dogberny was anxious that his clerk should write him
down.
Juvenile Art-Treasures.
The young gentlemen of Mr. Ducane’s Classical and Commercial
Academy propose to send a contribution of marbles to the Great
National Exhibition of 1862.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[February 1, 1862.
PRUDENCE.
Matilda {with the lmt). “ Well, dear, no one ever presumed to address me; still, after all the Letters in the Papers, I think
no Girl of Prepossessing Appearance should ever go out unprotected ; so I always take Thompson now ! ”
THE I. 0. U. INDIAN.
A Very interesting paper was read before the Ethnological Society-
on Tuesday night. It was upon the manners, habits, and destinies of
the American tribe of I. 0. U. Indians, and was prepared from notes
taken by several travellers, and also from native records. It appears
that the I. O. U. Indian was originally English, and that his ancestors
passed over to the New World in the seventeenth century. For many
years he preserved the noble characteristics of his stock, and showed
himself wise, brave,-and independent. But the deteriorating influences
of climate, and still more a vast infusion of inferior animalism, in the
form of convict Irish, deboshed Germans, and the accumulated scum of
other nations, combined to demoralise the Englishman, and a few
generations have brought him more and more closely into assimilation
with the aboriginal Indians of the Western Continent. We now find
that he has lost nearly all traces of his English descent, and has acquired
the propensities but not the savage virtues of the aborigines. Instead
of the dignified silence which is so picturesque a feature in them, he
cultivates the art of talk in its amplest and noisiest form, infinitely
prefers the longest lo the shortest oration or letter, and has recently
chosen a Chief Magistrate because there was more of him than of any
of his rivals. The I. O. U. Indian is excessively fond of smart dress,
aiul attires himself early in the morning in the costume worn by
civilised persons as full dress, and upon Ins females especially he loves
to heap. every conceivable piece of incongruous finery, in imitation, as
he fancies, of the fashionable ladies of France. He is very extravagant,
but entirely unscrupulous as to the payment of debts, and when such
payment is demanded, he whoops, leaps,' and declares that his abode is
in the setting sun, which he considers a good plea. Formerly a warlike
character, he seems to have lost, this attribute, and though irritable and
revengeful, he displays no aptitude for the combinations which make
war a science. But, in common with the aboriginal Indian, he delights
in safe mischief, and his exultation at burning a house, or choking up a
harbour, is very demonstrative. He has acquired the name of I. O. U.
from his latest expedients to raise money, when refused it bv bankers
and others who have declined to trust him. Of his religion not much
seems to be known, except that he swears a good deal, never laughs,
and refers to something which he calls Dollar as the Great First Cause
of all his actions. Helias a strange hatred for the black man, whom he
illtreats, either physically or morally., as much as he can. But he is not with-
out many redeeming points, and often evinces generosity and humanity,
and is so desirous to learn better things, that lie plunders foreigners of
their books upon all occasions. These are good signs, and there is no
reason for despair of his future, if he cau be brought into contact as
much as possible with European civilisation, the same remedy which
indeed he himself, in his calmer moments, advocates as the means of
elevating the negro, though the I. O. U. Indian has never sincerely
tried that experiment. We have to thank the Ethnological Society for
the above heads of a most instructive paper.
JUST THE VERY NAME FOR HIM.
The following appeared (go and buy the paper, sceptic) in the Times
of Thursday last
“The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of a Bank-note
for £5 on account of Income-Tax from A.S.S.”
Magna est veritas, et prcevalehit! No doubt the advertiser thought,
by sending merely his initials, to conceal his real name. However, it
has slipped out, spite of his attempts to hide it. For there is no doubt
that a person, sending conscience-money to the Chancellor “ on
account of Income-Tax,” only tells the real truth when he writes himself
down that which Dogberny was anxious that his clerk should write him
down.
Juvenile Art-Treasures.
The young gentlemen of Mr. Ducane’s Classical and Commercial
Academy propose to send a contribution of marbles to the Great
National Exhibition of 1862.