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    • THE CAMBRIDGE STRIKE.
    • EX FUMO DARE LUCEM.
    • TOMAHAWK'S EXCHANGE COLUMN.
    • ASKING FOR BREAD AND GETTING A STONE. I
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      November Ai, 1868.J * The Tomahawk. 221

      November ai , 1868 . J * THE TOMAHAWK . 221

      The Cambridge Strike.

      THE CAMBRIDGE STRIKE .

      That That Seems We , Somehow Must Eat In...

      that That seems we , somehow must eat in or order other , that to be we under may live frequent , is a proposition discussion the at our undergraduate two great Universities world well . knows Not so a long bread since and there butter was riot , as within the walls of Christ Church , Oxford ; while now it appears that at at least a couple of , the leading Colleges at Cambridge there has been a sort of strike on the equally unintellectual of the Oxford subject grievance of butchers but ' meat as far . We as forget we can the remember precise nature we fancy it had its origin in , a most , decidedly praiseworthy disin , - clination on the part of the members of the House to

      fourpence for exactly twopennyworth of bread , and pay purchase lings what indifferent were and butter the eightpence causes at the of the rather the pound revolution aristocratic . However suffice figure , it it to matters of three it little shil was - - rapidly subdued by the good sense of ; Dean Liddell say , who , , by thoroughly investigating the affair , set a pattern that all College ! ' imitate authorities . would , under similar circumstances , do well to

      more Unfortunatel correctly y , speaking the Cambrid , harder ge " than heads those " seem of thicke the sister r or , i still University wages , with and unabated so at the fury hour . of The our / r going ay has to been press carried the into war 1 penning the very these heart words of Trini hundreds ty itself ; of and the at flower the moment of our Eng of lish our youth dinner , are for which paying , though one , shilling they say and a tenpence devout Latin -halfpenny grace , for they a where scorn the purpose to In touch a of word , pay and the ing quitting College for , but food their eating is dining so a bad second -hall at the in dinner bodies price else and for

      served slightest . up approach so disgracefull , to a decentl y , that y-app no ointed man dinner accustomed can attempt to , the tested to eat it hitherto . Against of course this gross without imposition result the sufferers and so have tired pro of - seeking redress , where none , seems to any be forthcoming ; , they , have adopted have endeavoured the only to alternative shame their they superiors can have out recours of their e leth to , argy and by self-starvation . Now Now the the matter matter is is neither neither very verv grave crave- nor nor ve verv ry comic comic , nor nor

      the gar very scandal new . , It quite is merel and within y if a we the good are province not downri much and ght , mistake , the common lashing nit -plac will work e , , have vul of - been penny half set press to ri ; ghts amidst the thunders of leading , articles note before of these itbecause lines find it is their one of way the into links print in . a vast We , chain however of , simi take - lar ford brid abuses , ge and , are , the , which the more , real spite talky reform matters the but recent . less Were which cheap practical it imperativel announced -jack solicitude generosity y th demand at of of a Cam true Ox a - - and and sweep correct correct ing University list list of of all all the the salaries salaries- fees fees , em emoluments oluments , and and dona

      dona-from tions the received Principals by every down College to the official , door , in porters Oxford , jor would , Cambridge be pub- , wonderful lished unreservedly shaking in in a next great Monday many pairs 's Time of s highl , there y respectable would be a cation shoes . , as And understood no wonder by . these The whole Alma system : Matres of University is based on edu a - general It used to monetary be said bleeding at Christ of Church the asp that irants , according for , their to degrees emolu- . and ment the , the Dean cook a came bad third in , a and good that first he , t he b about utler a f , air 000 secon a year d . , not Tempora quite mutantur true ; but won we derfully may depend , and upon this may it the now more be literall rioting y the there be is tter in it the will kitchen be for the or the interests buttery of sound at Oxford national or Cambridge education . ,

      Ex Fumo Dare Lucem.

      EX FUMO DARE LUCEM .

      Under One Eighteen Of The To Swiss Smoke...

      under One eighteen of the to Swiss smoke cantons whilst has in one just of forbidden the American young states men it Republican is proposed ideas to g , ive and them seem , the to suffrage have something at that age . in Both common are . We smoke quite until understand he has a vote that ; for a man then he should can put not the be latter allowed in his to p know ipe and what smoke else to it . do It with would it , puzzle a good many people to

      Tomahawk's Exchange Column.

      TOMAHAWK'S EXCHANGE COLUMN .

      William Swart Gladstone. Has Got A Place...

      William Swart Gladstone . Has got a place in the cold * . rather Would shady be happy acquaintances to exchange , which it for he an would office throw seat . in Also with some the ' foregoing if he could have the seat by Christmas . rending Mrs . Henry plot at Wood her disposal , authoress . Would of "East like Lynne to exchange " . Has it a for heart an -, English ^ The B . W mrt ^ Girl *—» WTW grammar •» V of f Uf the f tr *^ Jb Period . Wr 'W ^ *> lr « . ^ Is ( a * willing WW ' * - ' I -m to V ^ ' g 7 % ive ^^ all fc ¦ % » . ** the * r JLA ^*> back th ^ krV ^^ AK numbers A * M A" > i ^ ^ 4 i ^*

      of the Saturday Review in exchange for a little accurate information about herself . Also several sketches of herself by eminent seen hands her , in , return which for she a would photograp send h to from any life bod of y a who hippogriff has neve . r . John Bright . Has a number of rather used expletives and Whi abusive g with epithets a sm . all Would vocabulary exchange for a them genealog with ical any tree stuttering and a social position of acknowledged superiority , where insolence would If VVi & VA be P-i ^ N ^ the »* fc * . % ^ thing V . *— . — . * C ^ and I <* X 1 \ A could V ^ V ^ AV 4 > not JkAV ^ lo be K * f \^ . * resented N ^ * J ^ AJl W W ^ fc « . * Also AAh / V some WVlllV

      gratis speeches Lydia , if Becker any against bod . Has y the will a Factory promise number Act of to old , burn which petticoat them he . s would and other give articles away j of female attire . To be had in exchange for what silly people nonsense call " unmentionables she plainly / desi ' but gnates which , as as breeches she hates . all Also unwomanl her sex y ; which arranged she , . will exchange for the other , if the thing can be j Editor of the " Times " Newspaper . Has a number of worn-out tell contributors him which , whom the he will wind exchange is going for to blow a wise woman who can

      Goldwin Smith way . Has alot of hard words , which . he will exchange with he will anybod exchange y . Also for a an good intention offer that of going will to make America it worth , which his while to stay at home . which A Hzcmorist he will ladl . Has all the for back numbers half-dozen of a Puncli few for 1 older 867-8 . , A . C . Swinburne gy . swop Has a perfect any mania for making years himself J conspicuous . Will exchange it with anybody who will enable him to do so . MrCharles ReadeHas several translations from new

      . . French cash . plays , which he will emasculate and exchange for hard he Bernal will exchange Osborne with . Has George several Whal cop ley ies , of of Peterboroug "Joe Miller h , " which for an old song . , the Louis way ; Napoleo also a bi n g Bonaparte bed ( of thorns . Has ) . a Will press , exchange which is rather them for in sound Rhine wine and some Dutch cheese . Will not enter into any bargain with Carl Otto von Bismark .

      Have John IFohn some Stuart Stuart very Mill Mill pretty , . Henry Henrv compliments Fawcett Fawcett to , * and and exchange Edwin Edwin with Chadwi ChadwicJc anyone ^ .. and who quality will give warranted handsome . ones in return : quantity unlimited , he Benja will not 7 ni ? z exchange Disraeli . with Has anybod a seat y on . the Treasury Bench , which

      Asking For Bread And Getting A Stone. I

      ASKING FOR BREAD AND GETTING A STONE . I

      Of The His Constituent Other Day S A , A...

      of The his constituent other day s a , and Radical descanting candidate in was the usual addressing rotund a number fashion precious about the g blessings ifts of modern of the franchise progress , , the when dignity a v of oice man cr , ie d out the , 1 u n There seeml ' y s twenty interruption thousand rather of marred us , down the here effect , starving of the . " orator This ' s discourse ; but he did not yet attempt to grapple with the sug- i gested to difficulty loy them , save This by intimating toofive minutes that the after Government he had ought been

      accusing emp the Government . of , extravagance ! Verily our legislators are an illogical lot . Byron says "A book ' s a book although there ' s nothing in it . " Perhaps also a vote's a vote , surprising although , there howe ' s ve nothing r , if twenty in it , thousand or to be got starving out of people it . It should is not , think differently .

      Maynt The ; Resi Question Gn ? Of The Da...

      Maynt The ; resi Question gn ? of the DAV ,- ^ When will S ir Richard

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 21, 1868, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21111868/page/3/