The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 02 (of 11): Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original IllustrationsHood, Thomas
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The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 02 (of 11): Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original Illustrations
Hood, Thomas
English poetry -- 19th century; English wit and humor; Humorous poetry, English
Our Wist club is going of, Some of the members go on so; two of em are
perpetuly quareling like anny thing but double dummies, for one plays
like Hoyle and the other like Vinegar. The young men hav interduced
Shorts, but I doant think theyle Last long. They are al so verry Sharp
at the Pints, and as for drinking, I never se sich Liquorish Chaps in
my life. They are al ways laying ods, even at Super, when theyle Bet
about the age of a Roosted foul, with they cal Chicken hazzard, or
about the Wait of a Curran py, with they cal the Currancy question.
They al so smoke a grate manny seagars, but they cant Put the old men’s
pips out, wich it Wood be a Burning shame if they did. I am sorry to
say politicks has Crept in; Sum is al for reform, and some is al for
none at al, and the only thing they agre in is, that the Land lord
shant bring in no Bil. There is be sides grate dis-cushins as to the
new game laws, sum entertaning douts wen sum peple go out a shuting,
wether even acts of Parliament will inable them to shute anny game.
The crickit Club is going on uncomon wel. They are 36 members with out
rekoning the byes; our best man at Wickit is Captin Batty--he often
gets four notches running; and our best boler is Use Ball, tho we
sumtims get Dr. Pilby to bolus. As for the crickit Bal, it is quit wore
out, wich the gals say they are verry Sory for it, as they took a grate
intrest in our matches.
My lads are boath of em marred, wich mayhap you have Herd,--and if
the gals are not, I Believe its no falt of theres. They hope youle
cum to the Wake, wich is next Sunday weak, for they Say there will be
High fun, al tho I think it is Rather Low. The only use of waking that
I can See, is to pervent folkes Sleeping, and as for there jumping
and throwing up their Heals, I see no Pleasur in it. If they had the
Roomatiz as Bad as I have, they woudent be for Dancing there fandangoes
at that rat, and Kicking for partners.
Our county Member, Sir William Wiseacre, is going to bring in a bil
“for the supression of the Barbarus past-time of bul beating, and for
the better incorigement of the nobul art of Cockin,” by wich al buls,
wether inglish or irish, are to be Made game of no longer, and al such
as are found at anny ring or stake are libel to be find. They cal it
here the Cock and Bul Act, wich I think is a very good name. It has
causd grate diversion in manny peple’s opinions, but most of us Think
the cocks is quite as Bad as the buls. The same Barrownet as tried to
interduce Forkenry, but the first atempts as been verry Hawkward. The
forkens flu at a herin, who tried to be above there atax, for the more
they pecked him the more they maid him sore, but a boy flying a Kite
skared em al away togither.
[Illustration: WHERE’S YOUR HAWKER’S LICENSE?]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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