The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-13
fFrom the last No. of Punch. |

sour Washerromdn."-[W have re-
ceived more letters, complaining of " asher
women's destructiveness to linen, in one
week, than Joseph Ady writes in q month.
We subjoiu a few specimens of these COM
munications, and would publish more, but
that we have too many irons in the fire, to
be able TO devote more than few lines to
washing.]
"Punch, my Brick Pm precious glad
you've given wipe to the washerwomen
for using bleaching stuff: speakfeelingly,
as sufferer by it. Bought the other day
half dozen ballet-girl shirts; regular stun
ners, spicy, prime. When they came back, j.,
first time from the wash, they all tore like
tinder, and every blessed ddnseuse had dis
appeared, as also had the distinguished and
illustrious name of CUTALOSG."
"Dear Mr.. Punch.-Already have Will
liam and ], though scarcely month united, |,
begun to experience the cares Of life. The
washerwoman has just sent home all our
new linen, but oh! in such state. I,crum-
bles to pieces almost with a touch. We
must replace the whole of it; and as our
means are slender. must go without the
new bonnet. l know our thugs have all
been ruined by that bleaching power. Oh.
those horrid old washerwomen. am about
wicked enough to wish them boiled in their
own coppers, and in the meantime l hope
you will 60 on roasting them till they dis
continue the tricks which have destroyed
the linen, and erobittered the happiness
shared with an affec,ionaie, though almost
sh,rtless husband, by
CoLUMBA TURTLE"
"To the Editor Of Punch, Sir:-From
time i,nmemorial. until recently, we were
employed exclusively-except an occasional
recourse 10 Peariash-by washerwomen.-
Linen and woolen fabrics were thoroughly
cleansed ny US without being injured in the
least. We are now almost beaten out of
the tub by a compound of iniquity, which
imparts whiteness with a fatal facility, hut
in an equal ratio effects destruction. We
are willing that this pernicious agent should
be resorted TO in the case of those who mean
ly dabble in .lops; but for all who buy fair
linen we claim the benefit Of our honest SER
vices in our coDjoint capacity of snds.-
Your servants to command,
Soar & WATER"
4 Black Statue to Thomas Carlyle
Pleasant is i, to record the ready gratitude
Of bodies of men, Well, Thomas CARLYLE,
the man who, with his iron pen, pricks
"wind bags;'' who, with his iron-tipped
shoon, kicks ''funkeydom;" who, with his
Vulcanic fist, knocks down the giant 'Shan,'
Thomas Carlyle is to be rewarded by the
West India planters Cor his late advocacy
Of "benefcent whip" and the Kentuckian
wrath with which be has all bu, destroyed
emancipated "Black Quashee," the wretch
who will not work among sugar canes, un-
less well paid for his sweat; preferring to
live upon pumpkin! to be, in fact, q free,
luxurious citizen Of accursed Pumpkingdom
Thomas Carlyle is to he vicariously execu-
ted in black marble, and to stand in the most
conspicuous spot Of the Island Of Jamaica,
with pumpkin fashioned into standish in
one hand, and the sugar cane pointed and
nibhed into a pen in the other So should
il be done unto the man whom the slave
holder delights to honor! There will be
copies in Observation-Disclosures the Ameri-
can market, to grace the mantel- shelf of the
Virginia man-buyer.
A Slip-.Shod .7riiele.-Scene-The wood
Pavement. An omnibus, with both its hor-
ses at their full lengths on the wood.
Ca5man. "HoIIo, Bussie, why didn't yeI
take yer osses to the farrier'<.''
'Besmon. $50 did Cabbie, but in the
'ury of business, instead Of shoes, be ha.
given the warmint sippers.''
Literature Going TO the TGiiors.-Such
is the rage for registering everything. thar q
keep-pace-with-the-ti publisher has an.
ncaneed new edition Of Letters TO hi.