The New York herald., 1876-03-01

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lowed by the cook Of the school in his white apron,
jacket and cap, and carrying pancake On arriving
at the schoolroom door he announces himself 1.-The
cook and having entered the schoolroom, advances
TO the bar which separates the upper from the lower
FORM twrls the pancake In tho pan, and then tosses
over the bar into the upper schooroom among crowd
of BOYS who scramble for the pancake and he who
gets it unbroken and carries TO the deanery gets
guinea from tho Abbey fund; the cook receives two
guIneas for hts part OF the performance.
The first pancake baked gwen the greatest lay
abed In Poor Robins "Amanac'' for 1877, hnd
allusion TO the custom in these lines
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Goldsmith IN the t'vicar OF Wakefield" says OF the
parshoners OF the good that they religiOusly
ate pancakes at shrovetIde." and old poem OF the
period has the following lincs:-
But hark, hear the pancake bell
And iritters make gallant smell
COCK THROWING.
This a brutal sport INDUCED in always in Eng
land up tho commencement OF the present century
II was finally abolished by legislative enactment
Hogarth, the carcaturist in hs first picture illustrating
the four stages OF cruelty, gives idea OF what
the sportf be termed-was The scene Is laid
between the walls of n court; acts OF cruelty
in degrees of progress in different parts or
the picture; in the foreground Is urchn in three
cock, while few PAGES on there is another boy ann
ing with stuck intent upon knocking oil the animals
head Behind the latter stands another boy, holding
in his arm u second cock, ready for death when tho
nrst killed Sometimes the owner OF the cock real
lied quite fortune Tor he trained the cock to dodge
the sticks aimed at him, and charged two pence
throw. Some say the custom has reference to the
prosecutions Jews offered the Saviour; others that
1t refers to the Growing OF a cock one Shrovetide
morning when a party of twelve Saxons, who wore
sorely oppressed >by the Danes had broken
killing their masters and obtaining
their freedom But the probable theory
Is that the IN the days OF Henry W. when
the English having gained several victories over the
French, whose Kings name corresponded to that oil
the COCK took this means OF showing their contempt
for all inhabitants of La Belle Francois much as 10
sa treatment they offered the poor fowl
they had in for their neighbors across
tho Channel Sometimes the bird was tied by short
stake driven into the ground, and the partici-
pants threw It with broomsticks at q distance OF
twenty yards. hen whose powers OF usefulness were
becoming dapdated was generally selected for this
purpose. She laid on barn ioor, and the men
and ed tho with fails and succeeded
in killing one had her for his pains. Sometimes tho
hon was tied to mans back along with some horse
bells and a number OF men and boys, bhndioded and
armed with boughs followed the ringing OF the bells,
trying to kill tho bird Considerable fun and a good
many bruises followed, for the blows were as apt to
the backs OF those blindfolded When the bird was
killed boiled IN pot OF bacon and served up at
the shrovetide dinner, anu eaten Win inc pancakes
FIGHfs
Cock fights institution Of the day. and were
very often sanctioned BY the public schools The
schooinaser presided on the occasion, and when ne
furnished cocks he received small tax from each OF
the boys called cockpenny. An old rhyme aliudes TO
this custom, now entirely obsolete
a nick and mock,
A hen and cock,
And penny for my master.
In Scottish schools this custom in vogue late
as 1890 or we lind in tho records Of the parish
counts Of the minister OF Appccross in Rosshire that
the schoomasters income composed OF 200 merks,
with Is Cd and g. Cd per quarter from each scholar,
and the cock fight dues which are equal TO one quar-
ter's payment for each scholar. In New Grenaqa,
South America they have TO this day peculiar
tom quite similar 10 cock throwing cock Is tied by
his pole his neck creased and the participants
by iu gaop and use their best efforts to grab
him by the mock and pull him oi
FOOTBALL
OF football were also common sports ON Shrove
Tuesday among the London apprentices, who played
at Finsbury Fields. At Teddlngt0n the game
red on with such violence that often had
their windows broken in. In the village OF Sconce,
Perth, Scotland, game not unlike football was
played OH this day, except that no one was
allowed kick the ball. II was played be-
tween the married and bachelors OF the parish
He at any time got the ball into his hands ran with
until overtaken by one OF the opposite party, and
then IL he could shake himself from those the
opposite sido who seized him he on; IL not ne
threw ,ne oa Az from MN unesS d
brang" thati u, 70 put II three times into
small hole the moor, which called the doo
| limit tho one hand that OF the bachelors was TO
Adroun" IT, dip three times In the river the limit on
the other The party who could effect either OF these
objects won game Ii neither the ball cut
inio two parts and divided between the
| tending parties. Considerable violence occurred ut
this game. Hence came the old proverb, IA is lair at
MARDI GRAs IN AMERICA
Last year for the nrst tho least celebrated
at Louisville and for several years 1t has been
at Memphis but IN New Orleans has II attained
greatest glory The celebration OF Il IN Cincinnati
| is due entirely to Colonel Nick Roberts, panto-
| mime troupe proprietor. and Robert j. Cutler,
| OF New York city. Mr.. Cutler was properties mas
| ter with Augustn DAILY when he the Grand Opera
House, Filth Avenue Theatre and Woods Museum He
had been with Barnum for eight years. and lattery has
been travelling with the g. L. Fox Pantomime Troupe
as designer, st and property man. These two
| interested the Mayor, &. w. G. johnson, who Is
pued 10 have Congressional aspirations and who hav
ing successfully gotten up the Jamboree the Isl OF
January eagerly seIzed the rst opportunity offered for
| second and more magnificent spree than the nrst
Fully month was occupied la preparations, and for
the past weeks l50 workmen have been employed
Exposition Hall, Fourteenth and Elm Streets
| featuring masks and noats Upward 800 costumes
were hired New York. and the affair every way
"A grand success The procession consisted OF Two
partsnrs the advertising, and second, ;ne fantastl-
cally allegOrical AT twelve O'Clock, high noon, the
bells all rang out their most discordant
and cannon Numbered lorth their beIchings The
| Burnet House, down the stairs, and, en-
| tering a carriage was driven to. the gates OF
the city which had been erected large square, just
OF the 7, obasco FOUNTAIN and near the new Gus
House building The gates consisted OF two towers
about thirty feet high and forty Icet apart over the
top OF which arch, In the centre of which
two figures back TO back representing the Goddess
| OF Liberty, the other General Washington. Near
| Of the towers was "a small stand IN winch stood the
Jolly Mayor who delivered up the keys of the city
| King Carnival-Momus the god OF un. Henceforward
fun and froic were rule. Accompanied by attend
ants and various escorts the King through
era al the toward the Exposition build
ing Here the procession was formed ia the following
order First, Beuf Gras and escort royal orchestra,
| her a DIS and
| ROYAL CHARIOT.
This surrounded On each side by the beef eaters
represented by SIX enormous knives and forks each
containing persons whose faces hidden by q
mask In the Of the knife fork, and was
drawn by four elephants. The royal chariot con
sisted OF an immense float that is table lad
wagon and covered by canvas to the ground hiding
the wheels so that seemed to 1oat NOT
roll alongL Thirty feet by fifteen, the
table or float was large platter aud this imta-
tion hogs head Of colossal proportions. Ii twelve
feet high and surrounded by all vegetables aud
dressings Perchcd between the His Majesty
the King clad Ia all the araphernala OF atty
He WAS "A genuine Henry Will a king, of