. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . y good ; I think I know now. Hangman. Then turn round and bid your friends farewell; andIll take my head out. Pimch. Stop a minute. {Pulls the rope tightly, and hangs theHangman.) Oee! oee ! oee ! I understand all about it. Eoot-to-too-it! Heres a man tumbled into a ditch, and hung himself up todry. [The Ghost rises and taps Punch on the shoulder. Ghost. Youre come for. Punch. Ob, dear ! oh, dear ! What do you want Ghost. To carry you off to the land of Bobbetty-Shooty, whereyou will be condemned to the punishment
. Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice . y good ; I think I know now. Hangman. Then turn round and bid your friends farewell; andIll take my head out. Pimch. Stop a minute. {Pulls the rope tightly, and hangs theHangman.) Oee! oee ! oee ! I understand all about it. Eoot-to-too-it! Heres a man tumbled into a ditch, and hung himself up todry. [The Ghost rises and taps Punch on the shoulder. Ghost. Youre come for. Punch. Ob, dear ! oh, dear ! What do you want Ghost. To carry you off to the land of Bobbetty-Shooty, whereyou will be condemned to the punishment of shaving the monkeys ? Punch. Stop ! who were you to ask for ? Ghost. Why, Punch, the man who was to be hanged. Punch. Im not Punch ; there he is ! \_Points to Hangman. Ghost. Oh ! I beg j^^our pardon. Good night! [Carries off Hangman. rANTOCCINI. 113 Punch {hitting the sinhing Ghost). Good night! Pleasantjourney! [Sings. E,oot-to-to-it! served him right,Now all my foes are put to flight;Ladies and gentlemen all, good night,To the freaks of Punch and Judy ! [Curtain About sixty years ago, a puppet-show was exhibited at the west-end of London, with the Italian title of Fantoccini, which greatlyattracted the notice of the public, and was spoken of as an extraor-dinary performance; it was, however, nothing more than a revivalof the old puppet-show which drew crowded and fashionable audi-ences during the reign of Queen Anne, and rivalled the more pompousexhibitions of the larger theatres. In the present day Fantocciniare exhibited in the open streets by the itinerant showman, vt^hoseragged coat and battered hat show how puppets have fallen in theestimation of the fashionable public. Any ingenious youth may amuse and astonish a large circle offriends with an exhibition of dancing puppets, as the different figuresare not difficult to construct, and their motions are very easilymanaged. The puppets may be common wooden dolls dressed up inappropriate costumes. The arms and le
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