By torturing mortal knees and hocks,
And who deserves a Christmas box?
The Ramoneur.
Punch, Christmas, 1843.
This refers to the invention of a new Chimney Sweeping Machine. Before the Act of 1842 it was customary to compel little boys to climb up the insides of chimneys to sweep them, and many were suffocated, or got jammed in the narrow flues.
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The Protectionist Catechism.
(To be Sung or Said in all places where they talk Nonsense.)
What is it makes Provisions cheap,
Turns last year’s corn too soft to keep,
And breeds the rot in Cows and Sheep?