Thomas William Crackfort is cut into six piecesdetails

Thomas William Crackfort is cut into six pieces

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A man, or possibly a marionette or puppet, hangs by the head from a bolt fastened to a wall above, various body parts loose showing the wire or string that connected them.

An automatic translation of part of what seems to be a satire: (original French follows)

This, as we know, is the gravest insult to commit to a member of the Society of the Screw-on Hats. The Quaker, the following night, accompanied by his friend, the butcher Arthur Nidson, seized Thomas Crockfort, and cut him into six pieces. The children wasted no time: they went to get a sewing machine and sewed their father back together. The police were alarmed and put them in prison; This one changed into a violin, the jailer into a bow, the magistrates into ropes for guts, and my pranksters escaped with the brand-new locks.

After their flight, two hundred and twenty-eight Quaker hats were found to have been crushed, sixty-two ribs broken, five one hundred and seventeen eyes brought close together, and one hundred and thirty-five teeth broken. Thomas and his family had, as you can see, made great progress in spiritualism.

C’est , on le sait, la plus grave injure à faire à un adepte de la société des chapeau vissés. Le quaker, la nuit suivante, accompagné de son ami, le boucher Arthur Nidson, saisit Thomas Crockfort, et le coupe en six morceaux. Les petits ne perdents pas de temps: ils vont chercher un machine à coudre et recousent leur pere. La police s’émeut, en les met en prison; celle-ci se change en violin, le geòlier en archet, les magistrats en cordes à boyeux, et mes farceurs de se sauver avec les verrous tout neufs.

On constata, après leur fuite, deux cent vingt-huit chapeaux de quakers enfoncés, soixante-deux côtes brisées, cinq cent dix-sept yeux prochés, cent trente-cinq dents cassées. Thomas et sa famille avaient. comme on le voit, fait de grands progrès en spiritisme.

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spirits, ghosts, execution, puppets, marionettes, sketches, spooky

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