Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-03-28

1EE1OTALISM AND THE HUM OMELETTE or,
he Empresari0 Caught.-There is story told
of our friend Barnum, which is too good to be
lost Though its relation may slightly embar-
rass the discourse on Temperance, which he has
consented TO deliver Oh Thursday next, we can
not resist the temptation to chronicle it, pledging
ourselves in advance, to make any denial or re-
traction of the facts when authentic counter
statements are sent to us. Our readers are a.
ware that Jenny Lind's great Empresario is a
warm, consistent, Incorporating opponent of
the use OF ardent Spirits in every way and shape.
lie makes 1t point on every occasion to exhort
his friends against the "beastly habit the ma
tional vice,-which steals away mems brains
and makes sots of them" The temperance fee
ling pervades all his actions and speech and
thoughts. In the most pressing business, he
stops to lecture on the evils of intemperance
and his estimates of men are greatly affected by
knowledge of their bibulous habits.
Now it happened some days ago that the great
Emprcsario was on visit to his old friend, Dan
Hickok, the illustrious Boniface of the Franklin
Hotel, at the end of the Shell Road. Dan bust
ed himself to get up very fine dinner for Bar
mum and his party; and certainly il was a very
pretty display of culinary taste and skill. But
there was an evident flaw in the entertainment;
there were fish, flesh fowl and vegetable, in ev-
cry shape and in great abundance, but still We
ry perceptible omission greatly embarrassed
Dan, and quite diScomtorted several of the party.
There was not a sign of anything in the world
whercwith to accompany the rich viands, except
rather Indifferent water-an article not much
used at the Franklin House, and TO which Dan
had not given as much attention as he had to the
improvement of other liquids.
Dan looked on in black dismay, whilst Bar
NUNS guests endeavored to force down his fine
fish and game without the usual accompaniment
of generous wines. Even the illustrious EN-
presario gave evident signs of shrinking from
the task, but the eyes of the world were fixed
upon him-he must stand by his pledge, and so
he bottled the food, and swilled huge decanters
of amber Colored water quite honestly. At last,
Dan could staad it no longer, and so he stepped
up TO the Emprcsario, and remarked
'Look here, Barnum, none of this humbug a.
mong friends-order bottle of champagne, and
treat your friends, as gentleman should do
mo, sir" exclaimed the Empresario, quite
positively, "a man must stick to his word | have
taken the pledge and I'll stand TO it, launching
at the same time into an eloquent dissertation on
the evils of ntemperance. Long before he had
concluded, Dan had stepped out into the kitchen
TO prepare the desert. Presently he returned
with a very fragrant and smoking omolefte con-
future, which he placed Immediately under Bar
NUNS distended and delighted ofactories. The
Empresario Immediately pitched into the dish
with great vigor, and soon devOured the whole
omolette, sopping up the sauce particularly, with
a most delectablc relish, until the dish was as
clean as when It came from the potter's hand.
"Devilish good dish that, Dan--whatis it made
J Off"
Dan, who stood by, enjoying the sight very
intensely, replied, "that is what the French peo-
pie call an oDleleHe IN rutnBlst -
"Oh. give it to us in English, quoth Barnum.
"Well, then, in plain Yankee, it's sorter of
omolette, madeot six eggs and a half pint of the
best Jamaica rum, and if you hay mt made a clean
sweep of the whole pile, there's no snakes in
these swamps."
Hereupon, the whole party rose and declsm-
ed loudly against Barnum for violating his
pledge.
''Stop--not so fast, exclaimed the invincible
Empresario, there is nothing in the constitution
against eating spirituous lquors--h IS only d
gainst drinking them"
( The crowd acknowledged the justice Of the
distinction, and those who hadn't taken the
pledge insisted on adiourning to the bar TO drink
the health OF tho greatest of Empresario's and
most ingenious of tee-totalcrs.-N o. Della.
/ The Great Quarto Of The AHantic-The fol-
lowing figures show the population and vau-
alton of property Of the four great Atlantic