Butte record., 1856-06-21

the legions of the Old world to a free
comfortable home. And Pluribustah
took his wife's red night-cap and pla-
ced 1t on the end of a pole, and below
1t hung her striped petticoat, and call
ed the same his flag. He also coined
dollar, with his wife's image for a
frontisplece. And he became, in pro-
cess of time, amazingly fond of his dol
lar, insomuch that he worshipped it
Then came ''fht number three" with
CuRee. Pluribustah got tired Of work
ing his rice, sugar and cotton fields,
and, discovering Cuffee, pitched into
him, beat him, cowed him, and put him
to the shovel and hoe. Whereat Plu-
ribustah's wife, Liberty, became mutt
nous, but compromise was effected.
called Mah-Sun- Die Line. But
Peace wouldn't compromise, and left
the country in disgust. About this pc
rlod Liberty presented her spouse with
son-Younga- Merrakah.
Heir to Cuifee and his Increase,
Increase yellow, sallow, pie-balI;
Heir to everything his father
Heretofore had been the lord of,
Plulibustah, having become old and
decrepit, rocked the cradle. When
the juvenile had been born fortnight,
he was missed from home On Sunday,
and was found coming from a fire up
In the Bowery:
With his boots outside his breeches,
With hat, cigar and trumpet,
Looking like an infant 'Syksey'
1t required all the address Of Chief
Matsell and the reserved corps to con-
vey the infant prodigy back to the pa
telnal mansion. More than ever in his
dotage, old Pluribustah piled an count
ed his dollars, while Youn: aMerrikah
Kept on getting fast and faster
He learned to use the broadsword:
Learned from seeing others do it,
For lie would not tire his muscle.
He also learned to practice the ball
projection-a Ia biiliards-and to de-
moheh dead-hcads-a Ia ten-pins-
acd to ''in5ibe1 and puff the weed" :"
Yea, lie learned all the arts and mys-
teries Of cards and ivory cubes, and
about the "cups and balls" and how
the Joker" was managed. And he
gambled and squandered his fathers
collars, and was swcated by tie Jews
en- the strength of his expecta TONS
He got in rage with himself because
old Plurlbustah wouldn't die:
And he wished that it was lawful,
For son to choke his father,
Knock his head off, knock his brains out,
Any way to get his money
At length Pluibustah died while
YungaMcrrikah was at Washington
The body was sent on to young hope
full by Express. Browne, the sexton,
waited upon the afflicted son for funer-
al directions, and found him deep in
a game of Euchre. Pluribustah was
buried, and with him:
All the honesty aud honor,
With what love of truth and justice
Formerly had rvled the councils;
OF the mighty Ycngah nation.
For a fortnight Yunga Merrikah
was mourner-he passed the time:
Shut out from the world of fashion;
Passed it with his boon companions,
Weeping for the dear departed,
Signing for the dead old Buffer
Then he took off his sables and to
his companions said:
To Delmonicos let's hasten;
There well have high old blow out,
In defiance of his mother, Yunga-
Merrikah married a ''strong minded
woman," whereupon Thrift left the
country Ill great disgust. The spirit
of Pluribustan returned to Earth and
raped after his son, but the scape-
grace won't hold any communication
with his defunct dad, and hid the bran
dy bottle. Finding himself lord and
master of the Yengah nation, Yunga-
Merrikah ''let out tack' and went
1t. He built Crystal palace, and it
was failure; he built steamers and
their backs broke in launching; he
tried his hand at a Pacific railroad,
and couldn't make it go; he attempted
to wire cable the ocean, and fzzled.-
lie got smattering Of foreign Ian
guages, and reproduced the confusion
Of Babel. And he broke his fathers
bargain = broke the promise about
Cufee:
Did not keep him in the rice fields.
In the sugar-care plantations,
T.