Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-05-26


other victims.
h Ispolse particularly of the amiable char
acter OF Mr.. Burton, whom | had never
known TO murder anybody unless, indeed.
he had killed him with laughter.
/ "Ah, forgot Burton. Commend mo
TO him quoth Shakespeare
/ Having, by this time, apparently quite
/ overcome his suspicious, he invited me to
+ step down stairs and take something
Presiding in the saloon below, we found
a buxom. pufy-looking dame, who, he
assured us, was the original Mrs, Quickly
Standing by the bar, engaged in dis
pute with her about bill, of which sack
and sugar in various qantitles, constituted
the principal items, was a shade of i'm
mense rotundity, whom l at once recog-
nized as Falstaff.
Jack looked rather seedy, and his joviaI
countenrnce wore a tinge of melancholy,
as if his manifold virtures and kind off,
GERS were yet rewarded with forgetful-
ness and neglect by his unappreciative
friends.
On hearing that was from New York.
he cordially grasped at my hand, with his
shadowy fingers.
There's no place like New York"
said he. "Oh, that | were there -
Wouldn't | thrive as corporation officer,
under your excellent Mayor! And then,
I'd be just the man to go tc Congress, do
so love a fight. A plague of all towards.
say l."
Here Jac', drew and fourished tho
identical badly hacked sword with which
he had once encountered the eleven men
IN buckram.
SHAKESPEARE next presented Hamlet,
Macbeth, and King Lear-none of whom
bore much resemblance TO certain "per-
sonlfications" of them, which / had wit
messed in New York. He then insisted
that we ell take a glass of wine with him,
which invitation was complied with,
though of course, ] could only go
through the motions" with the ghostly
stuff
As Smith and | regretfully took our
leave of the great dramatist, he kindly
presented me copies of number of his
latest plays, which | carefully deposited
IN my pockets, fondly hoping TO make my
fortune from them, under our new dra-
matte copyright law.
Although my thirst had now become In
tense, yielded to the suggestion of Smith.
that we next call upon the shade of the
author of " Paradise Lost" and see his
Adam and Eve, who, he assured me,
were very interesting personages, not
withstanding their Objectionable habit OF
always speaking in blank verse. | con-
fess TO some apprehensions lest my deli
caCy might + shocked, in an interview
with them, by the extreme scantiness OF
their costume but Smith removed my
fears by assuring me that they had long
ago laId aside, or rather, covered up,
their primitive fashions, and were now
abundantly clad in several thicknesses of
fig leaves-mother Eve being particular
ly hostile TO low necked dresses, and
Boomers
Re-assured, | followed him to 4 very
quiet neIghrorhood, where he rang at the
do)r of the unpretending residence of the
great epic bard. We wcI e kindly receiv-
ed by an austere and venerable looking
ghost, who, after some Interesting conver-
sation, complied with cur request to intro
duce us to the aforesaid aboriginals He
conducted US TO a beautiful garden in the
rear of the house, which, he assured us,
was modelled exactly after the Garden OF
Eden, where we found the pair reclining
IN a bower. These ancestors of mine
were so fine looking i couple that | was
proud to acknowlede the existing relation
ship. They addressed me successively,
with parental cordality, In blank verse
and | remember that my attempt to i'm
provIse an answer in similar strain,
was signal failure. They were, beyond
/ doubt, models of cOnjugal affection but
/ observed that our mother addressed her
( lord with degree of Difference and sub
mission which would exceed the belief of
hen pecked husbands, and horrify our
modern champions Of women's rights.
! Mother Eve expressed a lively inter-
est In her American daughters, whom
size pronounced the best and fairest Of her
children, but was solicitous lest they
should be deteriorated by the introduction
/ Of foreign fashions. She desired me to
admonish them, in her name, to be con-
tented in their proper sphere, to cultivate
the domestic virtues, to beware of "snakes
/ in the grass, and distrust flatterers. She
was delighted when | informed her that
some Illumination was observable In the
dimentions of q hooped-skirts," which she
( considered ungracefuI appendages.-
How would | have looked" said she,
" gardening in Paradise, in hoops g and
she laughed quite merrIly at the idea.
Father Adam, too, discussed cutie free
ly the topics of the day, showing great
pride in his descendant, d" Young Ameri-
ca" though he lamented his tobacco
chewing, fillibustering and pugnacious
propensities, and hoped he would soon
ouigrow them.
Before we took our leave. slight COL
lation was served up, and Eve presented
me, with her own fine hand, the shade of
an apple, which, in imitation of my great
progenator, q did eat to the best of my
ability. Indeed, in view of Ewes ire
sistahIe charms, | ceased to wonder at
- Adams fall and. whether the theo-
logical dogma is true or not, that in that
Interesting event, " we sinned all, can
not doubt that We his male descendants,
would each have done the same, had ws
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