St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-09-30
Bobtail's Great Prize Story:
THE DOOMED MON RICH;
Or, the Fiend Goldfish.
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BIZ x. X. BOBT ALL.

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It was night nowhere, aud nowilrTe was a.
dark as = bottle Of ink in a barrel Of pitch
at the bO:tom Of we'll, aud furtv-fJur
thousand times darker than the concentrated
darkness OF forty thousand nlidmights. when
upon 4 throne If lctrifc,l turtle soup. stood
the mighty Gengulphls monarch Of the F..
Flo Fl FUN Islands eating q slice of butter
ell beeSwax, occasionally wrttimg his lips by
drinking fuidical wrought iron sheet anchors
iukc foremost
nine hundred and eighty->even and a half
Curriers'!
Bring forth the whangioo,lle and place
it on tire hewgagW exclaimed lac in terrific
| voice, at tie same time cutting of a cnur-
tiers head with the sharp edge Of an il!u-
minated cotton bale.
CHAPTER II.
| The whansdoolle was placed upon the
hewgas-bui before We 20 further. let US take
, glance at the political state Of America at
the :ime our ss"ry OPENS. We were involv-
cl in q war with Mexico, and Gen. Scott
was carrying our vict.'-ious flag through the
halls Of the Monte losers Genera! Washing
ton, commanding the home army. had formed
a junction with Christopher Columbus a.
Nauvoo. and defeated the combined frees Of
England, France and Hinlou~tan IN SAN
culinary rst.eat on Bungf"wn heights. JOHN
{. Fremont, PrcSi,icn: Of the Ubit'L States,
hLi appointed JarEcs Buchanan Governor Of
Cape ca; and Napoleon B"napArtr 4, Nav
"r + B'ink"r lll!, assisted Uy Lieutenant
General Barrier o TwiEgcr, Il Ireland was
PREPARING FOR descent upon torres AZ Cerro
Gortio while Dr.. Jane, L. s. Surgcnn, was
Constructing str ny fort 1T Cairo, armed viii.
c!iain-p pump ;,!.G rnc hundred IF lis CArm;-
native iitlsaGn
Under these tremendous circumstances. 10
wonder the men ami wnnc'! pr the n.neteenth
century were highly intellectual, and general
~ speaking, born when they were yUuug.
Turn Nc again u our strry.
CHAPTER H.
The whangdopt!ie was placed upon tic
howgaS. 1j:alnav anl :"rr:,r sat upon the
c"uutcnauCes q the n.Gil':v. Lord lie
Mo"a !aro.untariy ciutcnc! TIC Prince Blow
hushb's Coat tail, aud tn. Countess of Frzfum
disappeared hv>tcricav within her hoops,
while thc b i'll C,urt dc Scratch, hitherto tie
hravc>t Of the brave, threw himself at tie
Evt OF the throne and elevated one lie. ~ a
signal Of the distress. But the mighty G-::-
guiphus UuInovcd. Drawing e go!'cu
wire safety fuse from his bosom. hs Mas in
the act OF attaching one end Of it t tie
whangdor'lic wheu-Oh. horror II burror,
he b"held in one Corner uf the room h!s urinvC,,
Sr.!cn loca:Id in tho arms of Fec title Swash
B"sky. Envoy Extraordinary frog. the Isle Of
Wight!
CHAPTER ".
To say GcnGrlphus was angry woul,! lie
but An indifferent Statement Of the truth. He
in, To- ',,S-
and consequently boiled over III torrents that
formed pudlles Of wrath at his feet He
teamed, raveti, ripped aud tore, stamped,
roll";. kicked, and reared At last Selling
bAtter!ng ram hy the horns, he made furious
push at the guilty pair.
CHAPTER "
Die" shrrked GengulphuS, rs he twirlcd
the fearful instrument above their heals; but
alas, in its swift descent il came III Contact
with Baron &c Boacy's pipe. and glancinS
At right angles, Glove Asunder the massive
door leading to the RIVAL Menaseric. E.m-
stone aud torpedocs Numbered GcEsulphus
but he WAS too late. Ere he could again
raise the huge weapon, fierce dcmoniacat
howl r:Iu through the rooms, and the rexl
momcn: All Infatuated grizzly Co,iGsh rau
madly forth frura the demolished door an
buried its deadly iangs in the scat Of The
mighty Grhguphus nexpresAihics: lie ut
tered 4 sharp cry If rsin--ma,le one drs-
peratc effort To shake OH the ninnS.cr-and
:hen fell - the floor A. dead rs JuneIug i'll
January.
CHAPTER W.
BIZ: little more remains 80 be told. Se'ieh
soor after the death cf Gcngulp!ius, Stable!
herself with bc0 wrench, aud h"r para.
cn"ur, Fec tile Swa>h H,shy, becoming
stricken with rcmorsr. buried !:m>"li i'll "A
pot Of poTter--hceis up. The Countess Il:
Fun r;'ped with an Egyptian mummy in a
gn~! state OF preservation, aud the Cou::t y
Scratch. having lost the whole of his fortune
IL playing Simon says wig wag,' with Lord
| dc Mouzr, ne was forced = elnigrate West,