Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-03-29

| The old stranger was unable to be pres
ent at his nephew's triumph, in conse-
| quence of illness, but he gave to the bur-
gomaster, who visited him during the day,
some rules for the guidance of his eccen-
.ric relative. :" He i. good soul," said
he, " but now and thei, he is seized with
some strange no,ions, and breaks out in-
to the widest freaks. Iregret, extreme
~, my inability to be present at the con-
cert this evening. for his demeanor is per-
tectly decorus while l am by. He well
knows why, the scamp! Let me assure
your oxcellency that this vivacity of his is
not mental vice, but merely bodily in
trinity. Whenever. therefore, any such
humor seizes him, so that he seats him.
self on music stand, or attempts to knock
down the contra-bass, or the like, if your
excellency would take the trouble to loos-
en- his cravat a little. or, if nothing better
caa be done, take 1t off altogether, you
will see how quiet and well-bred he will
at once become"
The burgomaster thanked the sick man
for his confidence, and promised, in ca Sc
the necessity arose, 10 follow his dlrec-
tlons to the letter.
Part first of the concert was over, and
everybody was on the tenterhooks Of ex-
pectation tor the second, In which the
young Engilshman vas TO perform duet
with the burgomaste-s daughter. The
nephew had made ms appearance in gor-
geous costume, and had long ago dawn
upon himself the attention or all present
he had thrown himself down. without the
SIIrhfpaf 10 aln mt
chair provided for a countess OF the vi
cnlty, aud, stretching his legs TO their full
length, and stared the audlence out of
countenance through huge opera-g ass
which be had provided IN addiiloa 10 ms
ordinary spec,aces playing incessantiy,
meanwhile, with large mastltt which he
had persisted In introducing In spite OF
the regulations prohibiting all such ami
mails. The countess, for whom the arm
chair had been provided, soon appeared
bat the young Englishman made no move
ment TO resign his seat. On the contra-
ry, he only assumed more comfortable
altltute, and no one present ventured 10
rebuke his inSolence. The distinguished
lady was consequently obliged to take her
seat IN an ordinary cane chair among the
other ladies' of the city, III state OF in
tense and natural Indignation.
No wonder, therefore, that everybody
was carious 10 see how he would succeed
with his duet. The second part began
the city musicians played the Introductory
bars, and now The burgomaster led up his
daughter TO the young EnglIshman, and
handing him a sheet of music, said 10 him
My dear SIT, are you disposed TO begin
the duet z" The stranger laughed, showed
his teeth, and, springlng up. preceded the
other two 10 the sIc-stand, while the au.
dience was filled with excitement and an
ticipation. The organist beat the time,
and nodded to the EngIishman to begin
The latter looked at the music through
his spectacles a moment, and gave utter
ance to some hideous and melancholy
howls; whereupon, the organlst shouted
10 him: Two notes lower, your hon
or; C;-you must sing c."
Instead of singing c, the stranger pull
ed off one of his shoes and flung 1t at the
organist's head, making the powder fly in
clouds. Seeing this, the burgomaster
thought to himself: "Ha, this bodily
infirmi,y has got hold of him again :" and
sezing him by the neck, he loosened the
buckle of his cravat But, at this, the
young mans conduc, became only the
more outrageous. He dropped the use of
German, and confined himself 10 an ex-
traordinary and uninteiligibIe language,
taking all the while the most tremendous
leaps. The burgomaster was in despair
al this unpleasant interruption of the en-
terta nment, and instantly resolved to take
off entirely the cravat Of the young En-
glshman, whom some unusually vIo.ent
paroxysm must have suddenly seized
But no sooner had he done this, than he
started back ages:. Instead of human
skin and complexion, dark brown fur
enveloped the neck of the youthful stran-
ger, who instantly proceeded upon still
higher and more marvellous leaps; and
twisting his white gloves into ms hair, he
pulled 1t entirely off, and wonder of WON
ders this beautiful ha.I Was only a wig,
which he threw into the burg omaster $
face, and his head made It's appearance
clothed n the same brown fur as his
neck.
He overturned tables and benches
| threw down music-stands, smashed the
/ fiddles and clarInet., and in sh, r. bt haved
| like a luna,ic. Seize HIM seize him
/ shouted the burgomas,er, beside himself !;
d" ne is raving-seize him. - This how
ever, was difficult matter, for be had
pulled off his gloves, and showed his
/ brown hands, armed with frighttul nails
with which he assaulted the faces of the
company. A courageous hunlsmaa al
length succeeded IN taking hun prisoner
He pressed his long arms down 10 his
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struggle fiercely with his feet, and laugh
and shrek IN piercing voice. The au
dlence gathered round TO look at the &c
centric young gentleman, who by this tim
had lost every sembanoe or a human be
ing, Among them. a learned gendema
of The e,,virons, WHO possessed larg'
collection of stuffed animals, approache
him, and. after close examination, sud