Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-25

attempts 10 KNOCK down tue cOhh1-"HN'f W
the like, if your excellency would take the
trouble to loosen his cravat little, or, If
nothing better can be done. take it off alto
gcther, you will see how quiet and well-bred
he will at once become"
Tho burgomastcr thanked the sick man for
his confidence, and promised, in case the ne
cessity arose. to follow his directions to the
letter.
Part first of the concert was over, and eve
rybody was on the tenter-hooks Of oxpecta-
tion for the second. in which the young Eng
lishman was TO perform a duct with the bur-
gomaster's daughter. The nephew had made
his appearance in gorgeous costume. and had
long ago drawn upon himself the attention Of
all present He had thrown himself down,
without the slightest ceremony, in the ele-
CANT armchair provided for countess Of the
vicinity, and, stretching his legs to their full
length, had stared the audience out Of coun-
tcnance through huge opora-glass which he
had provided in addition TO his ordinary spec
tales playing incessantly, meanwhile with a
large mastif which he had persisted in intro
ducing in spite of the regulations prohibiting
all such animals. The countess, for whom
the armchair had been provided. soon appear
ed but the young Englishman made no move
mont to resign his seat. On the contrary, he
only assumed a more comfortable attitude,
and no one ventured to rebuke his insolonce.
The distinguished lady was consequently o.
bliged to take her seat in ordinary cane
chair among the other ladies of the city. in a
state of intense and natural indignation.
No wonder, therefore, that everybody was
curious 10 see how he would succeed with his
duet. The second part began the city mu-
scians played the Introductory bars and now
the burgomaster led up his daughter to the
young Englishman, and, handing him sheet
Of music. said to him, "Nly dear sir, are you
disposed TO begin the duet :" The stranger
laughed, showed his teeth, and, springing up,
preceded the two others to the music-stand
while the audience was filed with excitement
and anticipation. The organist beat the time
and nodded TO the Englishman to begin. The
latter looked at the music through his spccta-
eles moment, and gave utterance to some
hidcous and melancholy howls; wheroupon,
the orgauist shouted 20 him; 1.-TWO notes
lower, your honor C;-you must sing O.
Instead Of singing G, the stranger pulled OF
one Of his shoes and flung it at the organist'
head, making the powder fly in clouds. See
ing this the burgomaster thought to himself
"Hai his bodily infrmity has got hold Of him
again and. seizing him by the neck, he
loosened the buckle of his cravat. But, a
this, the young mans conduct became onl,
the more outrageous. He dropped the us
of German, and confined himself to an extra
ordinary and unntelligible language, taking
all the while the most tremendous leaps. Th
burgomastor was in despair at this unpeasan
4 Al.
ly resolved 70 take off entirely the cravat o
the Young Englshman, whom some unusually
violent paroxism must have suddenly seized
But no sooner had he done this, than he start
ed back aghast. Instead of a human skin anC
complexion, dark brown fur enveloped tht
neck of the youthful stranger, who Instant.
proceeded upon still higher and more marvel
lous leaps and. twisting his white gloves in
TO his hair, he pulled it entirely off, and, won
der Of wonders this beautiful hair was onl,
a wig, which he threw into the burgomaster'
face, and his head made its appearance cloth
ed in the same brown fur as his neck.
He overturned tables and benches, threw
down music-stands, smashed the fddies an,
clarinets and in short behaved like lunatic
"Seize him seize him r. shouted the burgo
master. beside himself; "he is raving,-seiz
him !" This. however was difficult matter
for he had pulled off his gloves, and SHOWED
his brown hands, armed with frightul nails
with which he assaulted the faces of the com
pany. 4 courageous huntsman at length sue
ceeded in taking him prisoner. He pressed
his long arms down to his sides, so that HI
could do nothing except struggle fercely will
his feet and laugh and shrek in a piercing
voice The audience gathered round to lool
at the eccentric young gentleman, who by thi
time had lost every semblance of a human be
ing. Among them learned gentleman of tn,
onvrons, who possessed a large collection o
stuffed animals, approached him and, after
close examination, suddenly exclaimed, "Goot
God ladies and gentlemen, why do you ad
nit this beast into good society This is al
ape. the homo triglodtes LinnGi, and | vii
give you six dollars for him, if you like, ant
stuff him for my cabinet
Fancy the astonishment Of the citizens o
Grunwesel, when they heard this What
an ape, an orang-outang in our best society
The young Engishman nothing but filth.
ape !" They stared at each other in duml
bewilderment. They could not believe it
they would not trust their eyes, and they ex
amined the animal more narrowly; but, gaz
as they pleased, a vulgar ape he was, and
vulgar ape he remained.
at must be sorcery, deylish sorcery - sal,
the burgomaster, bringing the apes crayat
Look here in this cravat lies the witcherai
which has blinded our eyes. Here is broa,
strip of parchment, inscribed with strang
characters. It is Latin, ! believe; can any
body read it !"
The pastor, man of extensive learning
who had often lost game of chess to tn
young Englishman, stepped up, and, looking
at the parchment said, Certainly, this is La
tin, and means:
This ape is a very ridiculous creature
Aud through and shun false pretensions will eac
you.
"Ay, ay it is an Internal swindle in itsel
a species Of witchcraft," he continued, lam
should meet with exemplary punishment.
The hurgomaster was Of the same opinion
and started forthwith to arrest the stranger
who could be nothing but magician. Si
soldiers carried the ape, for they were deter
mined to bring the old scoundrol to instan
trial.
They reached the desolate house, followe
by "a crowd of people, for every one wanted T.
sec how the affair would end, They knocked
at the door, they pulled the bell but ali il
vain-no one showed himself in answer t.
their appeals. The burgomaster finally caus
ed the door to be beaten in, and mounted Il