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

tinguished by the possession of a mon.
strous ourang outang. nearly as large as
man, which went on two legs. and
knew a. sorts of cunning sleights of hand.
1t chanced that It's performances took
place IN front of the strangers house.
/ WI en- the drum and fife sounded, he
made his appearance, at first with visible
vexation, behind the dark ,dus, -begrimmed
window Of his residence. Soon, however.
he grew more amIable, and, opening his
window, to everybody's astonishment,
looked out and laughed heartily at the
ourang outang's gambols. Nav, he paid
| so large piece of silver for the enter
tainment, that the whole city talked OF It.
| The next morning the collection of an
lmais went on their way. They had
scarcely made league on their Journey.
when the stranger sent to the pos, house,
demanding, TO the postmastr s amaze
ment, post chalse and horse, and set
forIh by the same gate and on the same
ROAD taken by the menagerie. The whole
city was furious at not being able 10 learn
| whittier he was going. 1t was night
when the stranger again returned TO the
gate IN the post chase. A person was
sitting with him in the vehicle, with his
hat pressed closely down over his face,
and his mouth and ears bound in a silk
handkerchief. The gate keeper consid-
cred It his duty 10 speak to the second
stranger, and demand his passport. His
answer was surly, and growled out in
some uninteligble language.
g 1t is my nephew" said the stranger,
politely, putting several silver coins into
the gate keepers hand j; "a he understands
very little German. What he said Just
now was swearing at our being DELAYED
here
"Ah, if he is your nephew, SIR" an
swered the gate keerer, of course be
can enter without a passport He viii
live IN your house. no doubt 2"
Certainly" said the stranger, 4" and
will probably remain with me long
while"
The gate keeper made no further op-
position, and the stranger and his nephew
passed into the city. The burgonaster
and the whole town were much dispieased
with the conduct of the gate keeper. He
should at least have taken notice of the
nephew's language; 1t would have been
an easy matter TO decide TO what nation
he and his uncle belonged. The gate
keeper asserted in reply to these COM
plants, that it was neither Italian nor
French, but had sounded good deal
like English; and, unless his ears had
deceived HIM, the younger gentleman
had said distinctly, - Ros-bif.' 81 this
the gate keeper helped himself out of his
scrape. and at the same time, assisted
the young man to name, for nothing
was talked of now in the city bat the
Young Enghshman.
The young man, however, was 70 great
er frequenter of the bowling green or the
tavern than his uncle was but he fur
nished the people much food for conver-
satIon in another way. II happened now,
not unfreQuently, that iii the hitherto ST.
lent house would be heard frightful up
roar and shrieklng, so that the passers-by
would stop before the house IN crowds,
and gaze up at the windows. The young
Engllshman would he seen dressed IN
red frock and green trousers, his hair
erect, and his appearance indicating ter
ror, running with great speed through
the rooms, from window to window, the
old stranger pursuing him with a hunting
whip in his hand, and often failing 10
overIake him. But 1t sometimes seemed
TO the crowd below that he had succeeded
IN catching the young man; for they
coald hear issuing from the rooms above,
cries of anguish and sounds of blows
The ladies of the city took such deep con-
Germ In this cruel treatment of the youth
full stranger, that they induced the burgo-
master al last to take some notice of the
70, ,D.aS
gentleman, in which be alluded IN vigor-
Gus terms to his harsh treatment of his
nephew, and threatened him, III case SIM
liar scenes continued TO transpire, with
taking the young man under his especial
protection.
Imagine the surprise of the burgomas-
ter when he saw the stranger entering
his doors for the only time IN ten years.
The Old gentleman excused his conduct
towards his nephew on the plea OF the
peculiar directions of the parents of the
Young man, who had entrusted him with
his education. He stated that the youth
was in most respects clever and iutelli-
gent, but that he learned languages with
great difficulty |; that he wished 50 ear
nestly to make his nephew an accom-
plished German scholar, that he might
afterwards take the liberty TO introduce
him to the society of Grunwiesel. and the
progress made by him was so discourag-
ing, that on many occasions there was no
better course TO pursue than TO beat it IN
to him by suitable casigation. The
burgomasier expressed himself perfectly
satisfied with this explanation, recommen-
/ ded little more moderation IN the lnhic-
non of chaslisement, and reported in the
evening a. the beer saloon, that he had
rarely met, In his whole life, a better in
formed and more agreeable gentleman
than the stranger. The only pity is, -
+ he added, s'that he goes SO little into So
cietv; bu. think. as soon as his nephew
can speak lltle German, he will visit
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