The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-12-14

lonet by my SIDE, and who had taken bran
dy-and- water nip every time he had FIVE bars
rest, got indignant, and began to pitch into
Peter Cooper, who was introducing the old
ladies'. Clarionet was excited, and couldn't
exactly remember the Princes cognomen al
ali times, and his comments were somewhat
after this fashion-"The:e's the Prince got
another old woman for a partner. Old Coop
er isn't acquainted with woman under six.
ty" Then furious interval of clarionet
playing. Then he broke out:
There, old Pete has trotted out another
feml for the Prince to dance with-toot, too,
(on the clarionet,) tooty, tooty, toot-I know
she lived before the food. Oh, the poor
Ounce what will his ma say-toot, loot
there's another old one, wrinkled like a rhi
noceros, and about as graceful and the poor
Scrink-no Pink mean-toot, toot-likes
his partners Young and tender, not-toot -
old and-toot, toot-tough. Ii was the
Stink Of Wales-no, mean the Vince of
Pales-Id have pretty partner in spite Of
old Pete Newcastle and the Duke of InStitu-
tiorery-toot, toot-old Coopcas.le can't take
care Of Crink. See that old fal one the
Strince has got now she's got beard like
a pig, and she's hundred years old. Why
didn't they let the Prince of Renfrew dance
with her neutrality-suspicious., toot, tooty,
to"t-(brandy-and-water.) I'd like to punch
the Puke of Newcastle in his"
Here the leader interfered by hitting my
excited friend over the head with drum
stick as a hint to keep quiet.
For seventeen dances did the Prince Albert
peg away, not having partner less than for
ty-eight years old. He looked round for me.
and soon discovered me, from the fact that l
was PLAYING waltz very loud and very fast,
while Harvey was engineering the rest of the
band through an elaborate quadrlle. Ed.
sent Lyons to me to know if he'd got to
stand that sort of thing always. told Lyons
that there want more than two hundred dan
cling grandmothers there land that thought
Albert would get through the list in about a
fortnight. Albert sent back to say that he
would like one decent partner in the course
Of his youth, and to beg me to exert my in
Aucncc to get him tender one before his
hair got gray. He also shed several tears,
assorted sizes. into lager mug, and sent
them to me TO show he felt bad resolved!
to Dc my best for him,anG put down my horn
TO 60 and see about it. My clarionet man
sobbed out
That's right, ole Doslicks-you're aw RI
Don't let ole Stake of Bluecastlc and ole
man Steeter Plooper make the poor DUNK
dance any more. Oe Noah's ark-she fel
lers- ~rinkles-you know-you're aw ri are
l aw ri ? Tell ole Pete Renfrew that love
the Squinch of Quails, and he's another, and
SOS his MOTHER
Here left him overcome bv his feelings,
trying to play a clarionet solo on drum
stick. and at the same time keep one eye each
on Harvey and the Prince.
Suddenly saw advancing from a corner
where she had been well propped up, an an
tediluvian DAME who was old enough to have
worn out about twenty consecutive sets of
false teeth. and who must have been the old
est mhabitant at the beginning of the last
century. | saw at once that it was all up
knew that the weight of her years would
break any floor in Christendom Soft proved
No sooner had she been introduced to the
wretched Prince, than the floor gave way
rip. crash, bang Albert stood on the edge
of the precipice, and smiled with grim JOY
for he thought that the old woman was done
for, but she was soon fshed out, not much
damaged, and good for another hundred
years or so. But the shock had shaken the
paint ont of her wrinkles, and she couldn't
be repaired without a greater consumption o.
time and materials than were afforded b,
circumstances. SO the PRICE escaped her
and after that, danced only with young ant
lovely women.