The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-06
manner. Is the theater place for such

manner. Is the theater q place for such
important business?
Your highness did me the honor to COM
mand my attendance at the palace, and then
not to be there to receive me-.
I suppose ] may go to the theater if !
like! When / made the appointment ]
hadn't seen the play bill, and didn't know
that soldiers and sausages was to be play
ed. 1t was your business TO have inform
ed me-.
Il beg leave to place my portfolio in your
serene hghness's hands, said the minister,
bowling coldly, and trust that my success
sor will be better aware OF the duties of a
statesman
Now then, there you go, flying out like
gunpoWder because one Just speaks to you,
and here we are missing no end OF fun
Here, porcupine that you are, give us hold
of the paper. What beastly handwriting!
suppose it's that stiff backed ass, Pun
pleblueskin's.'
My nephew may not have all the graces
Of cOurtier, your highness, but he is a faith
| full servant Of yours.
| He looks like servant Of livery. Wei
as far as i can read ii, the thing looks all
right. Stop. what's that words?
| which, highness?'
That Why it's constitutional" How
/ dare Won put such a word into my mouth?
| I will not sanction the message, and You
ought 10 be ashamed Of YOURSELF!
| IL your bighness will look at the con-
text
! But / won't. and don tsee any context.
| Where's the context--do you mean the
green ribbon-what' that got 10 do with II?
i mean the sense OF the passage, high
tness.'
There's no sense in the passage, and you
just 50 out into the passage and scratch
| the word out. or won't prOrogne.'
| II ilnTer!alSa do h,vhneSS. W lth
that correction may deliver the document
in?'
/ His serene highness was going to refuse,
but al that moment the fair Magdalen sat
down to take off her shoe for the further
| caS.igatiOn Of her unwelcCme lover, and
the sovereign impatiently signed to his
prime minister to be OIL
So the lover was slapped and the mes
sage delivered, and the parliament of
HesseC assel prorogued. And this is the
way the Germans submit to be governed
the great Germans who claim a voice in
the affairs OF Europe. London i'n1ach.
FIGHTING, SWEARING AND PRAYING
INDIvIDUAL.--A correspondent of The v.
Y. Herald, recently released from the Lib
by Prison. tells the following story OF one
OF the inmates:
4 ] am satisfied that Mr.. Sherman, Of Co
lionel Bakers detective force III Washing
\ ton. is IN individual of tran-cenden'aliv
\ mixed qualities. On the morning succeed
ing my transfer to No. 10, / witnessed q
scene IL which he figured conspicnous)y
conclusive of this fact. A prayer meeting
had convened, when suddenly an outsider
insisted on taking a small bench--the only
one, ny way in the room-in possession OF
w Mr. Sherman. who. as afterwards saw,
was the leader Of the meeting.
"Ill fight you for that BENCH said the
utsitier. taking of his coat.
II shan't 90 there to fight you.' replied
Mr. Sherman but attempt To take away
this bench and III give you damned lick
ing
\ '.The outsider advanced and made de
monstration TO seize the bench The fist
OF Mr. Sherman suddenly leaped from the
right shoulder, and that outsider drop
ped.
I'VE have settled the case OF that damn
ed cuss,' said Mr.. Sherman. "Now we'll
80 on with the meeting. Brother Merritt,
will you lead in prayer"
.Almost incredulouS as this story may
appear, it is nevertheless, every word Of il
true. Two days before my release this
Mr.. Sherman, with others, was put in
ground floor room preliminary TO being
taken to Salisbury. The weather was ex-
cessively cold, and there being no fire in
The room, Mr.. s. took occasion to unfold
MS views upon the southern Confederacy
and its treatment OF prisoners, which eN-
preston of opinion Captain Richardson,
now commanding the prison, CHANGED to
hear him.
"Don't you know better than to talk
like ,hat?'' said Captain Richardson.
i have said exactly what ! think" re-
piled Mr. Sherman II think ii Il damn
ed shame to put prisoners in such damn
ed hole as this
Repeat that again. said Captain Rich
ardSon, land III blow your brains out"
drawing his revolver.
"Well do think il is damned shame
responded Mr.. $. "ion can blow my
brains out as soon you please
Capt. Richardson did not blow out Mr..
Sherman brains, but he put him at once
in double irons in n condemned cell, where,
brave but indescreet fellow, hemay be yet
for aught know.
CONC TO SMASH AGAIN.-The whole host
Of bears, copperheads, traitors, rebels and
grandpa tinanciers are again trying hard to
make the people believe that very soon