The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-17
Artemus Ward on Arrah-Na-POgus.

L ork. Here is his dissection OF II:
You ask me, sir, TO sling some ink for
your paper in regards TO the new Irish
'Iramy at Niblo's Gardin. will do it, sir.
found myself the other night at NibIo's
Gardin, which is now, by The way, wheat.
ley's Gardin. q don't know what's becum
Of Nib)
walked down the lie in my usual digni-
fed sIile, politely tellin' the people as
parsed aIoug to keep their seals, "Dou'l
git up Tor me-" sed. One Of The Pfetlest
men ever saw in my life showed me into
a seat, and proceeded to while away the
spare time by reaGin; Thompson's Bank
Note Reporter and the comic papers.
The ordinance was large.
tho'I from a cursiry view that the Finni-
an Brotherhood was well represented.
There was no end Of booliiul wimin and
heap of good clothes. There was great
deal of hair present that belonged on the
heads of people who didn't cum with H.
The orkisiry strEck up teon, & asked
the Usher 10 nudge me when Mr.. Pogue
cum ou, on the stage 10 act
| wanted to see Pogue, but strange be
didn't act durn The eu,ire evenin' reck-
en- he has lett Nblo's and gone over 10
Barnum's.
| Arrah-na- Pogue was writ by Diono Bour-
cieolt & EdwOrd McHouse. They rit it
| well O'Bourcy has ri, a carload of plays
himself, the most of which are frsi-rale.
understand there is large number of
O'gen'lmen of this city whe can rite better
plays Than O'BOurcy does but somehow
they don't seem 10 do it. When they do,
III take box of them.
AcK The I.-Glendale by moonlight
Irishmen with clubs. This is in 1898, the
| years of yonr birth, Mr.. Editor. 1t appears
patriotic person named McCool has bin
raisin insureclion in the mountain dis
tricks, and is now goin 10 leave The land OF
his nativity for tower in France. Previ.
ousy to dom so he picks the poke, OF Mr..
/ Mcheal Feeny, gov 'ment deiecIiv', which
| plssses The gallery very much indeed, aud
they ioyfnl!y remark, 'hi, hi he meets,
also, at this lime, young woman who luvs
( him dearer than life, and who Is, of course,
related TO the goV'meni; and just as The Gov
meni goes agin him she goes for him. This
is nal'ral. but no, grateful. She sez: 90 And
can this be 500 Ar, tell me Ii is not so thus.
Iy as this lhusness wouidst seem 2" or words
10 that effeck. He sez it isn't any other
way, and they 60 of. Irish moosic by The
baud. McCoole goes and gives The money
TO his foster sister Miss ArraL MeeIish, who
is goin' to shortly marry Shaun, the Lamp
Post. Mac ;hen alters bis mind about gojn'
! over to France, and thinks he1lgo up Stare
( and lie down in the straw This is in Ar
rah's cabin. Arrah- says IFS all right my
darlini; och hone, and shure, and other pop.
liar remarks, and Mac goes TO his straw.
The weddin of Shaun and Arrah comes
of. Great excitement. Immense demon
sira,ion on the part of nhe Peasanry. Barn
door jigs, and rebelyus song by McHouse,
called 'rhe drnkin' OF the Gin" Ha, what
is thisl Soldiers cum in. Moosic by the
band "Auah /" sez the Major, 'you have
those money" She sez, "Oh no, guess
not" He sez, ''0h yes, guess you have"
'li is my own, sez she, and exhibited H.
"Il is mine" says Mr.. Feeney, aud iden-
tifies il. Great confusion. Coat is produc-
ed from PIP stairs. "Whose Goa, is this z"
sez the Maj SIS i. the coat of young man
secreled in Ihis here cabin!" Now this is
rough on Shaun. His wife accoossd of theft,
The circumstances bein' very much agia her,
and also accoosed of hayin' a hansum
young man bid in her house. But does
this bold young Hiberian forsaks her Not
much be don't. But he takes /; all on him
self, sez he is the guilty wretch and is
marcht of 10 prison.
This is new idee. Ii is gin'raliy the
wife who suffers, in the play, for her hus-
band. but here's noble young felle= who
shut his eyes 10 the apparent sinfulness OF
his new young wife, and takes her right
square to his bosom, 1t was bootifu 10 me,
who love my wife, aud believe in her, aud
would put on my meedn' clothes an so to
the gallus for her cheeriully ruther than
bsieye she was capable Of taking any ybod's
money but mine. My married friends.
listen to me. If you treat your wives as
tho they were perieck gentlemen-if you
chow 'em>tha, you have entire confidence
in them, believe me, they will be roo TO
you, most always.
Shaun is tried By a military commission.
COT. 0'Grady, altho member of the COM
mission, shows he sympathizes with Shaun
and twils Feeny, the GoV'ment witness,
with being knock-kneed thief etc., etc
Mr.. Sionion's grandfather was Sec'y Of War
in Ireland al that time, so this was entirely
propder. Shann was convicted, aud goes
TO Jail. Hears ArTah singin' oniside. Wants
TO see her good deal. A lucky thought
strikes him, he opens the window and gels