The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-06
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/! ~ MAcBETH.
Macbeth was q Highlander, from
Highland county, Ohio. BE was dia.
tautly related 70 the Highlands ofthe
Hudson. he early emigrated to Scot.
land, where he tiFst attracted attention
Rs q Brigadler Of Militia. One night.
while crosslnga lonely moor, coming
home from a general muster (pretty
we'll peppered), he was accosted BY
three witches, one OF whom cried, HAil
hail, Macbeth, Thane Of Clam Chow.
deri" while another saluted him iKing
OF the Cannibal Islandsln. They ali
united In chorus OF "Hoka poka,
wRka FUN, /" all Of which had the effect
70 greatly lntlame the ambition OF the
General. Thane he was already, but
there was one slight difficulty In the
way Of his being Klng-the position
was filled. Duncan held the throne,
and II was evident to the most casual
observer that Duncan wasn't such u
donkey Us TO Rbdicate In favor OF Mac
or any other man. He wrote TO his
wife all about II, hinllng that he would
like the situation OF King, ahould
there be q vacancy, having held
almost every other otfice, from
Alderman or his native village, up,
Mrs. Macbeth was n strong. g.mlnded
female, generally understood by the
nelghbors 10 wear the breeches. She
couldn't walt for Duncan TO pass away
In the regular course OF nature, so she
eRRed Maobethon to hasten his demise,
and possess the throne. An opportu.
nifty soon offered. The King one night
having remained down town until the
street cars had stopped running, was
forced to stay over night at the Macbeth
residence. Mrs. Macbeth showed him
every attention. She. gave him the
spare bed room of from the parlor; had
a fire built In the parlor stove; hot wa.
ter Tor him 70 wash In, etc., etc. When
the. good King had retired, Macbeth
and his wife consulted together as TO
the best plan for removing him from a
world OF trouble. II was at length AZ
ranged that she should get bis servants
drunk on apple jack, ," while be carved
the aged Duncan. She would have
done II herself, she said, had he not re-
sembled Macbeth's father -in. law, as he
slept.
Macbeth steals on tIp.toe to the
Kings bed chamber, and shortly re-
turns with dagger In each hand, stain
ed with scopeberry juice. The deed Is
executed and stamped, and only re-
qulres 20 be registered. He was very
pale and trembled Violently, being
seized with that remoTse OF console
which every villain feels after commit.
ting crime, until he Is satisfied that he
isn't going 10 be caught at II.
He Is troubled about the scopeberry
juice on his hands, and wants 10 know
II there is water enough outside OF tenn
perance organizations 70 wash II of.
She tells him that q little turpentlne
Will easily hx that. He starts at every
sound, and seems to hear voice
which says, "Sleep no more y Macbeth
doth murder Sleep" adding something
TO the effect that Mrs, WinsIow's Booths
Ing syrup would be unuvnillng In the
future TO insure him a quiet nap. Dis
gusted with his tlmi1ity, she snatches
the daggers from his hands, and bear
ing them TO the front parIor, places
them by the sides OF the kings servants,
who are drunk under the piano. This
Is for the purpose OF fastening suspI-
elon upon them as the guilty parties,
II being the well.knoWn custom of
10 lie down and 90 10 sleep.
Immediately after bntchering gentle.
man, with the CORY implements OF
:helr profession In their hands.
Just before daybreak the door bell
rings; McDutf, Scotch noblemau OF
Irish extraction. who had been IN ali
night at a Fenian ball had stopped To
enquire II the King was stirring yet,
not knowing that the King wouldn't
stir any more. Macbeth directs him
TO the best bedroom where the King
lies. He goes there, but quickly re-
turns, with the startling announcement
that the King has been murdered.
Macbeth takes on terrible about Il, of
Mrs. Macbeth comes In In her
aud Is carried out In a
swoon; the nelghbors are aroused and
a messenger Is dispatched at once for
the coroner. Macbeth stabs the kings
servants, and tells the jury at the In
quest that he couldn't help 1t when he
saw what they had dOne--he never was
30 mortified In all his life.
The kings sons leave the country,
fearful that the malady that had car
ried of their father might run In the
family, when Macbeth starts rumor
that they were implicated In the assas-
slnallon, and appoints himself King.
HenceiOrth his career Is one OF blood,
ably supported by Mrs. Macbeth, who
like the devoted wife that she was, did
all she could to promote her husbands
prosperity.
They killed Banquo, one OF King
Duncan's generals, but hls ghost per-
sisted In sitting at their feasts, which
dtdn't improve their appetItes particu-
larly, and was very unGlvIl In the ghost.
They carried on a general slaughterIng
business for some time, but al length
McDuT raised regiment Of Fenians,
aud alter vanquishing the "Queen's
own" put all that the King owned 10
flight, when Macbeth was killed In a
hand TO hand fight with McDntf. His
last words were "Lay on McDufI, and
d-d be he who hrsI cries out, Scotch
and McDuH laid on with such
effect that Macbeth was soon knocked
out OF time.
Mrs. Macbeth fed to America. The
last that was heard OF her she was
stumping Kansas, under an assumed