The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-26
From the CincianatT lines.
Shakespearian Gnlfersssa Romeo ana
,Juliet.' &
~ THE {" FAT icoNTSR'

Romeo and Juliet were two young peo-
nle who resided in Verona, small sta
lion on the New York Central Railroad.
There was great enmity existing between
their respective families, the Montagues
and Capulets, on account Of lawsuit that
had long been pending between them, re-
gardinga water privilege. II;
Although their back yards fronted on
each other, the old folks hadn't spoken to-
gether for years, and whenever any Of the
younger members of the family met at a
town meeting or singing school there was
sure to be fight.
One night Mr.. Capulet, or cold Cap"
as he was familiarity known among she
boys, gave masquerade ball at his house,
in honor of his daughter Juliet, young
lady Of great beauty, fresh from boarding
school. None Of the Montagues were invi-
ted of course, but Romeo was induced, by
: wild Young kinsman named Mercutio, to
look in little while, disguised, "just to
see," as Mercutio expressed it, "what sort
Of layout the old cuss had"
1t was there that Romeo saw juliet Tor
the first time. Having been engaged four
teen times, he was naturally very suscepti-
BILE, and as Juliet was exceedingly pretty,
he fell in love with her at first sight, not
knowing that she was the daughter Of Old
Bill Capulet, his fathers direst foe.
In his disguise as pilgrim, he made
love to her at once, getting on very rapidly.
3 In fact, by the time the ball broke up, he
had made such Pilgrims PROGRESS into her
affections that Juliet was dead struck after
him, even accepting kiss ut parting,
which she Immediately returned, however,
it suddenly occurring to her that it wouldn't
be right to keep it, he being almost total
stranger.
."Devilish fine girl" remarked Romeo r
gentleman, in passing out; I" who is she,
| wonder p
"Don't you know her? That's old Caps
daughter, Juliet" s'
q This was a terrible shock to Romeo, and
sounded the death-knell to his hopes, for
his intentions were strictly honorable. Ju-
liet was equally overpowered when she
learned that the fascinating pilgrim who
had won her heart was the son of her faith
cr's dctested enemy, John Jacob Montague
when all was still, Romeo climbed y
picket fence into old Capulet's garden.
Julia was sitting at her chamber window,
softly singing
''Fm lonely, tonight, love- without you.'
AS she leaned her cheek upon her hand,
Romeo wished that he was boxing glove
upon that hand, that he might touch the
largest possible amount of that check.
Cheeky, wasn't itY She, without per-
ceiving him, for he was squatting down
among the currant bushes, was gently muir
muring-s IR:,s,dlny! Oh, 1s5tmany! Where,
fore art thou, Fanny! OH" She seemed
to want him to 20 back on his old dad
swear that he wasn't Montague at all
that he was snapped off for another when
he was baby, or something OF that sort,
SO she could make it right with the old folks.
She wanted to know what there was in a
name anyhow, unless it was good at the
bank, and said a horseshoe geranium would
emit as agreeable an odor called by any
other name, or word to that effect. But
this is q question for botanists.
Romeo, hearing enough to feel convinced
that she was sweet on him, got up from
among the currant bushes, and did some
very pretty talking himself, showing
mastery of the English language rarely at
tanned by one of his tender age. There
are men eighty-fve and ninty years old
who can't talk half as sweet to q woman as
Romeo did to julie Capulet that night.
To be brief, they plighted their respec-
tive trothB then and there, and Romeo,
who felt competent to take care Of a family on
account of the promise of q position in the
Revenue Department, engaging to arrange
as quickly as possible for their marriage,
disappeared over the picket fence. ri
Romeo had a clerical friend known as
Friar Lawrence, who lived in cell in the
outskirts of the town. He sought the Friar
and engaged him to perform the marriage
ceremony, having decided to take it fried.
Then he sent word to Juliet to meet him
there in the afternoon, which she did, pre-
tending to her folks that she was going to
the Rink to practice roller skating. After
the Friar had married them in his celia
perpetual sell to many people, marriage
is-they each went home to arrange TOR
wedding trip to Niagara Falls, If they
could elude the old folks.
But Fate and Shakspear stood in the way
of their happiness. On his way home
d Romeo got into street-fight with Tybalt,
a kinsman of his father-in-law, (who had
lust killed the mercurial Mercutio,) and
stabbed him with swordcane, for which he
was banished from Verona by the Board OF
Supervisors. He had on affecting inter-
view with his wife, lasting all night, and
took o canal packet in the morning for
Mantua. ....l,..:
The marriage was kept secret. Her pa
rents, not knowing that Juliet was grass
widow, urged her to marry Count Paris, OF
Paris Hill. She put them off, pretending
that her real grief for the banished Romeo
was sorrow for the death Of her cousin Ty--
bait. They said marriage with Paris would
soothe her distress of mind-be, as 1t were,
a plaster to her woe.
But, no she didn't want any Of it. No
Plaster of Paris for her. But they urged
the matter upon her, and finally old Cap
got mad, and told her bluntly that If she
didn't marry Paris on the coming Thurs
day, he would board her no longer-she
must support herself with her sewing ma
chine. Being in great Steao, juliet be-
took herself to the Friar, to whom she
con6ded her story. He contriyed plan
to at once free her from the hated mar
riage- giving "grand-trsp to Paris" as
he facetiously called it-and uniting her
and Romeo. He gave her sleeping po-
ton to take, which produced such an ad-
mirable counterfeit Of death that the most
expert counterfeit detectors, who were
called in, couldn't tell it from the genuine.
She was mourned as dead, and laid away
in the tomb of the Capulets, distinguished
from the other tombs lying around by a
large monogram on the outside, thus
This being accomplished, Friar Lawrence
telegraphed to Romeo to come at once, 30