The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-08
NDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1868.

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in to be flung after i'm. am he makes on,
wud fmsef like lightnin'. AM after all
look where Nancy Murphy is !"
i U, the dickens fear iv her DOM any
good wud that fella, replied Dick; "he's
too cute am Guild codger foc that"
Inc restraint which the presence of Mr.
ing becoming mere marked as the day pro-
crossed, an effort was now made by those
within the tent to get rid Of that function
ary.
Paddy Byrne had the moral energy to
approach him, and what was more daring
still, to AK him: " Would he have the
condensation to take glass of sperrits -
Only for the hnmanising effect which a
liberal education has upon those fortunate
enough to have received one, and the melan-
eholy pity with which it enables the learn
ed to look down upon the more illiterate
portion of mankind, we believe there is no
doubt the answer given to this impertinent
question would have been blow. Mr..
Cassidy, however, merely smiled contempt-
uously, and declined the invftation. The
dance now ceased, and fora while Mr. Cas-
sidy was thee object of attraction. See
ing he was proof against all their allure
ments, she mob resolved to have o recourse
to other means to effect his Punishment.
The neck of an old bottle was directed with
such fatal precision from his rear as to
AASSA NIL SuS6luy y utU Oh ON0 Sue Oh his
head. Before that most important article of
dress could recover it's equilibrium, the re-
mainder of the aforesaid bottle struck him
on the hand, and while the great man was
darting looks of indignant defiance at his
prosecutors, the cork of whisky jar knock
ed the spectacles clean off his nose.
There is nothing more~calculated to
wound mans dignity, or to make him an
object of ridicuic to his fellow beings, than
to knock off his hat OF spectacles. The in
dIvidual so treated loses certain amount
of respect in the eyes of the multitude.
This is particularly the case when he hap
pens to be either a schoolmaster or a police |
man. The duty of both being to command,
it is exceedingly painful to them to find |
their most exalted symbols of respect and
professional dignity cast in the mud.
The scholar may occasionally approach
with caution and reserve the person of the
schoolmaster, and may sometimes go so far
as to venture joke ut his expense, or even
to bend his cane-the magic wand of his
authority the policeman, too, VIII not I'M
frequently relax his dignity to such an ex
tent as to suffer the simplest child to ex-
anime with dread the formidable weapon
that bangles by his side but let either the
pupil Or the child tamper with the hat of
his respective superior, whether it be on a
peg or on the head of its owner, and it is
difficult to say what will not follow.
4, Dir. Cassidy being thrown somewhat off
iiS CoutTc ny Zig Tuu0ueSS WIFI uC
had been treated by the crowd, and either ,
its recurrence, or anxious to {
lppease thep by his condescension at this {
uncture, complied with the renewed re-
luest of Paddy Byrne, and quaffed, amid
he cheers of the whole tent, o glass of
whisky punch. BY well-directed wink
tipped by Paddy to the blushing little wait j
ess dealing out the liquor, a double guam
ity of the noAlre was introduced into Mr.. '
;asstdy's glass, and whether it was that he j
.ecame excited by the sudden turn of publ /
lc feeling in his favor, or elated by the d
contents of the pewter, he O
flowed himself to be helped to another. C
his done, he became exceedingly funny v
nd amusing. He shook hands most cor p
tally with those around him. His face s
las fast adopting a rosy hue, occasioned
rom the alcoholic nature of the fluid in q
'hich he was indulgng, and the heated at
losphere of the tent.
Mr. Cassidy was now in such good hu- g
Tor that he undertook, for the edification n
5 we'll as delight of the multitude, to sing II
lis memory, however, failing him, fac
Wy that not unfrequently proves treacher- +
MS to public men critical moments of n
leir career, Mr.. Cassidy took another glass h
y waysof refreshing his rccOl election. This
lused him to abandon the original pro- o.
his performance altogether /; so, n
situated by the philanthropy which ever
the conduct of great men, he T
It about making a'speech. IN
The announcement that Mr.. Cassidy was W
bout to make a speech created the utmost p