Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-12-03

70 each other first, then the opposing par
ties Of brothers and sisters looked =: each
other and began to peel Each brother,
as he laid down the black broad
cloth, told the other he was damned
niger, to CONG on and be would smash
his snout. The brother thus politely cal
led on could do no less than respond =
The shock and smells of the coutendins
parties were terrible to behold and suffer
up and down, right and left, yclls aud
bowls, wool and calico tora and frillcd as
if it didn't hurt nor cost nothing In the
midst Of the seuffie in comes the police
and puts stop to free feht, leaving il,
as far from being settled as ever Before
the trusteeshirs can be settled now, there
must be half thousand private firts in
tho way Of cutting with razors, breaking
heads and many such lively amusements
We noticed one black niger who Is
known by the title of Brother Berming-
ham Brother B. is about six feet five
in his stockings and weighs about two
hundred and forty-eight. When Broth
er b. entered the sinful contest, he enter
ed with only one skirt to his coat, the left
skirt. being gone XiimfTt Of the breast
torT<to within six ln.4i@s of the arm hole.
Brother Birmingham handles his 6ves well
AS the brother Tadgers would show their
noses in the door they would disappear in
the most rapid manner before the fist of
brother Birmingham. 1t was only to
show nose and. like the Irishman, it
was too tempting and hy a sort ofmagne-
tie attraction it drew the fist Of Brother
Rermineham to it, The moment Brother
B 5 fist moved out you would see pair
Of heels in the air as the owner disappear
ed back ward with the most extraordinary
velocity down the front door steps where
he picked himself up. wiped his nose and
moved out of range. Up to this writing,
the police have the church in charge and
some of the party in the station-house.-
AS the crowd came up the street We pas
sed one of the black brothers with the
best part of his coat gone, both eyes very
much damaged, He suddenly exclaimed
to friend Dare dat damn broder Wal
rus who tore my coat off-lse gulne over
to bust him in the ear" His friend re-
marked, "Bottcr stay where you is
Broder Walrus most killed you now, he
finish you, sartin." Well, we are only sorry
it is over, for they are much more in their
element breaking heads and gouging out
each others eyes than praying.
We have two theatres going. For the
last week Miss Mitchell has been at the
National, where she has done pretty we'll.
At Walls Miss Helen Western has been
showing herself-for that is about all
How on earth she comes to be starring is
a mystery we are unable to solve. Poor
as the actresses at Wallis are, there were
two WHO threw Miss Western far into
the shade She IS totally destitute
of manner, voice gesture, or any single
attribute of an actress In the play OF
the Flowers Of the Forest, whore she
takes the character of the Gypsey Queen,
we are yet unable to find out what 1t was
that we went to see, unless it was Miss
Westerns blue and spangled dress, cut
uery, rery low indeed in the neck, and !
pair of very large and we'll formed -
no, We will stop. Her dress WAS no dress
and yet some, for the sake of argn-
ment, would call it a dress.
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