The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-02-11
Misffllauenns.
Back from Yurrup."


just back from Europe-Or Yurrup, n
they pronounce it3 They never talk 4
you, Of course, being strangers, but they
talk to each other and at you till you ar'
pretty nearly distracted with their clatter
till you are sick of their ocean experiences
their mispronounced foreign names, theil
dukes and empcrors; their trivial .adven
lures; their pointlcss "reminiscences; til
you are sick Of their imbecile faces ant
their relentless clack. and wish 1t haf
pleased Providence to leave the clappel
out of their relentless skulls.
Travelled with such q family one eter
nal day, from New York to Boston, las
week. They had spent just year In
"Yurrup," and were returning home tt
Boston. Papa said little, and looket
bored-he had simply been down TO New
York to receive and cart home his cargo
of imbecility. Sister Angelinc, aged %
sister Augusta. aged %, and brother
Charles, aged 33, did the conversations
drivcl, and mamma purrcd and admired
aud threw in some help when occasion
offered, In the way of remembering some
French barber's-I should say some
French Count's-name, when they pre-
tended to have forgotten 1t. They occu
pied the choice seats In the parlor Of the
drawing-room Car, and for twelve hours
sat opposite to them-was their ris-a-ris,
they would have said, in their charming
French way.
Augusta-"Plaguo that nahsty (nasty.
steamer! I've the headache yet, she roll
cd so the fiflh day out"
Angeline-"And well you may. 1ncv
or saw such nahsty old tub. I novel
want to 90 in tho Vile dc Paris again
Why didn't we 60 over to London nnt
como in the ScotiaP"
Aug.-"Because we were FOOLS"
RI fervcntly indorsed that scntimcnt.]
Angc.-"Gustic, what made Count Gas
ko-whisky drive of looking 80 blue, tha
last Thursday in Parry? Paris, she
meant.( All, own up, now!"
Aug.-"Now, Anglo, how you talk!
told the nahsty creature I would not rc
ceive his attentions any longer. And TIT
old duke, his father, kept boring me abou
him and his two million francs year til
I sent him off with flea in his ear"
b. Chorus-"Ke-hc-hc! Ha-ha-ha"
Charles-[Pulling a small silken cloal
to pieccs.] angie, where'd you get thi
cheap thing?"
Angc.-"You Cholly, let that alone
Cheap! Well, how could help It
There We were, tied up In Switzerland
Just down from Mon Blong (Mont Blanc
doubtless couldn't buy anything In thos
nahsty shops so far away from Parry.
had to put up with that slimpsy forty-dol
lar rag-but bless You. l couldn't g
nakedw
Chorus-"Ke-he-hew
Aug.-"Guess who was thinking of
Those ignorant men we saw first In ROM
and afterwards in Vcnice-those-"
Ange-"Oh, ha-ha-ha! He-c-he! ]
was so funny! Papa, one Of them calle'
the Santa della Spriggiola tho Santa dell
Spizziola! IIa.ha-ha! And he thought
was Canova that did Michael Angelo
Moses! Only think Of it!-Canova
sculptor and the Moses n picture! 1 tho
I should die! guess l let them see b.
the way laughed that they'd made fool
of themselves, because they blushed an'
sncaked of.
tPapa laughed family, but not with tn
easy grace of man who was certain h
knew what he was laughing about
Aug Why, Cholly! Where did yo'
get those nahsty Beaumarchais gloves
Well, l ,co,ldnr II were you!"
Mamma with upliftcd hands)-"Beau
marchais, my son!"
Ange.- "Beaumarchais! Why, how
can you9 Nobody In Parry wears thos
nahsty things but tho commoncst people.
Charlcs-"Thcy arc rum lot, but the
Tom Blcnncrhasset gave 'cm to me. II
wanted to do something or other to curr.
favor, s'posc.'
Ange.-"Tom Blonnerhasset"
Aug.-"Tom Blcnnerhasset!"
Mamma.-"Tom Blennerhasset! An
have you been associating with him?"
Papa Suddenly Observation-Disclosures
what has the son of nm honorod and hon
orablc old friend been doing?"
Chorus-"Doing! Why, his father ha
indorscd himself bankrupt for friends:
that's what's the matter!'
Ange-"Oh, mon dicu. j'ai f,im! Ave
YOU quelque chose dc bon, on votro poche
mon cher frere? Excuse me for speakin,
French, for, to tell the truth, ! haven
spoken English for so long that 1t come
dreadful awkward. Wish we were bacl
in Yurup-c'est votre desire aussi, nest
&C pas, mes cheresa,"
And from that moment they lapsed int
barbarous French, and kept it up for. m
Misunderstanding. gaping for words, stun,
bling head over heels through adycrb
and rrticiples, foundering through nd
jcctivcs, working miracles OF villainou
pronunciation-and neither one Of ther
ever by any chance understanding wha
another was driving at. .T
by that time some now comcrs had en-
tered the car. and 50 they lapscd into Eng
llsh again, and fell to holding everything
American up to scorn and contumely. !
or,lcr that they might thus lot those new
corners know they were just homo fror
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