The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-19

England. nor VIII tne persistent ROSVlnty OF
the monarchy and aristocracy to the French
republic fail to make the people of England
more dissatisfied with their government and
more democratic in their aspirations. France
may suffer more fearfully still through the
selfish sostention of her former friends, and
especially through that of England, but the
nation cannot be destroyed. 1t will yet re-
vive, and the day of retribution will come to
those who have abandoned her and who
ought to have mediated in her behalf.
GORGING SAM AND GUZZLING BILLY.
From The N. y S,1h
In the pantomime there is one time
henored trick that has held its own for
more than q hundred years. Our great-grand-
fathers laughed at it before us, and our great
grandchildren will laugh at it after we are
gone
Poor chalky.faced Clown is guzzling away
at bottle of wine, his vermilion mouth
stretched from ear to ear with grin of satis-
faction, when out jumps Harlequin-always,
of course, supposed to be invisible-deals
Clown mighty whack with his sword of lath,
and disappears. The vermilion mouth sud
denly contracts, and Clown looks cautiously
about. He sees nobody but feeble old Panta-
loon, to whom he attributes the mischief
Thereupon he falls upon the old fellow, and
gives him a terrible drJbbing, while all the
audience laugh at the joke.
The Rev. Theodore Tilton and the Rev.
Justin d. Fulton have been having some
little private theatrieals of their own, 10
which they have appeared in the pantomine
in the respective characters of Clown and
Pantaloon; also, in the afterpiece in those of
GorgiDg Sam and Guzzling Billy. The Har-
lequin in the case is, as usual, invisible. He
managed to get the following paragraph pub
lished in the Religious Telescope of Dayton,
Ohio
BOSTON, Massachusetts s.-Theodore TtoD, ESQ.,
Dear sr:-I have been informed that you were seen
at restaurant Broadway a day or two since with
bottle of wine before you, and OF which you seye-
| raj times partook.
As you are the chief editor of a religious and tenn
perance paper assume the right to ask you whether
this report is true? Ii true, shall take such means
as may think expedient to put the truth before the
| public through the newspapers. j. ID. FULTON.
| Pantaloon Fulton had nothing to do With
this blow at the Clown. 1t was a skilful for
| gerry of cunning Harlequin, who stood aside
to see the sport. This was not loog in
coming, for the foolish Clown flew at once
unsuspecting Pantaloon, whom he belabored
in the following expressive language
"Mr. Tilton has the honor to say, in reply, that
! far as regards himself, he drinks wine on communion
! and other proper occasions and that so far as re-
CARDS the mountebank who is reported to have al
| dressed him the above letter, this hot Gospeller,
| after preaching Sunday night sermon in DIR. Armi-
tage's church in New York, sauntered down the
| BOweTy, in company with a friend, entered lager
|
two together) nine ten glasses of lager beer of
which the Rev. Mr. Fulton guzzled the larger part
This might seem little more tart than the
occasion called for. The fact was that it was
only the renewal of an old hostility. The
Reverend Pantaloon Fulton some three years
ago was horror-struck one day on going into
Demonicos at seeing Tilton not only gorg-
ing himself with a sumptuous dinner, but
actually washing it down with good red
wine. If the chalky apparition whom he
there beheldshad been a veritable ghost, he
could not have been more excited about it.
He was full of the subject. He cried out
about it at the very corners Of the streets.
He told every one he met of the dreadful
sight 1t got into the papers, and was very
bad meal indeed for our white-faced friend
However, he bided his time, and when the
paragraph that we have quoted came out in
the Religious Telescope, he probably concluded
that his time had come, for he gave it back to
poor Pantaloon with compound interest, as
we have seen. He charged the Rev. Fulton
with guzzling the larger part of ten glasse;
of lager beer.
Temple in Boston, and total abstinence is his
favorite text. His sheep of course were
thrown into the greatest commotion at this
attack upon their shepherd They me
together in solemn council and resolved Il
prosecute Tilton for libel Fulton himself
took the first train to New York to confront
Tilton and his informant, who was said to b,
"wealthy and well-known merchant" III,
got very little satisfaction ont of either, how
ever, and on Saturday he returned to Boston
carrying with him great number of vials O
wrath. These he uncorked on Sunday at tn
Temple. 1t is stated that he prayed for Til
ton. This must have been stunning blov
. for that unhappy man. 1t is one that ne can
not very we'll reply to. No weapons ought t,
be used by one party in q duel to which tn
other is unaccustomed If Tilton could onl
borrow some friends pulpit for few Sun
, days and pray back, there might be som
show of fairness in it, and the world be im
! proved. The prayers would be telegraphe
, to all the New York and Boston papers, an
, much good would be DONE
! Having prayed for Tilton, Fulton pro
, ceeded to discourse upon him. He tol
about his journey to New York, related tn
: circumstances of his interview, and said tina
the "wealthy and well-known merchant" wa
E only a Snowman after all. He had been o.
exhibitor of sections of one of the great Cali
fornia trees. Fulton's suggestion seems t.
a be that showmen are persons of doubtful
{ credibility, and that man who exhibited bi
trees would naturally fall into habits of exag
I geration. This opens up an interesting topic
! but we have not space to follow it now. Th
reverend gentleman concluded his narration
Of the interview as follows
a "Then turning to Mr. Tilton said, 'There will b
, no libel sut will not advise my church and SC
ciety TO turn from their great work one moment
prove you scoundrel or pay fifty cents TO have yo
hulletined as liar from New York to San Fran
. ! CISCO"
. This handler was immediately followe