The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-09
THAT STATUE AGAIN.


Whose Statue is it at BOiley'st-A Brace
OF Disclaimers from Old Friends OF
Alderman McMullen.
The communications given below involve the
subject of the Mullen or the McMullep statue in
fresh confusion Our correspondents write with
earnestness and confidence that do them credit,
but It's not certain that they are good judges of
such a matter. While we admit that they are
direct practical men, we doubt If they are fitted
by taste or education to criticize work of art
ED.
Evening Telegraph.
SR:-I was going ur Chestnut st last night when
seed kind OF crowd at a shop wlnder and stopped
myself natural like to look In. There was marble
image OF gentleman am not acquainted with In
the winder that was what the people were looking
at. Soon the crowd drop ped of ami was left there
alone. Jist then Police comes up and claps me
not SO very light neither on the shoulder "Come-
you git out OF this" he says "You git" he says
sfWe're been put up to that" he says "You cant
play that game here my mamie says. BY this
time the Police had got me showed pretty well across
18th st. "What game are you talking about?"
says,-gitting mad ;-'Whot have you been put up
t0?"-"Why about breaking that winder TO get at
Alderman McMullen's statue" says the Police.
bust right ont lafn when he said that-"That's
another of your games is it?" says he;-"but
it wont do" he says ;-"You git'-he says. "Why
look here old Squeesicks says ], "You dent
der there for Bill McMullen? Hold me, somebody"
an screamed right out. I run that Police so un-
merciful that after while he didn't like it. "Wel"
he says "lts in the paper, that's all know" "Wot
paper?" asked as grave as could and he told me.
"Thep," says I, 81 used to kUow man as was car
rier on that paFer and consequently feel sort OF
acquaintance with it; I'm going to write to that edi
tor and tell him that he's iOrOna And 80 you ARE
sir! It's a out an out mistake. Why Lord bless
your SOUL sir, that amt our Bill! Somebody's been
playing 1t on you, sir-they have indeed. The genel-
man, whoever he is, is more like old Gill Nc
Mullen than you are like the Queen of Sheba, and
they do say that she is black a coal-scuttle.
Well, we do each OF us get sold now and then in
our lives, and you've caught it this time.
Yours to command
JERRY T.
Mr. EDITOR seen piece in your paper saying
that Alderman McMullen had his statue made aud
went up to Baileys store to see it. 1 don't know
whether you're making fools of people not but
the peice seemed wrote fair enough and maybe you
meant 1t. Anyways that Statue aint any more the
aldermans than it is me. II you're on the Square
you're the worst took in man ever seen. Tns is
from one which has knowed ". McMullen from
babby and he Herein specifies that knoU it amt the
same person. There amt any guess work about this
for he knows It, Who in the thunder it is don't
know but 1t amt the Alderman. Why see here this
is all There some necessary omissions made in
our correspondents note. I'D foolishness. don't
belleVe you nave saw the statue at ALL why see mere
It's nOtLin like the alderman. In the first place it
amt got enough hair. The clothes aiut the
same nor yet the boots nor the features. Then he
have kind Of ugly look on his mug which Mr.. Nc
Mullen amt. Then everybody knows the alderman
he had his nose brske helping friend and no dis
grace to him and the status nose aint broke though
1t ought to be IL it purtends to be W. McMulen. And
amt up to this sort of thing Mister Editor but
know it aint him and I can lick the man which
says it.
Yours with Respect
Yaller Warner