Middletown transcript., 1872-11-30
NOVEMBER


an hour a. piece Of paper until he con-
sidcred that he had that poetry in . shape
which would make the stricken family
feel proud Of the corpse. When bis days
wori was done OFT went home with con-
vic,ion that the Morning Glory" had
finally robbed death Of its tcrrors, md
made life comparative, valuclcss.
In the morning Mr.. OFT proceeded
calmly to the Office for the purpose Of en-
balming in sympathetic verses tho memo
rics Of their departed ones. A. ho came
near the establishment be obscrvcd n
crowd Of FIVE or six thousand people in
front Of il struggling to get into the door
Climbing q tree he overlooked the crowd,
and gould SEQ within the Office tho clerks
selling papers rs fast as they could handle
them. while the mob pushed. and jammed
and yelled, in frantic efforts to obtain
cories-thc presses in the cellar mean
while changing away like mad. Upon the
curbstonc in front Of him there was d
line stretching down tho street for four
squares. each man engaged in reading the
= Morning Glory" with an carncstness
that Mr.. OF had never before seen dis
played by the patrons Of that sheet. The
bard concluded that either his poetry hud
touched sympathetic chord in the pop
ular heart, or that an appalling disaster
had occurred in some quarter Of the
globe.
lie vent around 10 the back Of the Of.
fee aud ascenaed to the editorial rooms
As he approached the sanc,um loud
voices were heard within, Mr.. OFT de.
lcrm;ncd 10 ascertain the cause before en-.
tering, He obtained chair and, placing
it by the side door, he mounted and peep
cd over the door through the transom
There sat J Alfred Brimmcr. holding
the " Morning Glory" in both hands
while the fringe which grew in semi
circle around the edge Of his bald beat
stood straight out. until he seemed to re
scnblc gigantic gun-swnb Two o
three other persons stood in front Of hin
in threatening attitudes. on heard on
of ibcm say:
Ny name is Mctluc, sir-Williau
McGluc am brother Of the late Alex
audcr Metiluc. ! picked up your papc
this morning aud perceived an ouraeecu
I Insult 70 my deceased relative, AMI hav,
come around to demand, sir. what 20,
mean hy the following Infamous language
The lraih angel smoie Alexander NcGlne,
8u1 aSe lin A fatrsetl rep3sei
lie more a checked shirt aud Number Nin
shoe,
Anl te had pink wafi on his nose.
No aenit he Is happier DWELLING in space,
Over there on the ever green shore
Ills fIen1s arc informed TIM, lis funeral ,4kt
place,
! Precisely al quarter pat four.
Tb.s IS simply diaboliral. Ny late br,
ther had no wart upon lis nose, neither
llinl. waf, nor green wart nor cream
ceiarel hart, nor II wart Of any othe
caer II is n slander, II is eratuitor
, insult to my family, I'D distinctly wai
you to say what you mean by such col
duet =
= Really, sir said Brimmer j" |,
mistake This is the horrible work
an inceudiary miscreant, whom trus,e
MS brother lie shall be punished /
, my own hand for this outrage. \ pin
/, wart Awful. sir-awfu The miscrab
scounire, shall suffer for this; he sha
indeed !"
lIow could / know" murmurcd OF
!, out there by himself = tha. the corp,
: hadn't pink war,? | used to know
i man named McGluc anl L. Lad one. an
i thought NIL the McGluts Ind. I'll
! comes Of Irregularities in families"
+" Aud Who sn,l another man. add res
. this hilcous stuff about my deceased son
DO you mean u say that It was not vii
II your authority that your low cameda
inserted with my advertisement the f.
. loving scanlalous burleslue! Listen
r this:
r !. Willie hii n purple monkey climbing on
l. yellow stick,
/ ani wrn he snrkrl thc punt all of, it M
:. him leattly sick
= Aud In his latest hours he elasred IL. ,aonk
|, in his hani, :
r Aai lid good hye 10 earth aud wen, into l.
;. ter land
oh, no more he II shoot lis sister with his iii
. Wooden gum
= And no more he'll twist tho russs's tail, n
make her taNl for snn.
4 The pussey tail now stands out straight
C. gun Is lAlu AflAt
IN The monkey doesn't jump around since Ill
:, Willie died.
i. The utterly a,trocioua character
9. this balierdash will appear when $
g. that William was twcutyycars old Il
r. he never had \ purple monkey on a site
10 that he never sucked such thing Il
~ he never fooled with eats, and tha,
. .l;al nf lipar eaiu,.lnint "
Infamous, utterly Infamous groa
/. ad tic editor. as he cast his eyes over
nj lines :. And the wretch who did 1
he still lives II is too much -
" Aud yet" whispered Ot, to hims,
n :. he told me 10 tighten the gloom, anl
$ cheer The afflicted family with the rcso,
I'll ccs Of my art; and certainly thouI
II the idea about the monkey would hs
nd that eiIelt, somehow. Somehow. 1t
ny ungratcfal.'
just then thcro vas knock at
.