Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-20
PRONUNCLAMENTO.
Momus, King or che Carnival.

Menus, King OF che Carnival.
To our yaccnod and well-taxed subjects.
greeting;
1t is meat, as is the custom among all
Rulers, to dish up the past, and in ODE
dience TO that custom, we produce the
hash and squeal,
In 1872, the first Of our rain has been
fraught with many blessings; aside from
driving sloth from our marts, we have
crowned the angels of peace, progress
and civilization, and sent them soaring,
Joye live, as triumphant harbingers
throughout our realm. No midnight
brawlers made night hideous, while rae
cine, who, well armed, ran riruS high.
Peace, order and good will reigned
supreme. We have caused thousands
of strangers to flock 10 our Court.
who. aside from making known our
prowess among other nations, have filed
our Golfers. We have been honored by
pressing visits from inhumerable tax
collectors and constables. Old Sir Ice
Gorge, grand dislocator of steamboats,,
gave us a swift and passing call, while
the great metropolitan oX-introducer
and equestrian, Old Epizoo, did not pass
us by. Exposition-trinity OF bursted
banks-free concerts-muddy streets
unpaid bonds-a promise OF custom
house and postoilice-the uninterrupted
flow of that temperate beverage, lager
beer, in our capital, Hupperstown--re-
lief for the poor-and coal two dollars
and a half u barrel-have marked our
reign.
We have encouraged immigration and
boast an influx ofspirit, both Bourbonac
and Fosteran Poc pOpu6 goes the
hull hog on the former, aud Craze doubts
are expressed as to the latter. Agrcul-
ture has not Suffered, as we claim a
greater crop of dead beats and outlets
than ever before, while our bandboX
brigade and chronic theater wedges are
still hefty. The pistol has ceased ITS
whiz, and the keno artist is heard no
more. What other benefits bestowed we
leave to posterity and our creditors. And
il having reached our royal ears that
there has risen base pretender, named
Caste, who has issued patents OF nobility
to the rich, and would usurp our crown,
now by the above benefits bestowed upon
the nation, and the power in us
vested as Menus, king of the
carnival, grand Inauguration Of Mar
di Gras, most puissant protector
of orphans, grand DISCOVER Of Goldfish
tocracy, Professor of keddisbecher, and
LII. d. of all cheap universities, ETC.
We Danish the traitor and his cohort,
and, by our knightly halidom, deeming
merit the true test, and all others false
title deeds of nobility, We have com
manded that the great Exposition build
ing shall be our court, where we will re-
ceive the highest and lowest in our king
dom, Mardi Gras, February 18th And
to do them honor have we made known
our pleasure to his Excellency, the Chief
Squire of the United States commonly
called the President, his Cabinet Legls-
lators, Senators and Representatives OF
our nation, the wise, the great and good;
and we propose to do the thing brown
to our worthy Governor and the General
Assembly of our councillors, who
shall all attend. We have also
invited the Gar of Ireland, the |
Grand Sachem of Prussia, the |
Solitary High Private Of Tennessee, and
all beer.smiers favorable to our Court, |
and upon inspecting our treasury and
finding but orphan asylum receipts
within our Golfers, we have ordained |
that twenty-four hundred dollars shall
be drawn from our privy purse, in order
that the Festival may reflect credit upon
our Court and honor to our reign, and
we further command that the press dis
seminators of knowledge favorable to us
shall spread the gladful tidings through
out our realms.
Witness our hand and signet this 1873,
and second of our realm.
MoMUs, Rex Carnival.
Attest: Prince Lubycus, Duke Patsl
and Count Bolivario, Chief Minister and
Cooks.