The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-06
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Iron, the Vallejo (Cal.5 Independently
There Il a remarkable character on the
Yard in the person of young negro who
.ncoks four modern languages with the
rrcatest flueucy, besides having classical
smattering of Greek and Latin. lie Is about
TWENTY-FIVE Yeas Of age. was born In the
| Caribbean Islands, and educated In univer-
| sity 10 Canada He speaks with wonderful
flucncy Of expression. his conversationsound-
ing like carcfully-written speech.
About / O'Clock on Friday morning he
| was leaning against the bar in Van Smith
restaurant discussing the doctrine OF PapaI
intailiblity from Protestant standpoint
| One hand was toying with remarkably
strong gin cocktail, while the other was ses-
ticuIating to the crowd around him. HIS
argument was about as follows: " You Will
at once admit, after a careful investigation OF
the claims OF Pope Plus tx. to stand on an
equal footing with the power OF our divine
Creator. that his bull annunciatin2 the new
dogma of infaIlibility was a druhtna tnfnaeh-
or, in other words, tct,tra aMsbeRc S'ae sct~'
(rhe crowd nodded assent.
"Tell 'um WHAT" inquired an old topper,
looking over the top of his glass.
Tetu1a iuabetie sine 1ctn, my dear lflend,
is Latin. and means y feeble weapon thrown
without effect" tf.e .&
eyes, yes, (hicJ' exclaimed the topper,
81 know what that means, hut DIS liicl re-
member the application OF the first onc.'
That's Latin. too" replied the darby,
and means "a feeble thundcrboIt' Gentle
men, really owe this crowd AL apology for
INDUCING in snatrhes OF the dead language,
but for years gone 10y their contemplation
has been so delightful to me in bringing my
mind in direct contact with the buried past,
| that at times. upon occasions OF excitement,
or in the heat Of argument, ! thoughtlesSly
allow myscirto give lltteTance 10 my Thoughts
IN II dead laurtlace unknown TO most Of you.
1t is with regret that lind myself so much
under the influence Of wine is to give utter
ance to words which came from language
now, | am sorry to say, as utterly dei!lnct
and useless as the bones OF AleXandcrS
dead, which centuries ago withcrcd upon
the Grecian battlc-iields."
Several old topers, who were just elevat-
ing trimming glasses to distorted mouths,
distorted their mouths still wider, ana
paused in aStonishmCnt at tie completion oil
the Well-rounded sentence. They surveyed
the speaker with speeches. amazemcni. aud
did not fairly recover their equilibrium until
he invited them to drink.
"Gcntlemcn, Temps .fupt-l mean, time
flies, and considerable OF period has elapsed
between drinks. As The old Roman used 10
say: "Bonum r'n'm beg pardon; lncant
10 have raid that good wine makes good
blood. This H. a magnificent hypothesis,
and by reasoning directly from cau>c to cl-
fcrt, and not by false comparison or tallil-
cious analogy, we are at a ncver.faiIing, logi-
cal conclusion, firmly established Gy fact,
without which all reason becomes utterly
powerless-a little sugar, if you please, and
no lemon, thank you, and heres to us
ALL" and the leXicographiral Garky tossed
cocktail from human sight forever, and
started ont Of the saloon.
The old topper remarked. as he looked visit
fully after the rCtrCatlng mans form:
"Biancd if he don't beat all the smart mig
gers ever saw
We understand that an effort is being made
to have BIN lecture To the people Of Vallejo,
and he is willing TO deliver II lecture if an
audience can be secured. His name we, did
p learn