The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-08

to duty. :.
Detsairsx-tsuilngtsA ayustsurR hss
| never artis5d in n " Yos Iun6l NJ lw2h
None. b-No. HBut tshat ant. Mason
Why I shdeld pay 8u.iet khpn Z 1aSb n&
DteoiaEeAXan3EzilE -. *sssShtly.
/ Detective walks away. Immediately the
Uustom House Officer shouts loudly.
Custom House Of1cer-Hum bum!' 9.
/ Mons. B. (reaeotively )-"Hum bum"
IL wonder what is the meaning OF that
wordi :NT--.iii ,li';
9: =. Officer laagrils} s}-AonghaomI-
Mons. b.-I see now. The, officer
calls: some assistAnts. BY 'n9me.. What
funpySSAHme Othayhasg p Mis country.
l. G. H OAceS !Islalmming the lids' to
hIops.stB. 'sstrnhaS up and down with
great violence) )EB Boungboun! come
a}HEoa }Meaas D. .(sro.ions,y e. 81 wish ,lolei
fellows would como down lefore The q
iicer dsHtt oyasmy trnnkS inaLis anger at
their stupidity aud dolencca
yoas 9sosEs tsanEs sSa ana si sia dane
ters' trunks will be thrown out on the
ground directly, unless you answer that
officer mighty quick. 5g
| Mons. BIS it possible he will injure
my luggage because those stupid fellows,
Hum Bum, Bong Boom, Boupg !Boun
and Come Down do not appear when
they are called?
Detective--Excuse me, may inquire
your name? ,..,I,,..
Mons. Certainly. 7 am Mons.
your SERVICE 'r1'
Detettive-Bon hofn me-!
Mon B. Yes Bonhomme.
DetectiyeA We'll, that is what the Of.
ficer is trying TO say. He has read your
name on your trunk :'"!:
Mons. B. The devil! "I.c. .:''
/ The upbho OF Of the matter is, that poor
fBonhomms 'rashes to the Custom House
man, and thstsDh he makes an addition to
the pathological acquirements-he learns
1.-The meaning ofythe words 'oome down"
3ih the American official sense. yor'2 .'a.l
+ -We give another sosna Of. re senthusi-
ast}e Mons. Bonhomne at Independence
\ Hall, philadelphia: =
+ Mons. Bonh6nime Is apo1strophizing
1.-THE bricks .of that veperable building,
when there enters faf gentleman whose
Iacquaintance he had made on his voyage
across the Atlantic. :, Metual rcourtesiea
1paas; and Mons. Bonhonnme explains his
purpose in visiting philadelphia, and
! especially the sbenefit ihe hopes TO gain
from conversations with eminent Repub.
oafs s ia in 'has fortonsta olS Ill Il ba1s ne,
man-who is acknowledged TO Be tie
ples:ots replbiiSanism aaundssafdod and
pFacticed in Philadelphia and Washing
ton.st the present day, 2T7yT i,
Mons. Bonhomme turns and sees ap.
ptoaching short, stubby. grap-haired
man, with an uneasy, nervous manner,
aud an. eye .constently moving, in q
stealthy, fustive way, as II he was mo.
nnentarily expecting constable to tap
him on til shoulder. His-features are
excessively repuIsive,, indicating greed,
avarics. and all the msanest passions
which degrade humanity. Mons. Bon
1 homme's friend calls to him, and he ap
proaches in sneaking. hang-dog man.
ner, such as q hotoriods pick pocket ex.
hibits when publicly ordered to come
across street by q captain OF police.
"This gentleman" says Mons. Bon.
homme's friend, "has come all the way
from France to study the principles OF
republication, and I tell him that you
are the man to instruct him."
"The principles Of republicanism. as
we understand them here, is tho reply,
"are very easily learned. They a1e sim
ply addition. division and silence"
Mons. Bonhomme friend laughs
Mons. B. himself appears bewildared,
and turns his attention TO the portraits oI
revolutionary heroes Which adorn the
walls.
There are many amusing scenes and
incidents in this aot, the most amusing
Of all being the Inst. Mons. Bonhomme
whose Republican enthusiasm is noi
easily quenched, even under the most
discoaraging circumstances, hears that
there is to be an election, and is highly
elatedGat the opportunity of seeing
American citizens in the majestic art Of
expressing the freeman's will by means
OF the ballot, hoping.to gain some new
ideas on this subject to carry homo to
France. Several very entertaining Incl
dents are introduced which cause much
laughter, but the most 'oomical Of all is
the finale of the act, where the enthusi
astio Frenehman is caught by party oi
Republican roughs, and voted twenty
two times at one poll under twenty-five