Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-19

,uent to-is herewith quoted The CO.
ordinate antipathy of the ordinance of
Cromwell to the iidler's ballad is
amusingly apparent
"Tm cat-gut Jack the fiddler,
4 man of great r:noHn;
play to make my living. good folks,
All in the eoentry and in toxn;
At al your hops and all your feasts.
| With my a3:,'e repair:
| And who're there anyfun or drink,
lodre sure to and me there.
CHORUS.
| For drive away dull care;
| / drive away dul! care.
! 30 patroni1e poor cat -gut Jack.
| =, When you've any cash 10 spare"
The fiadier, in fact, has always borne
the reputation Of being thirsty soul.
and the following unique description Of
a poor fiddler, extracted from a very
rare book beating date A. d. 100, is
curious and Interesting besides furnish
Ing q racy car.catlre of the fiddler. our
great great-great grandtathers were ac-
clstomed to hear and see j: "A poor
fiddler is nia;i and d fiddle out Of
case, and he is IN 4 +orse case than
his flt!e. One that ,tpbs two sticks
together Gas the Indiahs strike fre)
AMI rubs d poor living out Of it; part
ly from this and partly from your char
ity, Tor he sells nothing dearer than
his throat aud to be gone. lie is Just
50 many sttiiss above bcgsar, though
he have got but two, and yet he beys,
too-only not In a downright ''for God $
sake but a Esi,rugsins "God bless
you." Hunger is the greatest PAIN he
takes, except j broken head. A good
drunken fcastshall draw him Ave miles
by the nose. His other piIgrinases
are fairs, hops, and good houses; while
! his devotion Is great to Christmas, and
no man loses good time better. He is
in league with the tapsters Of the inn,
whom he torments next morning with
MS art. A new song is better to him
than new jacket, especially if bawdy
which he calls money. A country
wedding and whisten ale are the two
main places she domineers in. The
rest of him is drunk and in the stocks
Every Scotsman cherishe5 the name Of
! Mel Cow, the famous fddter of Gale
donia. When asked what was the true
test of a player, he replied in his char
acteristic Gsthic : a mon is player
;, when he can gar himsel' greet WI his
feedIe.' That Mel was amenable to a
gentle weakness for mountain dew"
Ike his conteanned predecessors, the
following verse exhibits. 1t may be
promised that farms the opening stanza
of the celebrated song, widely known
in Britain as Mel Cows Farewell to
Whisky:' - {
you've surely heari of fattous Mel,
! The mar that rsay d the II Idle wecl;
wat lie was 4 citf tie chic -,
| And dearly Ia ed the whisky T.
-Nev York Uercury.
THE ANCESTORS OF PRESIDENT
: NcMAHoS-The MacMahons are de-
scended from B,aan Boru, who was
king OF Ireland 10 1919, and acquired
great renown as the conqueror Of The
Danes, over WHOM he gained a dec isive
victory at Clontart A petition to
King I.ouis is extant, wherein Maurice
Mae u,hon, Knight Of Malta, formerly
captain c.r cavalry n the regiment of
Fitz James, states that he suppiicates
botl for him self AMI tot the Nariil5
d EMILY and the Bishop Of kiilera,
his brothers, that che mag be permitted
to represent .hefpre all the princes Chat
may draw their .paternal origin from the
lords Of CicndiraIa, in Ireland, who
were dsscended from the lords and
prirces Of Clare, who were issue OF the
ancient monarchs Of Ireland: Their
attachment to the Catholic religion and
to their legitimate prince having de-
priyed them of. their professions and
GILES, they fad it impossible to estab-
lish their noble and ancient extraction
by literal proofs. But they have proofs
and testimonials beyond all suspicion,
and admitted by the tribunals, which
establish their nobility not only from
the year 400, but even up, to Brian
Boru, monarch of Ireland, III the be-
ginning Of the eleventh century, and
that .hsy are Of the same family as the
Ea,ts Of Thomond," whom the king
had 'Nhorcfe] xith bis favor" This
d,cumen. is ;sceou'ranied by other pa
p6r5 from wh,ca it appears that the
French Mac NaEons are descended from
Che two brothers Maurice and John.
~to settled in France in the year 1850,
the first Of whom shared the fortunes
ct Prince Eiwari, in Scotland, served
in the spanish army, AMI afterward was
made captain in the French service
the second was Created Marquis d
Z Elu;!ly, AMI admitted to the estates Of
Burgundy The 'MacMahons were
fighting race. aud their names frequent
ly occur In the French military annals.
sharing in the disasters as we'll as the
elor;es which attended the French arms.
At Waterloo one Of them behaved with
great ra,,antry. The battle was lost
Cat it was necessary to make a desper-
are effort to cover the retreat Of the
shattered army. charge, keep charg-
ing, boys said MacNahon to the
TSird Cuirassiers. MARSHALL said
the colonel, "wefare so cut up it is GER
tain death for us to charge you know
it. "Embracerne, MY friend" was
MacMahon only reply, and then the
two gallant soldiers led forward the
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