Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-17
From the Vallejo Cal Independent.
Talking in Six Languages,

There i a remarkable character in the
,ard in the person Of a young negro who
speaks four modern languages with the
greatest flHency, besides having a classical
Smattering Of Greek and Latin. lie Is about
twenty-five years Of age, was born in the
caribbean Islands. and educated in 4 uni
yersity in Canada. lie speaks with Won
deriul ilaency Of expression. his conversation
sounding like a carefully written speech.
About | O'Clock ON Friday morning he was
leaning against the bar in Van Smith ;
restaurant discussing the doctrine Of papal
infallibiliv from Protestant standpoint
One hand was towing with a remarkably
strong Gin cocktail. while the other was
gesticulating to the crowd around him. His
argument was about a. follows You will
at once admit. after a careful investigation
Of the claims of Pope Plus IN to stand on an
equal footing with the power of our divine
Creator that his bull annunciating the new
dogma Of iniallihility was Jrutum tWim0l
or in other words. f,iilm iHjeHe sine iciu.
(Thr crowd nodded as-ent.)
Tell IN what ," inquired IN old topper,
looking over the top Of his glass.
'.Ieilun iBijclc She icilt, my dear friend
is Latin. and means. y feeble weapon
thrown without effect.
Yes. ye-. (hic) - exclaimed the topper. Il
know what that means. hut dis (hic) remem-
her the application of the first one -
That's Latin. too, replied the darl;ey,
land means a feeble thunderholt Gentle
men. | really owe this crow Il an apology fol
INDUCING in snatches of the dead languages
bat for wears gone by their contemplation
has been 50 delightful 10 me. in bringing my
mind in direct contact with the buried past
that Al times. upoa occasions Of excitement.
or in the heat Of argument. | thoughtlessly
allow myself to give utterance to my
thoughts in a dead language unknown to
most of yoa. 1t Is with regret tina; | find
myself 50 much under the influence Of wine
as TO give utterance to words which come
from language now, am sorry to say. a-
utterly lefunct and useless as the bones Of
Nexauder's dead. which centurie, agg
witherel upon the Grecian battle fields
Several old topers who were lust eeyating
trimming glasses to distorted mouths. dis
.ortei their mouths still wider. and paused
in establishment at the completion of the
well rounded sentence They SURVEYED the
speaker with speeches, amaz ement, and did
not fairly recover their equi ibrium until be
invited them To- drink.
''Gentlemen. Taapas ftgf-I mean time
file, and considerable Of. period has elapsed
between drinks. y tie o.d Roman used to
ssy, BoHaH rtaum-beg p irion meant to
have said that good wine makes good blood.
This is a magnificent hyp Thesis, and by rea-
~aning directly from cause to effect, and not
by false comparison Of IA laciou~ analogy. We
are at a neyer-iailing logical conclusion, firm
lycstabli~hel by fact, without which all rea-
son become, utterly powerlc~~-a little sugar
if you please, and no lomon.I thank YOU and
here, to Us all and the Photographed
darkey to->ela cocktail from human sight
forever, and started ont of the saloon.
The old topper remarked as he looked wist-
fully after che retrsating mans form
Blamed if bee don't beat all the smart
niggcrS ever SAW.