Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-02

of and wasn't il their hacks that he
knew best p bdlOf I x
Az last n solution of the mystery was
bit unon ~" - N'' N
aIle was pursbuinr EN- YOU see and
inst 10 make tho vilIins think that on
the CONTRARY he was retratinp, he
buttonod his coat behind him" "
OF tbe anecdotes and Jokes told OF
the Brigade during their extended
foreign service--nroofs of n bumor and
ligbt1 1heartedness which exile even could
not subdue--the number il. indeed,
lepion. Gallie vanity forced them Of
ten into the attitude of censors, and
several of their repartecs are excellent,
and as full of sense as thew were OF
pleasantly. Amonp the mass of these
IL one that has been often referred to
their sourocs---when a Frcnchman,
claiming for his country the invention
of all the elegances, named, among
otherthings, rufile and Pat answered;
ave improved on tive put 10 it n
Shirt
In the same spirit, but less known,
was his retort upon shopleeper in
some petty town whore he was quar-
tered The place had rather pre-.
tentious gate, and the grocer, dilating
on its grandeur, and asking what the
Irish would say if they possessed II.
"Faith. they'd saw was his reply,
"we'll kape the big gate shut or the
dirty little town will be after running
out of it.n ifrr
The sarcasm, however, was deeper
and more essentially Hibernian when,
on his going somewhere to dine, af.
ter hearing great praises of French
cookery, he saw pot of soup brought
in with n bit of meat floating on
the top Of it--upon which he pulled
off his coat, and, being asked why he
did SC, said
aSure | am going to have swim
for that little bit of mate there"
Among the adventures recorded OF
the Brigade, one of the most amusing
was an occurrence, in the time of the
Regent of Orleans, in honor of whose
birthday a grand masquerade was given
in Paris IL was A hiph-cIass affair
tickets were n double louis d'ocb each
all the rank and beauty of Paris were
assembled round the recent and n
costly and luxurious supper crowned
the attractions of the night While
tho entertainment was proceeding one
of the nrince's suite approacbed and
wbisnered TO him,
III 4 worth your roval hiehness's
while to stem INTO the supper.rooms
there is n yellow domino there who i
The most Extraordinary cormorant ever
witnessed he Il n nrodipv vour biob-
ness--be never s,ops eo,inp and drink.
ing. and the attendants saw moreover
that he has not done SO for some hours y
His royal bighness went accordingly;
and sure enoueb there was the yellow
domino laying about him as described.
and swallowing everything as raven.
ouslv os If be had only inst begun.
Raised MICS fell before him ike Garden.
palinps before a field piece pbeasants
and 1uails seemed 10 fly down his
throat In n little covcv: the wine he
drank threatened a scarcity, whatever
might be the next vintage.
After watching him for some time,
the duke acknowledged he was won
der, and laughingly left the room; but
shortly afterward, on passing through
another, he saw the yellow domino
again, and ms actively at work as ever,
devastating the dishes everywhere,
and emptying the champagne-bottles as
rapidly as they were brought to him,
Perfectly amazed, the duke ut last
could not restrain his curiosity.
"Who.p he asked, "is that insatiate
ogre that threatens such annihilation
to all the labors of our cooks2"
Accordingly. one of the suite was
dispatched to him.
''His royal highnoss the Duke OF
Orleans desires the yellow domino to
unmask.r
But the domino begged to be ex-
cused, pleading the privilege of mas
quende.
"There is higher law" replied the
officer; "the royal order must be
obeyed."
~ ell, then, answered inc ihcogm'o'
vi II must De So u must ana, uh'
masking, exhipl'ed inc rudy S'sage
oil an irish trooper .,
"Why IN ihe name Oh r9iypnemus
exclaimed the regent, as ne advanced
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aWbatn eyclaimed the duke athe
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