The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-16
HorseKhlnning a Prince

We have had several instances of late
of the democratic tendencies of what
we have been pleased to regard as the
aristocratic and I" effete nnonarchies
of the old world. The summary nm
ishment of the nephew of the Gar of
Russia for squanderipg his mothers
Jewels upon wandering actress is a
case in point. A recent incident which
occurred at Dresden, and which hith-
erto has appeared only in the German
papers, furnishes still more striking
illustration of the general fact. A son
of the Grand Duke of Oldenbure re-
Gently arrived at railway station in
Dresden, to which a restaurant is at
tached. His Highness entered the room
to get his lunch with the crowd. and
the idea of placing himself upon level
with the common herd not comportinq
with his princely dignity, he vaulted
upon the lunch-counter and sat down
upon it, much to the disgust of the
common herd, who were standing up.
A waiter requested him to sit down,
but his Serene Highness refused, and
ordered his lunch served. The waiter
thereupon informed the proprietor of the
antics of this extraordinary customer,
who was sitting upon the place intended
for the provisions. The proprietor
came round in front and demonstrated
with his Highness, but in vain. He
then ordered him to get down or he
would take him down. His Highness
notified the proprietor if he gave him
any more of his jaw he would slap his
face. The latter, not having the fear OF
princes before his eyes, used his jaw all
the more vigorously, and his Highness,
true to his word, did rebuke the vulgar
Boniface by slapping him. This was
all that Boniface had been waiting for.
He quietly removed his coat, and pro-
ceeded to disturb his Highness in his
enjoyment of ge779aIett6chkeit-(a free
and-easy time), and did it in a manner
which was at once frisch, .frei, and froh
| I-(fresh, free, and happy. He seized
him by the coat-collar, and down came
the House of Oldenburg pell-mell to the
floor. Then he went for the scion OF
the ducal house, and gave him a first
class, old-fashioned, democratic pun
melting, without regard to pedigree, OF
| previous condition, or possible conse-
| quences. After the drubbing had pro-
ceeded far enough for immediate pur-
poses of improvement, the police were
called in, who with some difficulty res
cued what was left of his Highness in q
condition, which, to say the least, was
| not favorable to his sitting down upon
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sufficiently stern to prevent the repeti-
ton of the indecorum. Time was when
the action of Boniface would have been
sacrilegious, and to have laid a hand
upon the Lords anointed, even if he
persisted in dancing horn-pipe in the
krout-barrel, would have been higt
treason. That time has passed. The
Berlin papers took the matter up and
discussed it, and all arrived at the yer
dict, served him right" The pater
nal Grand Duke took the matter up and
discussed it. He had the good sensC
not to make any complaints about th'
chastisement which Fad been inflicted
upon his hopeful, or to write any dip
lomatic letters about it. On the othe
hand, he dispatched the Prince to dis
tant castle, a sort of family summer re
sort, where he is to remain until b
learns good manners. Chicago If'it
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