The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-02
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Painful Result of Having q Faith
er who will not Appreciate
Shakespeare.
From the Detroit Free Press

From the Detroit Free Press.]
A few days ago young Gurley, whose
father lives on Croghan street, organized
theatrical company and purchased the
dime novel play of Hamlet" The
company consisted Of three boys and
hostler, and Mr. Gurley's hired girl was
to be the Ghost if the troupe could guar
antee her fifty cents per night
Young Gurley soon bloomed out as a
professional, and when his mother asked
him to bring in some wood, he replied:
"Though / am penniless thou canst
not degrade me
"You trot out after that wood or III
have your father trounce you," she ex
claimed.
"The tyrant who lays his hand upon
me shall den' replied the boy, but be
got the wood.
He was out on the step when man
came along and asked him where Lafay-
ette street was.
"Doomed for certain time to roam
the earthn' replied Gurley in q hoarse
voice, and holding his right arm out
straight
81 say-you! Where is Lafayette
street ?" called the man.
"Ah! Could the dead but speak
ah!' continued Gurley.
The man drove him into the house,
and his mother sent him to the grocery
after potatoes.
81 60, most noble Duchess" he said, ,as
he took up the basket, "but my good
sword shall some day avenge these in
sults!"
He knew that the grocer favored the
'atricals, and when he got there he said
cart thou provided with store of
that vegetable known as the 'tater, most
excellent duke ?"
"What in thunder do you want p
growled the grocer as he cleaned the
cheese knife on piece of paper.
4 ''Thy plebian mind is dull of compre-
hension!' answered Gurley.
Don't try to get off any Of your non
sense on me, or I'll crack your empty
pate in minuter' roared the grocer, ,and
''Hamlet' had to come down from his
high horse and ask for peck of pota
toes. r,
"What made you so long?" asked hi:
mother as he returned. t
"Thy grave shall be dug in the cypress
glade!' he haughtily answered.
|, When his father came home at moor
| Mrs. Gurley told him that she believed
the boy was going crazy, and related
what had occurred.
81 see what ails him." mused the ia
ther; 'this explains why he hangs arouni
Johnson's barn SO much"
At the dinner table young Gurley
spoke of his father as the s.illustriou
count" and when his mother asked hin
If he would have some butter gravy b
answered:
"The appetite Of warrior cannot b.
satisfied with such nonsense"
Ell When the meal was over the fathe
3 went out to his favorite shade tree, cut
: sprout,. and the boy was asked to ste
j out into the woodshed and see if the per
P stock was frozen up. He found the oil
u man there, ana ne SAID: 80
: "Why, most noble lord, 1 had suppos
i ed thee far away" Iai 3.1.a
D "pm not so far away but what I'm &C
Il ing to make you skip!' growled the fs
ther. "l'll teach you to fool aroun
d with ten cent tragedies! Come up here
! For about five minutes the woodshe
It was full of dancing feet, flying arms an
IT moving bodies, and then the old ma
! took rest and inquired: s '''q
b "There, your highness, dost want an
!, more?"
}, "Oh! no, dad-not darned bit +!
i walled the young manager" and Will
e the father started for down town he wer
s in and sorrowfully informed the hire
d girl that he must cancel the engagement
q until the fall season. a'd