The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-09
not, as the poet says in the next line,
"Been full for weeks togither,"
must do the Major the Justice to admi

But here / am in Old Bourbon, She
nanigan county, Missouri, at the side O
the bed in the principal hotel, on which
reposes the mangled form of my pool
friend Seagrave.
But to give you succinct yet compre.
hensive account of what has transpired d,
must assume the part of the historian and
go back few days in the course of our
interesting and eventful story.
1t was bright moonlight night, some
three days after the dry goods box and
its precious freight had been shipped,
amid tears and hiccoughs, from Farm
lngton, that, in the charming village OF
Old Bourbon, in the State of Missouri,
there might have been SEEM" as the
novelists say, Julius Marullus Pomponi-
US Brown, Esq, a colored gentleman of
twenty-five summers, member CT the
Ethiopian Thesbian Olympic Club OF
Private Theatricals," and leading politi-
clan of Old Bourbon, on his way home
from rehearsal of the club, full of high
spirits aud dramatic poetry swinging his
gold-headed cane and humming q pleas
ant fragment Of a venerable church
hymn, descriptive of how the ointment
ran down upon Aaron's, beard and spoil
ID his Sunday go-to-meeting clothes.
A nosie broke family upon the crisp
air OF midnight; and as Julius Marullus
Pomponius drew nearer he could make
out the words and part Of the tune OF a
familiar melody, sung in cracked and
broken voice, with the well known re-
train:
eve won't go home till morning,
Till daylight doth appear!"
The astonished Julius drew nearer to
ascertain the source of this unwonted
music, and at last on side track, on a
platform car, in the midst of a lot of
lime barrels and disjointed reapers, he
caught sight of a big dry goods box, out
of the broken top of which protruded e
bald and glistening head. giving the
whole thing the appearance Of one of
those monstrous carboys in which chem
lcals are shipped; the head wagged
forward and backward like a Chinese
mandarin in tea store, andi out Of the
mouth rolled the eloquent refrain:
"We won't go home till morning;
We won't 60 home till morning;
We won't go home till morning;
Till daylight doth appear"
Never before did such a startling sight
break upon the vision of a member of
the Ethiopian Thesbian Olympic Club OF
Old Bourbon. But Julius was no cow
ard; and he was equal to the emergency.
Throwing himself into a stage attitude,
with one hand among his shirt fills and
the other extended before him he cried
out:
Horrible phantom,
Avauni and quit my sight!
Com'st thou As spirit blessed or goblin damned.
Bring st with thee airs from heaven or blasts
from he'll, =
Be thy intents wicked or charitable
I'll speak to thee; I'll speak to thee
Though hell itself should cape and bid me hold
my peace.
Speak, speak, oh speak!
II ever thou dids't thy dear father love
Avenge his foul and most unnatural murderlr
Murder" said Seagrave, for it was
that illustrious man, "murder-whose
murderedsr and be pricked up his ears
in professional way.
The Dane, the royal Dane," cried julius,
As was sleeping in my garden,
My custom always Of an afternoon"
Hold on!" said Seagrave, "Don'i
make any admissions if that's the kind
of scrape you've got into the first thing
is to secure the county attorney then
let him pick out three Justices of the
peace-good reliable men-and then
What man dare dare::' cried Julius.
Approach thou like de rugged Russian bear.
De armed rhinoceros, or de Hyrcan tiger
Take any shape but dat, and nv firm nerves
Shall never tTembie; or be alive again
And dare me to the Iesert with thy sword
II trembling exhibit thee protest me then
The baby OF girl"
Il am alive, you darned fool" said
the now astonished Seagrave, land I've
got no sword, only four demijohns, and
il there is baby in the case you'll have
to give bonds under the bastardy act.
that's allr
snow could drink hot blood.
And do such deeds as hell would gape st:''
81 am disgraced, impeachcd and haffled here:
Pierced TO de soul with SANDERS venomed
spear;
De which no balm can cure"
Bring an action for libel said Sea-
grave, ''lay the damage at SIC, 900. and
LII take the case on spec, and 60 halves
with you.n
Here Julius fell upon his knees:
''Oh, gentle Romeo,
II thou dost lub, pronounce il faithfully.
Or If dou think'a am too quickly won,
FL frown and be pawerse"
My name isn't Romeo" replied the
exile but Hon. Segrave Smith, ex-can.
didate for Governor, ex-candidate for
Congress, ex-candidate for Judge, ex.
candidate for Stale Senator, and expect
ant candidate for everything from presi-
dent down to poundmaster, and at pres
ent attorney at law and politician
This last word caught the attention Of
the shrewd Julius; he advanced and
contemplated the bald Uranium which.
like FTiAr Bac0n's ..braxen-head.~ seem.
to be connected with nothing else in the
world, and At length said:
We'll sah. how de debbil did you sei
into dat box and where did ycn 90 ne
fromer
'Hnsh, "said Seagrars, andhs glanced