Middletown transcript., 1877-04-28
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band. On the night of the first repre-
sentation Of a farce called The Lap
Landers at his establishment, the orch
:, . estra, as usual, was directed by Mr.
Hindmarsh, a man celebrated in hi
!. profession The master carpenter hac
forgotten to remove one of the unpaint
ed pieces of profile on one Of the wing
I and, observing it, was in the act o
saving it off while the curtain wal
rising to soft music. Ashley hearing
this vent to Mr.. Smith, his then rough
rider, and requested him to "tell them
not to saw so loud" Smith, having
often heard him disputing With the
band about their playing, went instant
ly across the ring, tapped Mr.. Hind
marsh on the shoulder, and said, "Mr.
Ashley begs that you will not saw so
loud" upon which the enraged fiddler
returned for answer, ''Tell Mr.. Ashley
it shall be the last piece I'll saw iu this
theater. Upon the curtain dropping,
Hindmarsh left the orchestra in a fury
and went to Ashley, saying be was not
used to such treatment "What dc
you mean ?" said Ashley. why" re-
piled Hindmarsh, ''you sent me word
BY Mr.. Smith not to saw so loud
"Mel" observed Ashley. with astonish-
ment. "Hindmarsh. never took you
for a carpenter before ~ Upon the
mistake being recti6ed. they shook
hands and we're friends again.
There's a coed story, and true one
withal, relative to Mr.. Gill, .long re-
porter of the Boston Post, and well
known as a fellow of infinite jest He
was reporting dinner of the seventy
first anniversary of the battle Of Bunker
Hill. The dinner was splendid affair
and everybody was patriotic Gill,
when the excitement was at boiling
point, whispered to a friend, one Of
those gentlemen who was always
happy" in speech-making, that bis
father was engaged in the battle of
Bunker Hill. The orator arose, made
brilliant speech, alluded to GilIs
father and Gill in the highest terms,
and proposed Gilrs health, which was
drank with the usual honors, and one
or two more. There we're shouts of
"Gill Gill p and he made speech,
returning thanks in the usual manner,
and said: but my learned friend |
omitted one faet-an important fact
of which he might not have been aware.
My father was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, but he fought on the British side!"
There was not quite SO much enthusiasm |
after that, and Gill has not INDUCED |
in speeches since.
A good story is told of French |
statesman, by name of Menier, who |
is manufature of chocolate Recently |
while attempting to speak in public, be |
was perpetually interrupted BY cries of |
cocoa !" from the opposite party So
pleased were they With their petty out
cry that they repeated it again and |
again through their mouthpiece, NJ.
Paul de Casagnac At last NJ. Menier
was able to putin few words. ut is
true" be said, "that | sell chocolate
| am not ashamed of my trade, and l
am bringing up four sons to it. 1t is
also true that / have sold chocolate to
the uncle of the gentleman who has
interrupted me, which has not been
paid for, and" fixing bis earnest gaze
upon his opponent, and holding his
hand as if to receive the money, 81
shall be very glad if the nephew will
discharge the debt" These were simple
commonplace words, but they drew
silence more successfully than light
ming fash of eloquence could have done
and when the laughter subsided, NJ.
Paul de Cassagnac showed by his
silence and manner that he was "shut
up"
On one occasion, when the late Henri
Monnier was acting in the French
provinces terrible storm came up just
before the hour announced for the per-
fOrmance to begin, and when the cur
tain rose the audience ives found to
consist Of one solitary man Nowise
1isconserted, Monnier advanced to the
footlights and addressed the public -
Excuse me, sir, but would you mind
coming up here and sitting on the
'tage2 1t will fatigue my voice lass if
you are close beside me, and you can
zee just as WE'LL Or what do you say
% our closing the theater and going to
'he cafe next door to play dominoes p
It's related of the Hon. B. F. Moore,
the father of the bar" of North Caro-
ina, that when Mr.. Clay visited that ,
State be was selected to make the well
coming address to that statesman. He
made great effort in its preparation; :
lie called on a friend, Mr.. Simmons, in
rider to read it to him. "Well," said
simmons, ironically, Il suppose you a
Wish me to criticise and correct, being
u educated and scholarly gentlemanr !
Not that, !" said Mr.. Moore, "but to Il
ee how it will strike the vulgar mind" =
Mrs Tudells came home from a
ric- a. brac sale the other day With a n
1hole lot of cheap stuff which she called /
articles of vertu." "Vertu /" con- h
echoed her husband; "why f,
ou've been swindled if you call that -
-ash vertu The whole lot is not =,
-orth twenty-five cents" "Well, re- :,
,rted Mrs T., 'perhaps it is not the
enuine stuff; but doesn't Shakespeare .
~, Assume vertu if you have it -
OF ?" That settled it.
A Fort Madison man went into his b,
w stabe the other day, and, by mis- g,
Ike, mixed her up a nice mash in Ii
TX full of saw dust instead of bran. er
he COW, merely supposing the bard
mes had come and they we're all going :.
economist, meekly ate her supper - -
ID that man never discovered his mis- y y