The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10

parts near the wings. SO in this case.
When the Manitoban hurled "cOus-
in Fred into the midst of Steb's di-
gestive organs, Bedlam broke loose at
once. sour Dan" rushed savagelv
forward and demanded the Manito-
ban reasons for such an act. The
Manitoban knocked him down. The
weak-minded man proposed three
cheers for ''our DAN" John Nor
IRISH hoored the Manitoban. Then
followed a free fight. The Irish
against the English. Teddy took ad-
vantage OF the confusion to hit John
Kennedy 4 resounding wilack over the
head with yard-stick. and then lodged
in among the legs Of the crowd with
John in hot pursuit. Byers. who re-
garded Charley Baker as Il sort of RI
val for senatorial honors, knocked
that worthy gentleman down, under
the pretence that he thought he was
an Irishman. In the middle of the
crowd the Irish and the English were
piled on top Of each other in ineXtri-
cable confusion. while from the mass
issued the mingled war cries of the
nations: ERIN go bragh' and "Old
England forever while the Ameri-
cans and Germans stood around and
cheered them ndiscriminately. How
the fight might have terminated be-
tween those well matched combatants
it is difficult to say, but in the midst
of the uproar the sound of brass
band was heard. the doors flew open
and the cry echoed through the store:
Whoever shall these boots dispace,
Shall meet Bomhastes face to face.
Sound, trumpets, sound!"
And the great Commissioner of Ag-
ricnlture marched in, followed by
negro bearing a plate.
whats that - asked the General,
looking at the squirming and with
ing mass on the floor.
That said Emery, sis the IRE.
pressible conflict
That. said Lowell. who had en-
tered as a spectator sis discussion
Of the principles of the Peoples Par
ty.'
sWhat does it all meant asked the
commissioner of Agriculture.
} 1T MEANS said Kennedy. "that
the Irish and the English are set
thing the question as to who shall
control the Peoples Party"
"Come! get up said the General,
| this is disgraceful." And he pro-
{ ceeded to disentangle the combatants
and set them on their feet.
Now" he said, 81 demand the at
tention of the convention. l have
brought here present of iEestimable
: value. concluded to forgive you for
your incredulity, as to the success of
E my great scheme of crossing the tur-
key and the hog. and l have brought
+, you one of my $500 kids. 1t isn't oft.
: en- such a set of God-forsaken hewgags
i, as you are can feast on $500 kid,
but great men can afford to be mag
unanimous. SambO uncover W
With this SaInbo uncovered the
), plate and disclosed about ten pounds
), of dark-lOoking meat, ostensibly fresh
g and worth about five cents per pound
This said the general, sis a kid
cashmere kid,-with pedigree
l. Its mother was Susan b. Anthony
It crossed by Bill King; it's grand dam
q was Martha Washington, it's grand
sire was Alexander the Great; it.
y great-grand.dam was DIR. Mary Walk
o er crossed by the Angel Gabriel. It.
l. pedigree does it go beyond the Ange
O Gabriel"
4 ..God knows that's far enough.
growied Lowell. "
And now, gentlemen continued
the General, "having made you thi
l. valuable present, permit me to ask
IS what is all this row about! hav,
~ not much time to spare. lam bus
: making my arrangements to take on
X of our Minnesota -four mills to tn
N Paris Exposition. and / have engi
d neers ut work to ascertain how much
it will cost to move the st. Anthem,
water power over there also. So b
: quick. and let me understand why tn
> convention has fallen into such III
seemlv disorder. When first locke
in / thought it was Congress discus.
ing Ruthy's policy.
Here our Dan, his frontispiece baf
ly damaged. stated that the fight ha
commenced by the Manitoban knocl
ing him down. The General Gale
on the Manitoban to explain. Tha
gentleman. his clothes badly tori
proceeded as follows:
General" said he. 1--WE were gu
city discussing the principles Of tn
Peoples Party and trying to agree III
en- on platform satisfactory to all tn
diverse interests and nationaliti.
represented here. when miserab
little skalawag, cousin Of this maj
began to boast of the superiority {
the English race and the inferiorit
ot Of the Irish, aud wound up with II
dy slang phrase, 50 often used in Kno,
re Nothing advertisements, mo Iris
ne need apply" Now, General, tn
le- may seem to You like a slight matte
In Bnt We, Irish, come Of race tn,
NO has been plundered and persecr
"a, ted for seven hundred years By 10
eI. eigners; every acre Of land in o,
III country has been confiscated thrs
dy times over by different English d
ne nasties; our language, our literatur
tfe " our religion. our laws, have been pr