The Princeton union., 1879-01-29
The Depth Of Deprarity.

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A Western paper tells of a new and
| dreadfully mean swindIe. i stranger
calls at grocery and calls for two quarts
OF mlolasses. The grocer draws the artS
Gle aud ASKS if the stranger has a lug TO :
put 1t in. 'SNo,' says the stranger, ..bnf
you can put ii in my hat" The grocer
smiles q broad smile, questions to himself
| whether the stranger is q fool or q greet
American humorist, and disposes o. the
molasses as requested, laughing half TO
death IS he completes the ich, sna think
ing What rare good story he will be
| aole TO tell the boys Who gather around
| his stove during the long evenings 40 g
discuss politics and chew tobacco. Sud-
denly he starts, however, and with most
excellent reason. The disgusting ssrang-.
er has clapped the bat on the grocer'ss
head aud firmly drawn it down. the mo-
| lasses and all, over his ears. Il takes
him i've minutes to partially recover
from his establishment, the molasses and
the hat, and when he has sufficiently re-
moved sweetness, and tears from his ewes
| to look around the deceiving nerson has
gone, taking with him the contents, of
his money drawer and such other arti-
cies as happen to be portable. The
mlnd Which coula invent such an out
rage Is lost: the man who could transact
= is as uiaooiiesi as anything in human.
shape this side of Mrs. Borgia. While
we have not that respect for a con6diur
grocer which induces awe, we do LOOK,
upon ham as a respectable fellow citizen.
entitled TO ail the immunities: and TO
Nc
enueavors to tear of the hat aud fba
accompanying molasses-of bis sudden
repuision from good nature to asteuish-
ment, and then to The extreme OF most
lmpotent anger aud indignation to
contemplate = depib ofanguish rot here
totore reached by any sympathy 10 ,he :
world. We remembered the nlelauchoiy
spectacle, q good many years ago. os u
police justice OF great enterprise and
dignity saIlying cut to do little arrest
Ing on hls own NOOK. He arrestea two
unpleasant men for being ajsaraerfs.
ana started with them for his Office, on,,
on eisher side. Suddenly one Of 4hnsa
young men jumped high and bYorrrb,
his list down On the high hat OF the uoo
Old public functionary, aud in a noman
the rim of that hat was resting nsacp
tully on bis shoulders, the crown ihereo
covering his countenaoee. and titti,,r =
nfnlly ana closely as II it had been so
much uncotnpremising stovepipe Ths
WICKED young man ran away, ,akine. a
mean advantage of the frantic efforts az,
ms ~ hoaof Q TO release himself The lock OF
pain, of wounded dignity, of extreme as.
.oaisn'mllent, me. Of mingled horror, and anger
and Al. humiliation that rested an the face !.
o. OF tnat police justice when ne had finally
got out OF the hat can never be forgotten.
VI the many who saw it there IS NOT one
who will not take it with nim to his
lonely grave. But what was this outrage
IN cnfnparison with the slsolasses atroeiEy y
What had this honored gentleman 10
complain of when one considers The CON
ihding grocer and the wholly misplaced
sweetness that agitated his hair! We can
not do justice to this subject. 1t is more
complex and hopeless to the humanita.--
ian than the Bulgarian tiendishness.
Badfaso EEpress.