The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
ADMIRAL BINNACLE MTssfSa
And IL that brave old salt the First ar ~.
BniefuI Pinsfore's VictImst

Admiral Horato Binnacle, tho venerah,.
retired sea serpent who lives in West Ssyar,r
seventh street mysteriously disappeared ah,r,
nve weeks ago to the grief and consfern,+ts,
Of his friends. On Thursday night he r.,,
peared IA mystrrousy Ms he had gone. A.,
instend Of boldly marching NJ to the from a..
he slid in by the area entrance and rc,i--d II.
kept his room on Friday, but in the eSpnin~,t.
force ofhabit overcame him. and with someofb,,
old-time manner he stood NJ in his ascus,orai
place in the parlor But he was sadly ehanr.t
He went away stout jolly. brght.eyed. n.
came back emaciated. bent. dimmod
For weeks" he said. Il had attended, a..
Pinaiore.' How many times / WEI; y, N.
Standard. the Fifth Avenue. the Bro,dttar A..
Lyccum. and the other places ncyer a,,yros
up. but / thought | should never tire Of thu
fresh. bright music. and the delightful non
sense. Like all the rest Of you heard II plaved
and sung. and whistled everywhere md (, Wa.
always grateful. But early one morning nj
was coming home from the lodge nenred an
ash cartman who was going through Seyentv.
seventh street He emp;ied tho barrels ma
boxes with n Rrca. noise and slammed them
down on tho sidewalk with n bang That kepttb.
neighborhood awake. And as he tugged Al tbs
ash barrels he sang in n strange voice the song
| Of Buttercup. just come aboard:
".om called little Butiercnp daycr little Butiereu,,
But shull I'm called Buttcrcup. poor little Butsicu.
| swate little Butetoup. l.
1t may have been tho engrossing natured
the business at the lodge. perhaps the walk. or
possibly the night air. that predsposed ma.
but the ash cartman's singing made ms uncom.
Portable. and l was suddenly conscious that thu
Pinafore had become distasteful to NO. To
use a marine figure. gentlemen. what hal be.
fore seemed the swinging melody Of summer
| 81.
shore / wrested with this uncomfortable on.
precision. but it grew worse. Then l fed hop.
ing TO find some spot in which the Pinatore had
not cast anchor.
Passing along n street in Milwaukee. Isav
n signs New York lager l ordered some Of
the genial German who manned the bar but "a
he turned TO draw IT, l heard. mingling with
the gurglng OF tho beer. this floating up from
the broad-backed demon:
Man wnui mich K.cnc Bu,tcrbume, liebo Klelne But
obwohi icn n,c sewu,st warum
Doc ~ mt man Bucrllume mich, arme Keine Butter.
sa,,e Kcinc But,crtinne. ich
| Ieh hahc SchnuptIud Rluch-rabak. uni--'
Il left him stlll banding over the spixot ard
went To- Omnng. Thers engaged bari El
| NJ exemplary French gentleman. Who's fGUily
! Ike himself could speak not a word Of Engl ~
| thought had found rest bore. he seen-,i sue6
| an nmiahl' mnn: hut on the first morning. wben
| | came down stairs heard that Fr'n'lman
| Mt the piuno and singing softly 20 himself:
ct" on mappele Petite Bcurrctas-e, ehere PeuN Bsurrt
MATS pouiquo j., mai pa. unc aee
Douee Petite Beurrctasse. moiv
"Thcm begun T. lose fiesh didn't stop
until had reached Ogden. On the first night,
while | WINS sitting In front OF tho hotel. Two
Italian musicians cnme along. For an hour
and thr"e-quart"rs they played the anvil cho.
| rus. There huvc been times gentlemen. in the
| asst twenty or thirty years. wien the anvil ehO-
rus seemed a Lite. worn; but out there. after
| SIN months 81 lluutnrr IL WIS n hleezpN rat1f
| and when the violinist stopped pnYrng and
passed his hat put dollar IN III but Whils yet
| he WAS on his rounds tho harper STRUCK I'd
alone and played and sung
'Io sono ohiamato rccolo Rauneolo caro- rdeeoio H.
9uan,unquf 10 non abba mat ponto dirne 81 r>r,h.
Ma 10 suio semi r. chamato Ranuncolo. powers PIE
soa,e Ticeoio Rnnuncolo'
was getting desperate now. MY only hops
seemed to be a rnttlr ranch, hut the first thingl
heard there, above the lowing OF the cattle and
neighing OF the horses. was the singing ola
ranchero whose song. In measure with the
looping oil his horse. wus:
"' Me lamo copi,a dc Manequilla pcqueha copita d,
Nnnt"qpiliH,
Con ,oio coiia lie ManicQuilla. pObrs cOpi,A d,
ccans, d.gii'a + ,Naa'cqmus,ro
Ihoped u nud pnace In San Francisco
Striking III INFO the Chinese quarter asked Of
washrrmun who WIS pltfldly beating the
hutton 96sl of o sq@s cloths the T,Gy to the IN;
Mclean, he said. bat as turned away heard
| aim singing:
MI can iilcc Bu,ilecup, Gee lille Huttlecup,
Alice >dir mi 20 novel tcl Why
By, III gi n h1uleeup. poo lille Duttecup,
Then thou sht might ne we'll come back.
Lie hnd lost all charm, Tor mo. Upon my
nrphcw IN college, my nnpes centred. ] noted
examination And % ur~ hope ludied in ny
SON when saw the grave erny-hnigad pro-
/ frs-pr; hui fiS last hope iud 'd. for as turned
away heard h.m hummluS, ~ he wiped his
/ sp"ctaclrs:
Nomen nini Ranlncula i.'ect, Riuunculs
a, iia"l ."i' 3D. I'D Nllt, mc..yl. TO- %, riH
hAtnWsin tan hmnnceii. gar'ua Hanuneola,
The old sea serpent writhcd and continued:
Now am with YOU again. | nsk but one m.
! Nor IN my declining days. which may Doe few
a .i,l that is tn"t shal not hear Pinatore 10
Admiral sold tqe Hon. Columbus Muir.
nhN Your wiSi snail Zoe r. spc.i.d. and aiir
the old sea dog had retired Mr. Murphy organ.
~ ~ a., a. Nt,tins ~ EnI.n II W.s uuanmousI
whose bland courtesy aud hieh-ioned chiValry
hhNe 20 "Mi""grd ann To hls &C. ends In THIS
house. shall dayc within tuoe, walls every ~.
pnrtnhly inr sp"rdy rt-uV'ry. i.r We pledge
ourselves 10 rr'rmn. 900 rll ur-, dnyand uis-t.
from singing, wishing, hUmuing, ~ EdaFllg
,Iinhi"rr Mnlil thn brave old WnrnE s-al
4ouue sylvester Sknniynur. asllIr hui eiliT
youth irum hurlrnl ~ r.i H. an uri-llm,.li
That tao titi. Il. &. u. n, i4er'rI ultpr ~ AL
tnlrai = nuu uo % niarA ot RESPECT Hc II
surprised when this WIS rejrctrd aud vii
luUn wlhlrd Wien iNe, ltndiidy CAV. MIN 3D.
day.
-. Il iCemel now probable that the Admiral
Wnhld nay" cuNune % Recover nus hpRlth. But
UNFORTUNATELY the Hon. Cuium us MURRAY
1 lnhle n way common W.st4sr. lie n~rIuri
mat MS own was tne ou.y CIRCLE worth couei,r.
lng anu ihli'd o. INFORM the servants ui lle
now departure. Thus . cell ont that ON toe al.
LOWING morning Matilda the round and ROSY
cnnmhrrmHld whose VOICE q, most tucn s
pleasing. while passing along the tall ul0l
Hhirn the, Admirus room opens. sang - ia
upurlShcd her feather duster:
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