The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1879-09-06
A Victim or -Prnafore.n


Admiral Horatio Binnacle, the venera-
BILE retired sea-serpenc who lives on West
Seven;y.seventh street, naysteriously dis
appeared about five weeks ago, to the
grief and Consideration Of his friends.
On Thursday night ne reappeared as mys-
tericusly rs he had gone; and instead of
boldly marching up to the front door he
slid into an area entrance and retired. He
kept his room on Friday, but in the eve.
ming the force Of habit overcame him and
with some of his old-time manner he
stood up in his accustomed place in the
parler. But he was sadly changed. He
went away stout, jolly, bright-eyed. He
came back emaciated, bent, dinmed.
For weeks, +" he said, had attended the
Piaafore.' How many times l went to
the Standard, the Fifth Avenue, the Broad
way, the Lyceum and the other places,
never figured mp, but thought 1 should
never tire of the fresh, bright music and
the delightful nonsense. Like all the rest
of you, l heard it played and sung and
whistIed everywhere, and it was always
grateful. But early one morning, as was
coming home from the lodge. neared an
ash-cartman, who was going through Sew
enty-seventh street. He emptied the bar
rels and boxes with a great noise, and
slammed them down on the sidewalk with
bang that kept the neighborhood awake
And as he tugged at The ash-bxrrels be
sang in astrahge voice the song of But
tercup, just come aboard:
Ohm called little Buttercup, dayer little
Buftercup,
Though could niver tell why;
But shtlll Pm called Buttercup, Door little
Buttercup,
Swate little Buttercup I.
1t may have been the engrossing nature
of the lodge, perhaps the walk, or posi-
bly, the night air that predisposed me, bu
the ash cartman's singing made me IN
3comfortable, and I Was suddenly con
seious that ne Pinsfore' had become dis
tasteful to me. To use marine figure
gentlemen, what had before seemed tn,
swinging melody of the summer sea-
seemed now the, discordart surf of lie,
shore. wrestled with this uncomforta
Bile oppression, but it grew worse. Their
fed, hoping to find some spot where the
Pinafore' had not caRt anchor.
Passing along street in Milwaukee,
saw a sign New York Lager I or
dered some of the genial German who
manned the the bar, but, a. he turned to
draw it, heard. mingling with the gurg.
ling of the beer, this floating up from the
br0ad-5acked demon:
Mann nennt mich Kleine Butterblume
Liebe Kleine Butterblume,
Obwohl ich Mich gewusst warum,
Doch n mt mann Butterblume mich, arm
Kieine Butterblume,
SUISSE K.eiRe Butterblume ich.
Ich habe Schnupf und Rauch- Tabak, und
left him bending over the spigot. an
wetn to Omaha. There engaged boar
with en- exemplary French gentleman
whose family, like himself. could spea
not word of English. I thought ha
found rest here, he seemed such an ami
bic nan but the first morning when
came down stairs, heard that Frenchms
at the piano and softly singing to hin
self:
On m'appelIe Petite Bucrretasse, che
Petite Buerretasse;
Mais pourquoi ie mai pas une idee.
Mais neannoins je m'appelle Bnerretass
Pauvre Mignonne Buerretssse, 90
Douce Petite Buerretasse moi.
Then began to lose flesh. I didI
stop until had reached Ogden. On Il
first night, while was sitting in front
the hotel, two Italian musicians Can
along. For an hour and three quartz
they played the Anvil Chorus The
have been times. gentlemen, in the Ia
twenty or thirty years, when the AN
Chorus seemed little worn but I.
there, after six months Of 'Pinafore' it W
blessed relief, and when the violin
stopped playing and passed his hat. l =
dollar in it !; but while yet he was
his rounds the harper struck up alol
and played and sung:
10 sono chiamato piccolo Ranuncolo, ca
plccolo Ranuncolo,
QuantanculO 10 non abba NAL potu
dirme il perche
Ma 10 sono sempre' chiamato Ranuncc
povero piccolo Ranuucolo,
Soaye piccoio Ranuncolo.
was getting desperate now. My o.
hope seemed to be CATTLE ranch, br,
first thing heard there, above tue low
of the cattle and neighing of the hor'
was the singing of ranchero,whose so
in measure with the Looping ef his hor
was:
Me, llamo Copita de Manteouilla, pc
Copita de Mantequila,
Sin saber nunca porque,
Con TODD soy Copita dc ManteQuilla, pc
Copita de Mantequiils,
Carita Copita de Manteouilla yo.
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