The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-20
Dedicated to 2. p. Carroll, Esq, Elk
President of the Property Hold
ers Union, Who Recently
Skipped the Town.
PROLOGUE.

Inc tu1r0 day comes Inc sinai llY CloiiSbI,
Importunate and listening not to reason,
Bur DISTINCTLY e'amorons for his pay
And when tie r Il. thinks him eh 2, :, 4 off,
Brings ON fore closure ana enmpells Z. H.
Then sither TO disgorge or skip the town.
And then-he sktps lib 90.
have ventured,
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders
This many summers In sea OF glory,
But far beyond my depth: Ny high-blowr
Al length broke under me- and now has left me-
Mere nothing but to take the morning train.
And write Oh postuations TO ths press.
Vain pomp and glory Of the world, mute vel
feel my heart new opened; oh. how wretehei
Is that poor man That hangs on bummers
There Is. betwixt that Office we'd aspire to.
That sweet pertumery OF wards and their ruin
More soft, sporadic eggs than self-made candi
dates.
And when he falls, he falls like Tebault.
IIy1it TO slo,c music by a distant hand oroau.]
ACT j. .= NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SCENE. la mass meeting war.dance in La.
fayette Square, An immense assemblage com
4 prising at least seven small boys and one
policeman. in attendance. Scalppole. gar.
nished with contract sansages erected near the
grand stand. around which the six sulemnY
eireie, singing slowly:
Solo bY The en- Grand r. L.
@. sing how the trouble first began
With one little Property Holding mani
one little. wee little. sad little. bad little,
Small little Property Holding man!
Hs sold bali his yellow dog. and them
There hen were two little Property Holding menl
One little. two little. sad little. bad little.
Small gall little Property Holding men.
They mortgaged the pup 10 third, and he
Made the Property Holders three.
One lite, two little, three little. bad little.
small a] little Holders Of PloDertee.
] Another cot lien On the mortgage. and
Then four were the Property Holders band.
One little. two little, three lfttle four little,
Small little Property Holders band.
He swapped half the lion for flne-cut chew
And % again the Property Holders grew
One little. two little, three little, four little.
Fi sa,a little Property Holders crew.
The fine-cut chew was cut il twain,
AMI its loss was the Property Holders gain;
One little. two little, three little. four little.
FIVE little. six little Property Holders gain.
The six held meeting and chose another
presiding Property Holding brother.
One little, two little three little. four little. five
Six seven little Property Holding brothersl
tAll STOP stamp solennly three times. and I'D
J0urn to the nearest bArrel-house. The multi
tude simultaneously disAppearsI
SCENE ia glt omy corner IN the Poydras
Market Enter Cassius Carroll and Brutus
Casius G-That you have wronged me doth ap-
Yeu have enndem ned and voted Marcus Bigni-
bus
For taking bribes here of the Warriors.
Wherein my letters. praying on his side,
Because know the man. We're sighted oil.
Brut,es T;-You wronged yourself to write In
Cassius G--In such time for eggs as this 1t is
That every little bride be counted In.
B'7'tus 81 T-Let me tell you. cassius, you your
Are much condemned to have an It hing palm.
Y TO sell and mart your property for gold
And fly infuriated credj tors.
Cassius CT m itching palm!
8 You know that yOu are Tabault that speak this,
Or. by the gods. that speech were elsa your lasts
Brut1s THE name Of Carroll honors this
And ehastisement does therefore hide his head
Il Gassius G.-Chasisemanti
March reuemberi
Was not egged fl Justices sake2
What villain neaved q buster, that did throw
And not for. justice? What, shall one Of US
That stood hombardment upon Grswold'5 shed
vi sour eggs and carrots. shall noe now
Content our noble selves with tame applause,
And sell the mighty space of our iaige proper
For 50. much type as may be grasped thus?
I'd rather be our dog and eat municipal sau-
Than such Property Holder!
THEY have set.to Casaius G. launches out
with bis left eye. strikes Bruus r. on the left fist
and then ltrs down. Brutus L. retaliates by
Kicking Cassius on the right foot with his
stomach. Also. lies down There is then some
claWing around. In which Bruins. vfci usIy in.
serts his nose between Cas- ins's teeth, ard
passus presses cruelty on Brntus's thumb with
,his eye. A base miuiOn Of ths law appears and
Doth hastily retire. leaving. d pGC Of gore and q
package OF bills. Re ent.r the FIVE remaining
Property Holders. heudrd by Mark Antony
Bourges, who wlnks eadlyon I'll. They survey
silently the INFANTS Of Carol Il
Mark Antons B.-Here fit the noblest P. Fl. of
them atli
All the Property Holders save only he -...
DID that they did to get great offices:
De only. in O. general honest thought
And common eve to hivibg plander
and nimbly skipping with the plant, made one
M that good and mysterious seven,
Whereof now oplV q gentle six remain.
deed WAS gentle. and the spirits Oft
coEixed in hfEl. that Nature might stand up |
And say to all tho world. Here lay
"a true and worthy Property holder" ..@ /
Ire e4tata. B1'utus Tebaahl
~ 4. W-Stand, Ho 4
tsrstass T-Staud. 30!
lI i. I.--Hast tokaR2
!ratMs IL know ,Rot token. |
marx AatoRp B.-T2ke him In charge.
a comhlittee of five take him in charge.
ELss4at 0nsnss.
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