Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-03-04
sDi Nero" on "Pinafore."

tor, but even that pnllOSOpnlc animal
would not endure what have during
the past six weeks without wishing
that he had been born crowbar. ,
I left Texas Immediately after
Christmas for New York, in good cir
cumstances. and with no physical all
mcnt beyond two bunions and'a brand
new little "Mero.' The little Nero"
trade has been just about brisk
enough, since 1 married, to inspire
meIwith afellow feeling for old clothes.
Babies are like chills; if you once
commence having them the Lord only
knows where the thing will end. 1t
costs something to keep 'em in good
spirits, too, for these little humanities
have apr stites that will lay perpetual
motion clean in the shade.
r. There's one consolation about
mine: Not O single ore is bew-lcgged,
and only one wears his eyes biased,
and he takes after his mother.
"a However, 1 should have been con-
tent to continue experimenting in
growing families bat for song that
has travelled around in my footsteps
ever since we came, like second
hand ticket scalper at railroad de-
pot.
1t is called "Pinafore." Perhaps
you have heard it. If not, and you
learn that it is coming your way, ENTER
the nearest deaf and dumb asylum,
and remain there until after the epi-
demic.
It's worse than the epizootic, chel-
era, Christmas gifts, Maine trouble,
cipher dispatches, rheumatism, Irish
distress, twins, grasshoppers and the
Ute war combined.
''Pinafore, doesn't seem very
formidable, and yet it can stir up
more racket than anything on the
face Of the earth, except a small boy
with father and sningle attachment,
or red-headed girl, when her stock
| ing and D mouse are both loose at
| the same time.
We arrived at the Grand Central
Depot on New Years Day. The
bands were playing ''Pinafore )" sol
diers were marching, and drums
beating and flags flying and bayonets
flashing; guns were booming, bells
ringing and cabmen whistling ''Pina-
fore" Everybody was full Of 'Pina-
fore" and egg-nog. Mrs. ''Mero"
/. was hurrahing around like one-eyed
/ Mexican at a chicken fight; little
"Mero" was popping up and down
like an india-rubber suspender, and
l felt so ALFRED high-minded that L
ordered lager beer for the whole fam
lily on the spot.
| After while we thought a change
of programme would he healthy, but
it wasn't to be had.
''Pinafore" was what the people
wanted, and "Pinafore" they were
going to have. We drove to the no.
tel through about 40 acres of ''Pina-
fore" While we registered the clerk
hummed it; as we ascended to our
+ room the bell boy ratified it off on the
bars of the elevator, but before we
reached the second door, little Nero
no doubt thinking that we had cap.
tured a balloon, or the bottom of the
hotel was flying Off with us, set uI
I such a revolutionary yell that the
. "Pinafore" rehearsal was brought tc
a temporary, if not tranquil, cessa
!, tion. But hostilities were soon re-
! sumed.
That night l retired early and triet
i to sleep, but all night long some lido
! in the next room was endeavoriug tt
relate, in a tuneful style, how he pol
; ished the handle of something or othe
:, so carefully that he got to be thu
:, ruler of the Queens pouce Gas HI
) called it). Well, 1 suppose it's al
:. right; but If had been the Queer
! ! for about fifteen minutes that nigh
~ I'd have polished his head.
y Tie next morning l awoke to fine
;, ''Pinatore" stealing through th'
- shutters with the first beams of sun
= light, and, in a fit of desperation,
:. rushed to the window and emptied
. pitcher of water on the first thing tha
passed, which happened to be sky
a terrier pup, with a big Englishmal
!. tied to it.
; Entering the barber shop l aske'
for shave, but no sooner was Iseat
ed than the murderous barber boga
to lathe that confounded song a
, over me. l submitted like marty
:, until be bawled:
- .sing. hey. the merry maiden and the tar"
- Now, 1 can stand almost anything
] lou, h,
,e when he began to talk about smearin
if a young maiden over with tar cor
ut cluded to stop him before he calle
for feathers also. With the chiva
A. rous sentiment careering inside Of u
T. l arose almost unanimously, and e,
of claimed in tone that would be wort
n $40 to a congressman:
$ "See, here, if you say another wor
t. I'll sing Hey the wild Texan and
w six-shoot-' but before l could fnis
r he lit out of the door. as though |
C. had urgent business at the Equat,
Nv which srequirsd his attention Il
I'd next half hour.
to went into the dining room Fl
breakfast, and three of the uolie
pa walters that were ever born stood b
ed hind my chair and hummed SPIN
We fore," while Iran over the bill Of ia
70 and wondered if Job ever visited
;" city where one song was sung
r.. every creature that could sing ar
x. about seven hundred steamboat loa,
d that could not.
lis Ipassed by an establishment arour
mt the corner and thought that a glass
ng beer would soothe me, but-wou
K you believe it--that heather Dutc
Id man just settled himself against tt
es counter and began: ......
Il vas named leedle puttergup,
Sehweed leedle puttergup,
ia. Uud doaned told what's der reason"
He was the first genuine butterc,
an had seen since the war, and I W
glad to note that the plant gave e,
;, dence of such healthy growth, to 81
nc nothing of perfume. He weigh,
about 800 and emitted an odor
it's beer and cabbage that would ha
made case of hydrophobia hesitate
! la...r :; mo hafnro if fank1od hyp,