The Irish standard., 1886-10-02
IT WAS A I" HOLY SHOW" ("
hKaten Communicates Some Ideas Con-
cerning Few Exhibits at the
Minneapolis Exposition.
THE /" RoBBER KINGS" DAY.
Victor Emanuel Was Not Only Thief
and Robber, But a Very
Prince of Robbers.

The morning and evening papers
have made great capital out of the un-
fortunate coupling together of pair OF
men and pair of women at The expo
sitiun during the last week.
In Ireland, a certain class Of the COM
munjty not over nice in its duties to
society and known by occupation as
thinkers" were Joined together in the
bonds Of matrimony by taking the
nand Of the happy far one and jump
ing over the s'budget'' which contained
the tinker's tools. This constituted the
main point of the ceremony, and a di-
yorce was obtained just as easily, by
reversing the process and jumping back
again out Of the bonds.
The Tribune informs us that as a
preliminary to the ''hitching perform
ance,', procession was formed, FIRST
coming Col. Aibbard, the general man
ager. who we are told is q compound of
soldier and minister, and did the work
braYelY and SIMULTANEOUSLY. Then
came directors and others keeping time
t. wedding march played by the
Mexican band, and mid the hootings,
smiles, sneers and shouts Of the gen
eral public came the parties immedi-
ately concerned.
In days past, and in the sunny land
OF France, when religion was thought
to have been slain and buried, came the
public in Paris to adore the goddess Of
Nature, and one with sky blue coat and
green unmenJionables ascended the al
tar before an admiring crowd to act as
High Priest Of the would-be religious
reyolntionists. Up rose a shout of
sACa ira,n to make the welkin ring, and
with mutual embracings and much
shedding of tears even, they declared
that Sod was dead and only nature
lived. But very soon there came an
other scene of shooting and imprison-
ing. All, hanging from lamp-posts and
guil}otining, until at last man arose
to PUT Az end to their savagery and wei
oolae back religion.
In our fair city the tooters footed
and the trunnpeSs brayed and whistles
blew diabolical}y, as if to announce the
SAD fast that we had arrived at that
stage in our journey where we can legit-
imately aud with much approval, make
a rnockery Of matrimoQy..
What III times pastMeas considered
sacred and was and is the foundation
OF society, can now be pub
licIy ridiculed and its sanctity profaned.
The pagan Emperor Nero went SOME
what farther than the Minneapolis
Exposition folks, as the well-read his
toria,1 knows, and before the public,
500. Are we getting back to the
beastly customs Of the days that knew
not Christi
But then the presentsl Why, Of
course, the presents were numerous,
and no doubt the married couples will
enjoy them, but as the world is peopled.
according tor Carlyle, mostly by fools,
what kind Of Christians are to be the
offspring of such foul beginning2
Nessleurs, the directors, permit a
strong minded woman to say what she
thinks. You have made some money
for the stockholders; attracted large
crowd to see your ''holy show,'' but
won't the Devil cacchinate, if we can
suppose such a parsonage is capable of
a laugh, when he sees how effectually
you are doing his work, in undermining
society and preparing for the general
smash-up which is nea- Or at hand than
you imagine.
Not, indeed, any Virgins. prophecy
of earthquake, but diabolical breaking
up of such society as we Americans are
now surely forming, with much smell
of sulphur and unsavory birthstone and
dynamite thrown in.
The Tribune editor calls for public
divorce on some one day before the Ex-
position closes. Let us have divorce.
Itwould be fitting closing for mar.
riage which some enterprising fool pro-
posed and to which many other fools
promptly assented.
KATE.
Another Straw.
Italian day at the exposition was the
sublime and heroic evolution of the
brain power of Pope-hater. The day,
so memorable, on which Victor En-
manuel took: possession Of Rome, and
imprisoned the Pope, was worthy OF
special record at our great exposition,
and therefore the Maccorini eaters mus
tered out in rather small force, but the
bigots were satisfied