The Republican journal., 1886-12-23

PRINCE LUCIEA MURAT.
near. Murat squandered the money thus earn
ed by his wife as fast rs received.
HORSE RACING, CARDS, BILLIARDS,
boating and shooting were his favorite amuse-
ments. Whenever new batch of students
would pay their tuition, the Prince would order
a basket of champagne from Philadelphia.
Stufing the bottles into his pockets he would
gather a lot of bar room loafers and make a
night of it. Aside from spending her money.
Murat always treated hi, wife with great kind
ness. Nevertheless he could not contine his at
tentions to her alone. That would not be
French. Although his distinguished position
gave him ready admittance into the best circle,
of society, he rarely availed himself of the priv
ilege. His female friends, like those of the
other sex, We're among the lower classes. 1t is
said that there is enough of the NIurat blood in
this vicinity to start new dynasty. He was
remarkably fond of hunting and would trutgc
all day through the woods and Swamps in
search of game. His workmanship was most
wonderful. Mr.. Beatty told me that he had
seen him bring down the >wiftest tiying bird
without even raising the gun to his shoulder
The many scrapes he was continually getting
| himself into annoyed the Count exceedingly
At last. however, Joseph gave if up as a bad
job. and let him run his Wild career without
hindrancc. 1t must be admitted, however, that
the Prince was extremely fertile in intellectual
resources, and always managed to eNtricate
Ia
had employed 4 worthless loafer to groom his
horses. The man wishing to show the superb
ority Of Republican institutions over the cttcte
monarcheS of the old world, grossly insuted
him because he wanted the work done in GER
tain way. Without Il moments hesitation the
Prince kicked the fellow Sprawlng into Il pool
of filth in the middle of the barn yard. The
man swere out warrant and that afternoon
Murat was
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT AND BAIrERY.
A spread eagle lawyer was to conduct the pros
ecution, while Murat, who was hard up. an
nounced that he should plead his own case
The time for the trial arrived and 50 did the
crowd. The court room was crowded to >uto-
cation. Even the Count himself was present,
curious to see what line of defense his nephew
would present. Murat bore himself with the
most elegant grace and commanding presence.
Apparently he had nothing to hope for as the
evidence was overwhelmingly against him The
fellow SWore that he received as many as six
kicks from Murat. and had been gricyously
misllSed and abused. The Prince on cross en-
animation demanded that he should show the
precise spot where the bodily injury was in
t1ictcd. The plaintiff endcayorcd TO evade the
demand, but the Prince insisted. Finally the
fellow indicated the very lowest possible part
of the spine, and again asserted that Murat had
kicked him six times. The defence rested the
case at that point. The prosecuting attorney
made Il powerful appeal to the jury, filled with
the sacred rights of the meancSt citizen"
''monarchcal oppression" and the ''star span
gled banner" etc. but not word in regard to
the insolencc of the fellow that had lea to the
assault. The Prince then arose and after bow
ing profoundly to the Judge and jury he step
ped to the door and received from the hands Of
a servant Il human skeleton completely artru-
lated. Returning, he danylcd the chastity sub
jet before the aStoni>hed court, and began his
plea: ''My lord, de judge and gentlemen of the
jury, derc has been great efforts and much
troubles to make everybody believe me very
bad man; but dat is of no consequence. De
man tells you kick him six times. six times
50 low AZ possible, | very sorry of the ncces-
Sity to make him show how low it was. but |
could not avoid it. Now my lord and de zen
FL Il, Az .
man skeleton. Here are dc bones. Desc little
bones vat you see here at the end of de- back
bone are de very place we're de tail of de animal
shall grow; dat is to say if de man who sue me
were to be a pcrtabIe jack-yot you call it? ah !,
jack horse, and not only very much resemble
dat animal, Wy you see desc leetie bones if dey
We're long enough would be his tai.'' BY this
time the Judge, jury and audience We're in a
roar of laughter. The Prince being extremely
acute, and knowing that he had the best of it, /,
brought his speech to Il close by raising his
enormous lee and foot covered by Il number
twelve hunting boot and clapping his hand on
his massive thigh with force that resounded
through the COURTROOM exclaimed: MY lord,
and de gentlemen of Gle jury, how absurd to say
| could give him even Won kick vid dat and not
break all to pieces his leetle tail!' 1t was a full
half hour before the judge could gather enough
dignity to sum up the case. The fellow got
SIN CENTS DAMAGES,
and the Prince six cheers, in which the Judge
and jury joined heartily In the year of 1897,
Prince Louis Napoleon, afterwards Napoleon
Ill, visited Bordentown and spent several
weeks at the Park and with Murat. The older
citizens here well remember him and say that
he was net nearly as popular with the people
as Murat was. While not 50 wild and reckless,
he did not have the free, frank, and generous
nature possessed by his cousin. The people re-
garded him as cheap dude. With lighted
cigar in his mouth he would strut backward
and forth through the main street of the village
ogling every lady he passed. He almost be-
came nuisance in this respect. He was as I'M
pecunious as Murat. Joseph gave him twenty
thousand dollars while at the Park. Extreme
ly fastidious in his demands, the servants could
never please him. This fault finding might
answer with the imported servants of the
Count, but it did not work among free born
Americans with whom he came into contact.
One day he went into the village barber shop to
be shaved. No doubt the razor pulled" but
a man who had endured the tortures of a''Lon-
don shave" should have borne it in silence.
Not so the Prince. He continually found fault
until patience ceased to be a virtue. The bar
Der, who was stalwart and high tempered fel-
low, coolly folded the towel, and seizing the
HALF SHAVED FUTURE EMPEROR OF FRANCE.
by the nape of the neck pitched him headlong
into the street. This story is attested by many
of the most reliable citizens of Bordentown.
who remember the occurrence distinctly. The
people here entertain the same theory that
have always belieyed-that there was not a