The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-03-23

structor, arrived, the music stopped. His
coming was just in time TO preserve the
dignities of the occasion, for the music had
started forty pairs Of feet into shufIling on
the floor, which caused the dust to rise in O
cloud. The schoolmaster, being the highest
person in authority present, took tho chair
and stated the object Of the meeting. Said
he:
Eye all know the object Of the present
meetin' without my tellin ye; SO there's no
use o. my sayin' anything about it. But
may as well say, so yell know fwat ye are
here for-Pat Coogan, will ye kape yer hans
OFF that squakin' win blower, so can hear
mesef think3that ye are come, gintilmin,
to discuss the CRATE question, gintillnin, shall
we honor th' late ST. Patrick-rest his sowl-
with percession or with banquit, where
theroll be attn an dhrinkin-thats TIL aues-
tion, gintdlmin. Now ye have it before We.
Fwat will ye do wild itan
Paddy Quinlan, who worked on the coal
docks, sat on the front seat. He was short
and stout and had great opinion of his own
ability as debater. So he arose and ad-
dressed the chair:
Mr.. Prisidint: In 1s47, in th' smilin' month
O May, I.was in Ireland. Bad luck t. me, /
wisht was thare nowl Well, as was sayin,,
was in Ireland thin. Faix, / had plinty iv
attn an not too much work. Well, 1 was
standin' on th' dock in Cork harbor, so was.
Jlst fer divarshun, when fwat should l see
comm up th' harbor wild her sails all swellin'
like balloons but th' quane's ya-chtl Shure
she was loaded t. tn guards wild wimmin an,
chlldre, Pavin' thare native land behint thin.
That was sight t. make tears come in TIL
eyes fv an Irish potato, SO twas, Mr.. Prisi-
dint, an'@n
Here Mr.. Quinlan's address was interrupted
by man who had no sense Of humor. He
wanted to know what the queens yacht had
to do with the subject undor discussion. Mr..
Quinlan resented this interference. and said if
he was left alone he would soon como to the
point issue. Cries Of "Go on, Quinlan, finish
your story!" "Tell us about th' QUEENS
ya-cht" Quinlan resumed:
Had tn eloquince O Socrates. Mr.
Prisidint; had tn musical vice O. jerry
myer, Mr. Prisidint an gintihnin: had I th'
winnin' ways O DanI O'Connell, who c'ud
talk man out iv his house an lot, I c'udn't
be tellin' th' haartaches on that occasion. SO
c'udn't. II | had my way I'd blow up th'
quane wild nitro'-
Here even the dignifed gentleman in tho
chair was shocked. He rose and called Mr..
Qul1lan to order. He wanted Mr., Quinlau
to understand that no such inflanmable sub
stance as nitro-glycerine could be introduced
into that meeting. He had no fault to find
with the queen. He thought the cabinet and
the houses of lords and commons wero re-
sponsible for the troubles in Ireland. "I'm a
p'aceablc, quiet, dacint Irishman, an if any,
one is goin' t be blown up wild nitro-clyccr-
Inc, blow up th' landlords, say II Blow thin
up higher than Gildoroy's kite! Blow thin
t. smitherecns! An may the cowld frog
crouch in tn ruins iv thare houses!"
BY this time half tho men in the school
house wero on their feet A confused babel
arose, and walking sticks wore lourishe,l il,
tho air In the midst Of the confusion the
chairman motioned to Coogan, the accordion
player, and shouted above the din:
"Play thin somethin' soothin', Coogan. y
Coogan mounted bench and began to pull
out OF mis- instrument the musical notes of
dublin Bay" 1t acted like oil upon troubled
waters, and one by ono the angry men ro-
sun,ed their seats.
In tho meantime the secretary had made
out list of committeeman, and Of those
present who were supposed to be willing to
help along the celebration; and now at tht
suggestion OF the chairman Lo read tho
names, each man answering as his manic was
called. But when he came to tho name OF
Patsey Farrell there was no response
''Read it louder, Mr. Secretary, 1t might
be th' gintflmin is hero and didn't hear ye. y
"Pntsey Farrelll" shouted the secretary, in
trumpet tones. There was no answer.
''Ye may as will go wan. He's not here"
Eatd the president