Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-03

Come cried the policeman, as W,
valnly urged the animal to descend
into his future residence, this wua't
do. you know; you must move on. sir:
You mustn't be obstructing the street,
constructing your grandmother, cried
|. pale with passion at the idea Of the
law interfering to Cypress what it was
intended TO protect; lis there not room
in Paradise Row for this poor youn:y
creature as we'll as myself? Move on
indeed! that is the very thing I want
to do. a |, take the Jerusalem ponv's
fore legs, A >, take his hind quarters
and he very careful; and carry him
down those steps
"Hooray.. shouted the crowd in n
state of wild excitement, and delighted
With my commanding air l wls never
IN my HE in the position of Il public
and popula: character before. but |
can now we'll understand the feelings
which prompt the demagoguc, | saw
disc Row regarding me from their
Saturday night windows, it is true and
L knew that | was losing nv practice
the respectable Inhabitants of Para
lis medical man; but, on the other
hand. the cheering rang in my ears
like trumpet voice. and | felt that
whatever happened, was the favorisc
of the people
Take him down. cried |. in a voice
of thunder; you had better take him
down when | tell YOU"
him down. or down with the peelers."
Ihe policeman looked at me, looked
ut the assembled thouSands-for the
street was filled by this time from end
to end. and surgcd into the adjoining
SquareS-lOoked at one another. and
then proceeded to obey we without a
murmur. They took up-they had
never taken up such a customer before
the astoniShed quadruped in the man
ner | had suggested, and carried him
safe and sound down the area steps.
While this apparently funeral process
sion was IN progress, Il gentleman step
ped forward and addressed me with
Il very excited demeanor: Excuse me.
sir; | have but just come, and am UNI
acquainted with the circumstances.
You are Il medical man. [ see; | am
connected with tae press, sir. What
is the matter, sir? What has happen
ed? Who is it, sir? 1t is a lady or a
gentleman and are they dead, or only
inSenSibleT'
He is Il gentleman, and at present
spccchleSS,' returned |. hurriedly. as
| accompanied the sufferer in question
into the house
Oh the relief of mind and body when
L saw that Jerusalem pony deposited
in our back-yard the gratitude with
which l overwhelmed those guardians
of public safety! the recklessncss of
expense with which L opened bottle
after bottle of superior beer for their
refreShmcnt.
| aWOke Leonora, to recount to her
all that L had done, and had some diff
ticulty to prevent her rushing to the
window to look at the new arrival
Il don't even know what IL Jerus;l-
lem pony is" urged she; Il shall be ~
ing awake and trying to picture what
unusual"
At this juncture her doubts were set
at rest forever by the most tremendous
braying that ever issued from the
mouth of jackass since the days of
B;tlaam; it was exactly beneath our
bedroom window, and sounded like Il
brass band composed Of ophicleidcs out
Of repair.
WHY, its only Il dreadful donkey,
Alfred cried Leonora, with just i'll
dignation.
Its forty donkeys," cried L, peni-
tently, and stopping my ears. Never,
indeed, shall | forget that noise, which
seems even now to be ringing through
the chambers of memory
We retired to rest, hoWevcr-that is
to say we lay down and listened.
Sometimes we would nouriSh Il faint
hope that all was over, that the Jcrusa-
lem pony would himself require the
blessings of sleep, and become quiet;
and sometimes the real horror of our
situation could not be dispelled by any
such baSeelss fancy. | think the Great
ure must have been composing I; coro-
mach or lament for his absent mother
OF other relatives; for after very short
pauses, such as might have been given
by any donkey to composition, he
would burst forth with Il torrent of
discord;glt Wlilng of about fourteen
lines IN lcngth-as far as we could
judge-;.nd ending in an AleXandrine.
1t was horrible from the first, and
rapidly grew to be unbearable. At go
A. NJ. | put on my dressing gown and
slippers, and taking down the rope
from one Of the WindoWcurtalnS,
sailed fort into the back-green. Sleep
had of course been baniShed from every
other inhabitant of Paradise Row as
well as from ourselves; q score Of hui
near, from first fat to attic, with in
terest and satisfaction. They believed
in their foolish and revengeful hearts,
[ knew. that | was about to hang the
Jerusalem pony. | was not going to
do anything of the kind.
I approached the animal, uttering
sounds such as, in the mouths Of his
late attendants, | had observed to give
him pleasure; but l might just as well
have read aloud the Act for Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals. He turned
away; he fed; he even lifted up his
heels against me. Disguised, but not
dispirited by this conduct, / pursued the
flying beast with persevering vigor,
despite the fiuttering of my lengthy gar
ment, and the increasing GOODNESS Of