Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

blood il him, for he has al the versatility
! Of the Irishman, nll his wit. and, with
/ 1t. he has that grain ~ uncommon SENSE
/ which sometimes, / am sorry 10 say,
! the lrishman pure and simple lacks. You
know they are very fond Of announcing
I that their patron saint, St Patrick, was
a gentleman, and it seems 10 me right
along, from that day 90 this, the irish
/ muD, be he peasant OF lord. has been gen
| tie VI course, there are exceptions, but
they only serve % prove the rule. Not
long ago i met a mau whose brOgue was
Patrick Joseph. who had made fortune
selling things on the instalment plan,
and who told me he was not an lrishman
and not o Catholicl Unfortunately for
Ireland, bad heard Of his birthplace,
aud that he first opened his eyes IN
shebeen, l say unfortunately, because /
did not like to think he was an Irishnan;
l had 80 fully made up ny mind that he
was knnye and a fool ] don't deny
that an lrishman may not be the first,
but he Is very seldom the last.
A CLEVER AND GENIAL RACE
But. dear me. | have gotten of Of my
stump speech. I think | asked who were
the doctors and lawyers and g0od-loOkng
women, aud ! was able 70 answer that
they were all Irish. Now / wish to know
who are the best bOokm1kersI The irish
men. Who are our best actOrsI The
lrishmca Who are our best writcrs2
The lrishmcn. / tell you, it Is a pretty
diihcult thing to lind best In anything
that hasn't a drop Of Irish blood In H.
Sometimes Il IL a cross; but when you
can combine German stOlidity and Irish
WARY, you get a future president Of
the Hnited States Perhaps | am a
htticAyarm on the subject, but then you
sceN know them an they are. and / love
&,yfrxA one Of them In this country or
NIL. Iome. l know how they eau curse
LSift.Nan who says q rude word about
tAimD' aud i know how they cnn
shower blessings upon me when | take
"a cup of tea with them or drink a glass
OF mix in the cagUl. J love the perfect
Queen otlsnglnnd and Empress of India
Vtted her, could. with Innate grace,
ask her 10 have "a bite and "a SUP. feel
perfectly 70 ease and conscious that the
was doing the right thing The Irish
peasants and the Virginia darkeys have
the grace Of hospitality at its finest. and
either Of them could give lessons IN lao
art which they never studied 10 the snobs
IN New York city. An freshman can
hght, aud Ike Il longer and better than
a, bull dog; and be can make love, aud
IKE u longer aud better than n lady
SJvelist Thank Heaven. thcre nrp 80
many OF hml If over he ceases To- pul.
tiply as he does now, there will be weep
ing and wailing and gnashing OF teeth |
FUN AT THE CIRCUS.
By-the-by, isn't II time that the circus
was coming 20 your town? If It Is. / !
hope you are going 10 let all the boys go |
and really enjoy themselves. / once |
heard OF a boy who had never been 10 the |
circus, aud u did seem TO me as " he had |
lost some Of his childhood The average |
boy feels that lac Is seeing life when hp |
starts 10 the circus with % cents Ina his |
pocket, md the opportunity before him |
lt separating himself in the crowd M the |
door from his family aud friends. The |
money y immediately spent in peanuts |
lud apples, and IL that boy is let alone
be VIII have u blissful time He win |
worry the monkeys, he will pnnder 10 the
taste OF the elephant by letting him eulp |
down apples whole. lac will hang over /
The ring watching the trained dogs. and
explaining 10 a boy year younger thnn /
be- Is all about IT, He never thinks much
"a the women who ride In chariOts: ne
.llts up ms nose aud says: "Oh! they |
lre only girls! But for the young lady |
VINO rides the bareback steed he has an
admiration and ne bushes ag
he thinks how lovely II would be To have
ler Tor his very own, and 10 cayort
hrough me on two stceds, jumping
through paper hoops for a rcst. and re-
'clNng the applause of delighted multi
ude. That the young lady might object
70 ms size, his years and his freclles.
md that sheA could be married 10 the
clown, Is something quite beyond his be.
leL lie sees everything there Is to see.