Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-26

When IN" "Ntuttill evening came The
yrc;t hall was priIlan;ly lighted. and the
stage that had bccu erected ii, one end al
thc hail Was draptl with artistic skill.
In" play was = ~.un ; advice to
JOHNNY Bal
The li's' nnc opened with johnny
Bull giy. corpulcn, old fellow
dressed III wai-tcoat. leather brooches. and
Il three" cnrner"'i hat, with u stout oulrn
cudgel i'll his hand. seated on Il throne sur
rounded by lords and ladies in rich appar
cl " In" same time Il chorus of voices
was heard in the distance advancing sing
ing "!-lil Columbia " The characters
marched on 10 the sla.:e in front Of The
throne, sill singing Uncle sam cam.
first dressed in striped pants swallow
tail coat and white s,oNc pipe hat The
goddess pt Iilmr;N Il tall bcautitu! woman.
draped with Stars and stripes. was nj hi,
side The, We're followed by !, eo.unpny
Of girls dressed III white rnlayn. Ainr.i-
can liag>, y they crossed the ,t:,rr. In
Gle sam helped himself 10 a chair. crossed
his legs took from his pocket II clay pine.
MED hhd II Ii and commenced smoking.
without having made amy L.iud of Il >alt!r;.-
'inn To Johann Bllll on The ,hlen.. while
his supporter, formed Il scmi-uilclc about
him
j Il Gangri!yl. What have we here. /,
mncing monkey without ht;lins enough to
salute Il l,n.
I ;. Well now, Johnny just canc il,
fora friendly chat You need NOT s,nn,,
Oh ceremony. I'll excuse you.
j. H. E.Nyu.. me, Tin. donkey what
does he mean. Speaking To- hi cuu"r
[. ). mean You had better come down
FROM yo;l high throne and view the world
Us others do
j. b. A">. II! come down bat ii will he
TO teach Nnu manners. Stalking his cud-
gel yigorou>!y.) Why. man. YOU are malg
I. ;. oh. no, Tommy, I'm non mad but
this tobacco is poor >tii:i. (l'iNir!, to make
his pipe draw
j.. r. 81" The c"nrierS) I'd like TO fog
this fellow for his impul"nr" Then to
L. 81 Well. what Il" you wnn,y
L. 5. Now. Johnny don, gr, excited.
just came 10 tell yon tina, The Russian I5ear
= about 10 pn'lncc on you lnawarcs. and
S'raas!cd Ireland is being brought 10 life
by ltcr cHil..,! SON, across the STA
j. b. l.rnvcs the throne and PUSHES
from one side of he stage To the other nt
mention of ireland. shaking his cnIgel in
|. ;. $ face. While L. :. si;- calmly smok-
lngJ Yes. you are sending aid TO Ireland
to defeat our government if vo,, can, but
Wen Show You that i, can't be done!
I. >. No. 10. we're only Watching
J. B. ion call it watching. do you,
when millions of dollars are coming from
America 10 help the lazy Irish To resist
law and order
I. ;. Now. Johnny, do be reasonable
You never seen, 10 fret when millions of
pounds come 20 help pay he English land
lord.
j. B. O. that is rriv;,;e funds.
I. y Just -. .'oi.nny. 80 is this private
funds,
j. b. BE careful or yoa VIII find your
public funds in ,iang,r
T.. :. just SO. ! remember Won were
careful! of your private funds Il few years
ago, when y"n Sent aid by tie ship load to
help defca; orr nation Every dog has his
day. Johnny.
j. Il. Sake care what you say. I'm in
no hllnior to enjoy II joke Shaking his cud-
gel with renewed vigor ut L. 81.
| L. >. Smoking calmly). Now, johnny,
just keep cool. know you hate to have
us talking about YOU, calling YOU robbers
and murdercrs, but y0u are too high, John
ny. Come down to the level of mankind
and view things us we do: then You'll see
these things for yourself
Just then courier PUSHES into the hall,
crying, I'VE are all going to be murdered!
London is all blown up The tower is de.
stroycd! The Queen is dead, and no one is
safe.