The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18

- - NAAC AAAAA4AS room ana taken his seat. D
When WEIGH bethought himself that some /
thing to drink might not be amiss. lie (
turned around in his chair, l3cs.c5 a. |
start, who was sitting about two tables !
called:
Here, your
start looked up, colored, hestated. then
Went meekly over and took the old viii
IAN $ orders. And this in a camp where
the bartender was generally a small auto
crat and supposed to resent anything
that seemed to presume him mental! on,
~ was SAD TO see the old traditions of Nj
trate thus shattered!
1t was that summer that Prof. Jen-
kyhs, the hypnOtist came to the camp
Nitrate had just completed a new opera
mouse Gully paid for) and church build
ing mot fully paid for), and was anxious
TO dedicate them both and Jenkyns struck
me camp at most propitious period.
lie came and saw, drank much whisky,
ana conferred with leading citizens and
cltizenesses; and, a few days after his ar
rival the following announcement ap-
peafed on long posters of otherwise lib
erai dimensions scattered about and stuck
up IN every available spot in Nitrate and
the smaller camps in the vicinity
Grand entertainment! \ musical and
literary treat at the Nitrate opera house
july 4. The new new opera house will be
! formally opened by benefit. The pro-
ceeds of the affair to be donated to the
! building fund of the First church of Nj
trate! The ladies of the church will be
assisted by Prof. j. Ross JENKINS, the
| world renowned hypnotist and Prof. Cas-
uglonl, the celebrated violinist and his
grand orchestral Come one Come all!
Let the eagle scream! Let the good work
go on! Come and bring your friends! Ad-
mission, 81. Children, bits.-Nitrate Mug
| get Job Print"
Within half an hour after the doors of
| the opera house opened every man, wo-
i man and child in Nitrate and vicinity who
| was not overcome by excess of celebrat-
ing, was either inside the hall or outside
clamoring against the announcement of
| standing room only" and the dedicatory
entertainment of Nitrate's new opera
| house started off most auspiciously.
| Prof. Jenkyns led off with some excel
| lent manifestations in his line. Then the
| orchestra took a hand, after which a
| hollow-chested, sandy-complexio girl
| in very pink dress recited "Curfew
| Shall Not Ring Tonight" This was fol-
/ lowed by piano duet forcibly performed
| by two fat and freCkled damSels known
as the Taylor twins The pastor of the
| church, a skinny, soulful looking young
| man with a hungry appearance, sang
The Sword of Bunker HILL" and the
| school children shrilled forth The Star
! Spangled Banner"
After the orchestra had played "Colum-
! bia," Bud Coulter, the mayor made a few
| disconnected remarks about THE Day We
| Celebrate and gave way to the violin
! virtuoso who was really an acrobat in his
! line. Then again came the turn of Prof.
! Jenkyns, who was down on the programs
! for a performance extraordinary" and
! that gentleman, stepping briskly to the
| footlights, announced:
Ladies and Gentlemen: AS l said be-
fore, there are more things in heaven and
| earth than are dreamed of in our philoso-
| ply The demonstration ] am about to
give is such difficult one and it's actual
| performance so readily believed, that I
| have, in order to preclude any possibility
| of doubt as to its genuineness, decided to
ask to assist me several gentlemen of
prominence who are known to you all and
| whose probity and veracity cannot be
questioned. l will ask your mayor, Mr..
Coulter, Col. WEIGH, Maj. Freeman, Capt.
Doxey, Judge Cole, Mr.. Longman, Count
| Won Hoffman,, Peter Gallagher, Ambrose
| Newton, Mr.. Darby, and" (here he men
toned two or three others)-"to come for
| ward.
All were forthcoming, more or less en-
| barrassed, and when they were seated on
the stage the professor continued:
| Before commencing, / must beg the
| audience not to be alarmed, whatever hap
pens, and to please keep their seats. Now,
| first, I win give you a bit Of history, the
application of which you will not be long
| in discovering.
about a year ago, down in Louisiana.
| a number of young men were out one
| evening making merry, and were so ex-
ceedingly hilarious that they incurred
| the displeasure of the officers of the law
| who attempted to arrest them. In the
| struggle the town marshal was shot and
| killed, very unfortunately. One of the
young men, Mr.. de Russy was suspected
of having fired the fatal shot, and, while
! he was innocent, it was thought best
for him to disappear for a time, until the
mystery was cleared up 1t is cleared
up, the man who killed. the marshal hav-
ing recently confessed
Here it was learned that the leading
citizens on the stage We're looking anx-
iously out toward one of the wings, and
seemed extremely uneasy but none left
his seat. The professor continued, speak
ing very rapidly:
De Russey came to your glorious state
and sought temporary asylum. He found
employment and settled himself to re-
main until the trouble should be cleared
up. In his new position he was pleasant
and obliging but, through fear of dis
covering himself to the authorities, was
/ so mild in his manners that nearly every
body in town took advantage of him;
although l know him to be one of the
bravest men of a fighting family, quick
TO &NSUSe an Insult anu dAW avs INduy 3
under ordinary circumstances, to meet
any man in fair combat.
For what he has had to undergo he does
not ask much but he is bound to have
that; and'-here he produced a brace of
six-shooters and covered the audience,
lust as the new bar boy from the Bin
ford house, who had been covering from
a wing the semi circle of prominent citi-
zens on the stage, stepped in full view,
armed as was the professor, and with
ewes sparklin with the lust Of longed-
for vengence about to be satisfed-'lest
anv gentleman in the audience get eX-
cited while the gentlemen on the stage are
satisfying M. de Russy of their desire
to expiate past wrongs done him, l will
call attention to the fact that it would
be very dangerous to draw return fire
from the stage into this crowd. Pray
he calm. ladies and gentlemen. The VIC
llnlgt will please play old Grimes while
the gentlemen on the stage rise and
dance"
Here a confused murmur interrupted
any further remarks he may have intend
ed TO make, and one or two Of the gentle
men of probity and veracity," who had
hitherto seemed half stupehed reached