Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-07-19
HERE N THERE

VuleaF bOWery slang SO generally
ascribed to him. In fact, it is reported
that the English which is employed by
Brother Sullivan in the expression Of
his ideas is clear, pure and musical as
the tinkling of a mountain stream.down
a rocky gorge. Polysyllabic words wing
their flight from his delicately curved
lips with all the graceful ease of a carrier
pigeon, and the soothing melody of his
voice is as inspiring Of slumber as the
notorious fists which he is accustomed
to employ in the prize ring. And to
those who have always stood up for
John, when he was but imperfectly able
to stand up himself, this delayed correc-
ton of an roneou public opinion
comes with all the sweet satisfaction
which attaches to the receipt of a crate
of Strawberries which have been side
tracked at the wrong station, and left
out in the u until a bulky tracer has
accumulated and finally ferreted them
down.
1t is from Johns own lips that this
correction has ome For years he has
suffered under a heavy load of oppres-
sion, misrepresentation, vilification, con-
tumely and alcohol, until his spirit mas
peer nigh unto bursting, and his stomach
has become leaky and Enthusiastically.
His eyes have come to be filed with
tears, and decorated with strips Of ad-
heslve plaster, and he has at last risen
up against his oppressors, to set himself
right before the vast concourse of his
admirers.
Particulars of the interview, at which
be demonstrated his innocence of the
charge laid against him are meager.
But who is there, of a temperament in
the slightest degree imaginative, who is
unable to picture to himself, the scene.
Perhaps John stood with his elbows rest
ing nightly upon his ~favorite bar, and
with his ponderous right hand appraised,
his head thrown back at a tilt sufficiently
great to permit the trickling of liquid
inspiration down his massive cervical
column without exertion, his heavy brow
retreating with the suddepness and alb
ruptness of a Chinese assaulting column,
and his eyes sparkling with the brilliant
energy of a danger lantern on the rear
end of a fast freight, while his lips
opened to a sufficient width to permit
the dripping forth of some such poly
syllable and profound burst of eloquent
Demosthenic or Ciceronic oratory as
this:
"When dey say I can't sling me jaw
wild de best of EN-, dey's lynn, see? Dis
bowery lingo amt me style, understand.
Talkin' de Queens English clear down
de handle an half way up de spout is
me long suit, and any of de papers what
says different is jealous of me style, seer"
1t should be a matter of great public
satisfaction that Mr.. Sullivan has been
set right before the mass of the people.
To those of us who have always contend
ed for higher education, and esthetic
and esoteric development in the prize
ring, it comes as an especial boon. The
declaration of Mr.. Sullivan's extreme
culture and polysy]labic verbosity
should be heralded abroad with gladness
and rejoicing. It may lead to higher
things, and ere long we may learn that
Pugilist Corbett is preparing a treatise
upon parlor etiquette and Pugilist Fitz-
simmons some profound research upon
medieval culture and its evolution
under the processes of advancing civil
cation. The age of the polysyllabic pugi-
list and the golden era OF culture in the
prize ring appear to be at hand.
National Treasury reports show the
deficit last month to have been $4,000,
600 to s15,000,0 900, and with the same
careful Encouragement which has
characterized the democratic administra-
ton since it's inception, Secretary Car
Isle hopes that the deficit this month
will equal, if not exceed, that figure. It
is relieving always to know that what
ever else may suffer during a democratic
administration, the treasury deficit is
always kept intact, and never changes
except upon a rising scale. The deficit
which has accumulated during the past
three years OF power is the especial
pride Of the administration, and the
figures representing it's aggregate are
inscribed in Secretary Carlisle's private
account book in vivid crimson ink, and
to them the secretary refers with swelling
pride, whenever his ability as a fnanoier,
or the qualifications of his party in the
same direction, are brought into cues
ton. Whenever, by any mlschance, the
deficit is allowed to grow in the slightest
degree smaller, the effect is at once evil
dent upon the secretary, who grows
~leaden-eyed and pale-cheeked, while a
thick fur accumulates upon his tongue,
and q bad taste abides in his
mouth, until the crisis has been
safely passed, and the deficit begins