The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19

low BosfontaEs were found ashore seated
en- largo rock. and ready 10 break forth
into song.
Other traditions convey tie impression
.nat ne and his amiabie company were
aug OUT or the mounds constructed by pre-
historic races, and some one claims to
nave unedrtned tablet at PompeH upon
which there was a rude sketch showing
ceary enough. however, Mr.. Barnabee In
tae act Of singing that dirty In which a
perpetual motion leg is described
IN ordinary fairness TO an exceilen. ana
admirable gentleman whose friends are
numbered by the thousand. II should be
MADE clear that there is no foundation at
all Tor these stories. Mr. Bernahee did
rot live at the time Pompeif fourtshed
ana 10 much younger than the pyramids
or the mound builders. How he should
De COMPOUNDED with anything 30 old and
overprsised as Columbus is one Of .hose
mysteries OF jealousy which. Ike me
Anatomy OF Melancholy. II il extremely
dimeuiI TO understand Any one who gees
lin this week must observe that he Is not
even very old young man. and win be
further impressed with the hope that a
gentleman SO genial and kindly may live
IN the future quite as long as these fish
Ike tales would have us believe that he
did live In the past.
The Hosfonians. after whom Boston was
T. q
strength. He is their chief battiement and
ward. Without his name as guaranty Of
good faith II would be necessary 10 ident-
fy themselves by some such exhibition OF
birtnmarks as the law permits or by or
binary process Of affidavit under oath.
To be sure. IL Mcdonald. Jessie Bartlett
Davis or rockingham CHANGED to be In
attendance nj any investigation their
presence would simplify matters Every
body knows that they are AUTHENTIC, and
while 1t would be base ealumny to af-
hrm that Jessie Bartlett Davis sat upon
the rock, with the others, awaiting CO.
iumbus. like some glorious realization of
patience on monument. II might be diffl-
cult for Mr.. rockingham to prove an
aIibi.
However these things may be, so long az
the familiar trademark OF Barnahee and
Mcdonald Is blown In the bottle and
stamped upon the cork we know to a GER
tainty that the Bostonians are genuine
and no base imitation designed to deceive
the public. AS the only brand of musical
goods that has survived the chances and
changes Of so many years they deserve
popular confidence. and no cruel retailers
OF fairy stories about Columbus and the
mound-builders can shatter that conf
depce.
II was only the other day that Henry
Clay Barnabee celebrated his sixtv-fourth
birthday. a figure that places him In the
prime OF life. almost Juvenile, I'm fact,
when compared with such a veteran as
Joseph jefferson. who nearly touches the
70 mark. and liz the dean Of the dramatic
comedians. just as Mr.. Barnabee is high
priest among comic opera comedians. But
last evening he played the part of the
duke in that beautiful opera, 'The Sere-
made" with all the spirit of a Young man
just graduated into full citizenship-sing-
ing well and speaking his lines far hett ,r
than he did IN ''Pinafore' something like
twenty years ago.
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Al the benefit for the mother and widow
OF the late William Hoey cold Hoss'').
which was given at the Herald Square