The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-26

The congress of nations was prompt
ly called to order at the appointed time
| by Terrence the Irishman, last night.
ROll-calI showed that every member
was in his place at the round table at
! Tim Sullivan's Sign of the Silver Mug.
"Oi see be the papers" said Terrence,
thot our frind an counthryman
George Dewey is having his own thrub-
bles these days First an foremost, he
got married to a stout lady be the name
av Mclean, an thin while Cupid's dart
was still stickin' in his heart an max
in it soft, he up and dades the foine
home thot we Amerrycans gave him in
Washington, to his wolfe.
Nov av coorse, byes, whole we may
condone his affince and throw the cloak
dv charity around his intintions, it
isn't ivry mothers son av us in the
sthates thot wud let him down so aisy
Ye see, 5yes, it's this way-George
knocked the Sponnish fate in the wa
theirs av. Manila bay, sky high into
kingdom come, some time ago, an the
adjewlation thot he has resaved liver
since has tur-rned his hid.
The Amerrycan public is as tickle as
the ancient Grakes Ould Miltiades wint
wan foine day in the marnin about 400
years BEFORE the Christian era, and
met hord av Persian invaders on the
plains av Marathon. He only had a
small band at his back, but Mill was
the pluclty gossoon and bein' good po-
ker player, too, he knew how to bluff.
So, says he, to the Persians, get off the
earth says he or at Taste thot part
av the earth comproised widdin the
Grake PENINSULA. OF won't get off, says
the Persian, and wild thot they wint
at it, Well, sir, Mill and his min de-
fated the Persians tin to one, Dim told
be the historian thot was an eye wit
ness ay the dade An they dug out fer
Asia.
"Whin Mill and his min got back to
Athens they were loaded down wild
honors, but pritty soon public Sintimint
sWooped off and the tickle Grakes load
ed poor ould Mill wild chains. Now
thot's exactly the case wild our ould
frind and counthrymin, Mr.. Dewey, av
the quarterback.
George wint out on the first av May
in nointy-eight, the same year as the
Oirish raybillion, only 100 years after,
and he licked Monte Joe ard his
Sponyards out av their boots He sunk
their lOlIt ydIilNSs lhSpNeNt1 1870 49,
match staymers and the Amerrycan
public imitatin' the Grakes in the days
OF tould We about threw it's hat high
in the air. 'Hurroo,' said the public.
'Hurroo fer Ga)r2e Dewey an his gal
LIANT min behoind the guns, it said.
Come home quick, George it SID, I'M
III oi kiss the two cheeks av yer foine
nobla face it sid. 'Oi will, sid George,
,whin OF get a day off, sid he
I'm the manetoime George had bin in
corresnondenee wild his stout swate-
bear-rt wild the skinny name. Uncle
som didn't know a Wor-rd aY this, Ter
We see, byes, George, who is the per
suasive lad, got Cupid to use his IN
Aooence wild Mercury, ana so the goa
Wild the winged heel used to carry the
messages, an thus they avoided the
pryin' and profane eye aV the letther
carrier. 4L ,,.os
+be divviPs own ructions raised. Shure
We native Amerrycans cuddint do TOO
,,,,,cb for him. 'Ye're all roit George,
ga we promenade up Broadway, SID
,,,e until we get a peek at your ZONE
eo,,re sid we. 'O will sid George, ii
US frind Tiddy Roosevelt will rode his
az charger an show how he carried
+ba boits av Can Jew Ann whin Shat-
tber was tin moiles behoin the 1olrln
inin laid uu wild the mayzils an
cramps behoin his vest,
"'Twas proud day fer .Iiddy an a
,,ronde " ~ wan fer George. They looked
foine bves. OF know it, fer oil rode IN
the carriage wild George and Gin9y raj
Moiles. Hurroo for George ,r yeilea t faT
RP GIllJ, said they, Thin they sphotted
aleef 'Hurroo fer Terrence, sid a
was the prissydint av the Kirryman as
benevolint association. a 7,l. % ,,, LEI
dev free oireland, said he, and git
uay ay these rayciptions in Dublin
Min wb he roides down in triumph to be
crowned m o at College Crane, said he. SO g
We " see byes. twas a bit av personal
g ettarest thot oil can take in the ray
cintion to our frind George;
wei, sor, TO see George thot day an an
look into the foine blue eyes av him.