Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-02-05
A Conversation Between Olovo.
land and CDBar.


The following 10 an essay read be.
fore u high school last Friday by
Lucius Rosa, son Of Hon. A. l.. Ross,
the subject being IN imaginary inter.
view ut the present time:
II WAS a beautiful day 1t the close Of
spring when sumner first begins her
reign and the barbarian hOrdes Of flies
horncts, wasps and Unsuitable mosque
toes come down upon the men Of all
climes aud nations,- the Niger, the
Chinsman, the psle.facc, and the much
married Turk like u wolf on the fold,
with unma,ci,Able fury, makes life mis-.
cradle, and when night draws her sable
curtain over the weary world then the
crickcts take up their refrain and make
the night bideous.
1t u as l said, on one Of these
mornings that our cx.President vas
! sitting la his office At Princeton, NJ j.,
trying TO escape the lnosquitoe aud al
overpowering 1T Of spring fever; now
l don't say that our retired chief magis-
trate Is pessimist, but II was probably
the mosquitoes that pcrsistently tried TO
pierce his skull, or the flies that held
high carnival upon his sparscly cover
cd Uranium, anyway after jamminH the
wastebasket over his head and plung.
ing his hands into his pockets he fell
into Il profound rcverie upon the tickle.
ness and the Inconsistency Of the genus
homo and he lamented their down
ward course. "What will become Of
US" thought he. No doubt the anti.
quarian of after ages will xcava the
great cities OF our land and wonder
what were their names. MAN Ia de-
clining." thought he. ut 10 very diff.
cult TO find an honest man among Our
prominent men and | foresee u dark fu-
ture for this glorious land Of ours"
Thus he thought on and had about
come to the conclusion that life was u
calling load, II long, a rough, a weary
road, and that man was made 10
mourn" when his profound mcditations
were disturbed by the anatomical re.
searches Of a blood thirsty mosquito.
Thus aroused and alert he was aware
Of IA phantom approaching. The said
phantom wore the broad bordercd toga
that the volumptuous Romans wore in
the days Of yore and II had upon its
head u wreath Of anemones. The hand
OF this phantom looked ~ though II
were resting upon the hit Of a sword.
Mr.. Cleveland, who il Il great student
Of antiquity, knew at once that he was
In the presence OF one who once be,
strobe the narrow world like a colossus
and who was the founder of the Roman
empire. mot the learned obiescence
made he not a moment stopt or stayed
+, he" but went straight TO our hero and
address him thus: 80! Stranger who.
eyer thou art, | would have you know
and | would now what has become 0i
the vast empire that | left, vino o
rules II and through what wars II ha.
passed. | could not learn anything
from the new Corners to the doIefuI
shades OF Gehenna because they were
so depressed and blue"
The ex. President after recovering hi,
:. wind and adjust ny his waste basket
proceeded to cnlighten C@,ar thus
There il no Roman Empire. The In
hubitants Of the beautiful isle Of tn.
Romans, the heirs OF the wonderful
civilization Of Rome, are now called by
the ignoininOus title Of 'Dagoes,' ant
those whom You subducd have expand
:, ed into a glOr iOus society" will no
dwell at length upon the GRAFTON Of GU
, distinguished diplomat, but when h
wax done he WAS In Il prodigious swea
and had climed out Of the slough O
dependency and upon the pinnacle o
d~electation lie pictured our countr.
~ the finest on earth, that completed.
overshsdowed all previous govern
mentn. C@sar was broken hearted AM
detected. Grover then proceeded u
light . cigar and only then did CDsa
ecOve and prOceed to put Grove
out" with the CONTENTS Of = water pitch
or and 70 effectually did he perform !
N that Grover, when he recovered, WA 3
furious that he few ut Cesar wit
II mAtchlesS violence and hen our illut
o trious statesman prodigiously acceile,
o ated his movements by divers grieviou