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Show THE MILLENNIUM- The "Third From Adam and Christ" in the City Jail. How have the mighty fallen ! And in the labt days false prophets shall rise up in the land to break into homes, buret open cupboards, insult the ermine of justice, and get into jail. It is not claimed that this is a literal quotation from tho good book, therefore do not be led astray by it. Yesterday an antiquated, fossilized looking individual, whoBe appearanco to tbu oitsual observer ia sUrlHuijly that of a materialized ghost, was arrested ar-rested and marched before Justice Pyper's bar of justice. The stately personage threw down his professional, profession-al, business card, on which was typographically displayed the following: follow-ing: "The Millennium. Ambrose V. Leonard. Bom in the Living Law Tim Third tViini Adam and Christ; on the Otht-r side. Admit Bearer. One Dollar." And this man was accused of crimo. The blaudni;s of the court was Bonn -hing supremely heavenly, when ho inquired "who appears against this living man ?" The witness wit-ness arose. From his appearance he wns probably the fourth "from Adam and Christ, on the other side." Hia mortal name was Sydney, surnamed Hudson; he of the fruit ladders and , "school district representation." Sydney we call him Sydney because be-cause that's hia name solemnly declared de-clared that the "3d from A. & C." was a housebreaker ; that he had broken open the door of his (S.'s) domicile, and had then demolished his cupboard; and, furthermore, that the "3d from A. & C." was a vagrant, va-grant, in that he could not exhibit visible means of support ; and for all this Sydney prayed that justice might be done in the premises. Ambroso V. soared aloft hia mighty arm, and allowing his flowing locks lo float gracefully o'er Iiia moulders, indignantly indig-nantly denied that he was a vagrant. Ho had a mission to perform, a sacred work to accomplish. If the superior being who controlled him probably the second from A. tfc C. directed that he should Buatch from the pocket of a fallen man, or from a cupboard, a crust of bread, no power on earth could stay his hand till the pocket or cupboard had been robbed of its crust. ; Tho justice thought that a man who had such a miaeion to perform and was so well qualified to execute its requirements, had visible means of support, and therefore dismissed the charge of vagrancy. But Sydney established the truth of the other charge the door smashing and Ambrose was fined $10, with the option op-tion of paying the same in money or labor on the public Btreeta at the rate of $1 per day. An outburst of abusive eloquence, on the part of Ambrose, resulted in bis being fined $5 for contempt, alao with the alternative of settling in cash or labor. Then was he again aroused and lashed into a mighty fury. "Work," said he; "me work, with the ungodly pick and shovel n the public streets ! Me, the ' third from Adam and Christ, on the other' aide ! ' No, bit, Judge Pypor, never will I soil my hands with work, unless it be to thrash you." Judge Pyper "I fine you $10 for contempt, and sentence yob to labor on the Btreets at $1 per day until the amount ia " Third from A. & C " Now, by the eternal " Judge P. (to an officer) "Take that man to jail." And Ambrose V. was escorted to the prison house, and the court adjourned. ad-journed. Look for the "3d from A. fe'C." swinging the " ungodly pick" on the highways. |