Show or A orrt A humorous s J CO contributor to the st louis republican evi i dently understands the capabilities of tho the enga lish language ile ho attempted to make a john son bon speech in a radical meeting with the fol lowing result i fortunately there was but one ona light aught in the tha loom and that was a tallow candle tho the first I 1 chair hurled at me struck it and left us all 1111 in tho he dark I 1 could he hear him rush rushing toward tho the stand I 1 made for the door T that was a sympathizing crow croin d they see mo but they felt for me on they came and on I 1 v N ent came in hi violent contact with tho the globe iobe liko fonn of old chopps just for full I 1 tipped him over and anea out cut hero here boys litogot ivo got him old 0 be being u 9 of about my sh shape and dimensions tho the mo mob b was easily misled and they piled onto on to hr him three deep asi As I 1 matida my aut t at tho the fiant fi out door I 1 heard him scream i i ing for I 1 am suro sure ho he never got it TZ thero vas mas not a quarter in all that crowd onee 0 outside tn two 0 or three recognized me by 1 tho the gas light and 0 persimmons I 1 they freeze to mo me like a hired man elsaid some thing about free speech they replied some thin thing about freebooters illustrating their re ra marks with practical demonstrations demonstration I 1 boro bor up under it or before it until I 1 reached a r pile of briels bricks and you should have seen them i scatter again I 1 anns ft as master of tho the situation and damming discretion discie tion the better part of valor I 1 broke down tho the street as hard as I 1 could tear it takes a strong man to break down clown a street but I 1 did it non nevertheless erth |