Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1879 — He Had Been to “Pinafore.” [ARTICLE]

He Had Been to “Pinafore.”

He came swaying up from below, singing: For I’m Little Buttercup, Dear little Gutter Pup—when the Justice gently asked him if he would stop his noise. “ Can’t do it, Squire—l’ll lose it—l’ll lose it —I’m little—” “Lose what—what have you got to lose ? ” “ Lose the tune, man. Went t’ the opera last night—see little Gutter—” “And where did you go after the opera was over ? ” asked the court. “ Went straight to the hotel—straight. P’leeceman showed me the way. What’s my bill? Where’s the feller t’ keeps this hotel—l’m a little gutter pup—” “ Yes, you are evidently a little gutter pup,” said the Justice, sadly. “ Your hotel bill will be $5, with the understanding that you follow the company out of town, and play the character of gutter pup somewhere else.”— Syracuse Sunday Times.