Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-25

small horn Of GIN. vi say, oi8s SLASH me o"
Junk of that beet" "Id thank you for stick
of tina, salary, Mr.. Underwood" "lil trouble
YOU, Mr.. Muggins, for leg and wing ana a
bit Of the breast of that there goosr. uoos,s
it's seven year old gander, oy Inc cut'ing on
1 VOW Haw, haw, haw, roars dozen "ei.
lows lunged fellows. "Blauf, be'ches 'of.n
old Mr. Goodspeed. GA little harrycane' oy
Jupi,er," exclsims his neighbor "No, SIR
MISUNDERSTANDING but little wind OF
the s,omach-l've go, the dyspepsia" "Dys'
pepsia, YOU look as though you could eat as
many brick bats and rusty nails as an Ostrich.
"Here, Mister, poke me off some OF The turnip
saace there" "Look at that fellow there-thafs
what call cut and come again.. "Some takes
all but he, leaves none," says Stephen limp
kins as hi. neighbour Costing swept the re-
naming half Of rice pudding upon lbs p,a'e'
81 guess, that fellow means TO get bis dollars
wor,h"-"There's no mistake in that" al
this is very delightful to the we'll bred spec'a'
Tor. more especially il, Just as he is filling
glass Of wine for his friend, brawny noun
t,ineer seizes his bottle in his iron hist, and by
wav of getting his dollars worth, pours out a
trimming tumbler of the ruby nectar, and des-
mite of your mos, desperate trowns, empues 1t
down his portenlous gullet, and pushes your
bottle off among his fiends-never 10 return
OF course.
Blu, the evening is the time for the pictur-
esoue Walk The deck you cannot, because OF
the cold, and the clouds ot tobacco smoke from
dirty pipes and Kentucky segars. Remain be.
low is almost impossible, for the heat ana
moisture produced by the respiration OF So ma"
ny people in single apartment. Hali:snp-
pressed curses and complaints in the middle
csbin-,l.e squaIing of children, and sco'd!ng
r Nd tfpc 10
apartment which was wont 10 be Known as the
ladies' cabin-with EXPLANATIONS of diamonds
mos"-"I'll stand" &c mingled with coarse
tests and vollies of oaths, from those engaged IN
nIayiag shoemaker's loo in the forward cabin :
these and other ungrateful noises, make up
the grand cvnco ord vi sweet sounds during the
evening.
When bedtime arrives, every birth is hlled
and every mattres and se,tee. And yet the hall
ale moi accommodated. These have to take
wha, is called a siandee. Talk they will, and a
man might as well sleep on the top OF the Pis-
ton rod, as in the best birth Of the boat. "Pas-
senrers for Newburgh," calls out the captain.
'"Where's my trunk" "Wha sort Of trunk
was i,?'' "rhe big uunk with iron corners"
"Gone ashore at West Point" so dear, then
all my money and clothes is gone-can't you
put back cap,ain?" "Put back! No-lower
away the boat, there" "Look at tina; mans
red nightcap there" says one, as an old man
thrust his head through The curtains and re-
ques,ed less noise. "Herc, friend, lend me
corner of your blanket" "My blanke'!-tainl
half as wide as saddler's webbing" "Here,
neighbor, wish you'd stick your darned sharp
elbow into somebody else's ribs besides mine"
"Shu your clam-shells," roars out the tenant
sG S.9h @r1rn tina, mans nj sa AkSge
nose began TO peal forth nocturnal hymn
"I'd as lief sleep in stew-pan,' says one
And on the ridge Of blacksmith's shop"
says another "Who'l give fifty cents for my
seitee?" inquiries another. "I'il give three and
sixpence." "Done!'' "TIere, you, mister, you
may have mine Tor three shllings." "No: l'l
give you two "Done!" Captain, baint
going to have a BIRTH" "Birth! No don't you
see they are all full" "Well, l've paid my
money and l expect 10 have birth. My
moneys as good as other folkses clothes
"rhal's right, my good fellow, stick 10 him.
says a wag in an undertone, tipping him with
knowing wink al the time. "Nhy, captain,
how many came aboard at Newburgh" Only
81 and six children "You'l have 10 pile
them up on deck then, for the passengers were
so thick that their legs stuck out Of the cabin
windows before "Och! honeys, and why don,
YOU be aisy there with your bla,hering nonsense.
Here's all these honest jontlemen here, have
heen staping with their eyes open these Mra
hours" "rhats right Pat--give tina, dandy
touch Of the Denny brook fair" "Tha, | will
your honor, and thousand times over, fyour
honor's honor will see me clear of the law. -
"And what business have you here, Pat" in.
quired Mr.. Somebody "Deevil burn We, and
sure he will, said Pat. "Iurra for aud Hick-
DRY say |; and and if you'd like TO carry
iound bones ashore, I'd just bit advise you to
be quiet and lie as aisy you can, and bad luck
to ye." "Capiain, say, never was aboard OF
oe one of these darnd wa,er.caIts aEorc. Do
they always make such tarnal racket? Which
is the best place, if she should blow up?" "In
the bottom of the river" BY jimminy how
she shakes! guess uncle Zeb would be glad
he didn't come along, There il goes, ral:le.ie-
bang; kiule-,e-slam-Why it makes plaguey.
sight more of a shaking than Capt. Doubleday's
nail-factory." 90 do BE- STILL exclaims Mr..
Somebody, in a tone of anguish and supplica-
ton. "Hurra for Jackson!" roar GU, half
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