Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-17

card offeedin there's not the likes oil her IN iIe
land; so make your mind alsy, and II you 1,I l,Ae
her for the money, you may nave her- nn ny,
indeed. Pm not in hurry" says ne, ana IN
wait tiII see how they 90 in the fair."-With
all my heart, says |, purtendln' to De no ways
consarned; but in truth, 4 began to be afeared
that the people was SEEM somethln' unnatnTai
about her, and that we'd never get rld OF her, at
all, at all. A
AT last. we KEN to the fair, and great slgnt
o. people was in it-trorth you'd think the who're
world was there, let alone the standln' o. gin,
oerbread and illigant ribbins, and maxim O.
beautiful gownds. and pitch and-toss, ana mer-
ry-go-roun's, and tints with the best av drink IN
thin, and the fiddles playin' up t Encourage Inc
bows and girls; but never minded them d. ALI
but detarmint to sell the thievin' rogue OF cow
afore I'd mind any divarshin in HE, so an +
dhriv her into the thick av the fair whln, all Oh
a suddnt, as | KEN to the door av tint, up
stbruck the mines TO the tune of" Tattherin Jack
Welsh" and, my jew'l, in minit the CO"
cock'd her ear, and was maxim a dart at the
tint Och, murther, says l. to the boys stanoin'
bv bould her, saws |, hould her-she ate one
! piper already, the vagabone, and, bad luck 10
her she wants another now-"ls II co" lot
to ate piper" says one o. thin. Divli Woro
o. lie in it, for seen his corpse myseli, ana no
thin left but the two legs, says l; ana l,s io,.
" to be sthrivin' to hide it, for see shell never
lave il aff-as Poor Paddy Grogdn knows 10
his cost the Lord be marciful to him." WHO'S
that takin' my name in vain?" says voice IN
the crowd and with that, shown the throng a
one side who the divl should see but Paddy
Grogan, to all appearance Oh, hould him,
too saws |: keen him av me, for it's not himself
at all, but his ghoust says l; for he was kilt last
night, to my sartin knowledge, every men aV
! him. all to to his legs
Well. sir. with that, Paddy-for it acas Paddy
himself as il KEN out afther- fell a laughin',
that yon'd think his sides 'ud split; and whin ne
kern to himself he ups and he tonld uz now IL
was. as | tould you already; and the likes aV
the fun they made av me was beyant tellin, for
wrongG,ly misdoubtn' the poor COW, and lay
! in the blame av atm piper an her. So we
all whit into the tint to hav it explained, and by
COR it took full gallon o. sper'ts T. explain 1T
and we dhrank health and long life 10 Paddy
and the COW, and Paddy played that day beyanl
all telln', and many one said the likes was
never heard before or senCe, even from PADDY
+ himself; and av coorse the poor slandhered COW
was dhruv home agin, and many quiet day
she had wild w afther that; and whn she died
throth my father had such regard for the poor
thing, that he had her skinned, and an illigan'
pair iv breeches made out iv her hide, and it's
in the family to this day; and isn't it mighty re-
markable it is, what Pm goin' to tell you now,
but it's as thrue as Pm here, that, from that OUT
any one that has thin breeches an, the mint a
pair o. pipes sthrikes up. they can't rest, but
goes jiggin' and jiggin in their safe. and never
stops as long as the pipes is playlng-and there
T (said he, sappn' the garment in question, tna'
covered his sinewy limbs, with spank OF his
brawny hand, that might have startled nerves
moreSender than mine,) there, there is the very
breeches that's an me now, and fine pair they
are this mint.