Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-02
No. vEHOLE No. 472
P0I.IcR RRroRT.

FS III 1S mOSg aStOMNDlsN3 Nutu tksenaf0 MervyR, as he FslinqnisIed the attempt b rise from thelgptlsr at tho corner of Sixth and Prune-sfreefs tits FeaEly astonishing how soonthis dreadful climafa of America brings on old age. | shall never survive to get home and wFiie book abOus the place- e-never. Here asn |, six feet two. without my stockings, spraWling in asdirty republican gutter, without being able tO help myself o9s Ofit. There's that lamp winking and blinking in my face, as if ft wanted to laugh. and would if it had .
 mouth !: and big brute Of dog just now
 Hosed me to see whethcr was good t0 eat. What conntry what gutters! and what liquor | only took nina swallers oc i16hiskey, and whal Aiti that and tkepFA-
 maturc old age, I vefily believe I'In assas- sinafed- -I'ma gone ehickene
 E. MT. Meryyn now clamorsd a loudly that assistance sooif came. l aSile0ce there What's the matter r 4
 Matter yourself--l'm being done. or [ ss some people say, I'm doing. Tho mart sa l is too deep for himself. Help mo out-s-. gently--there. Ant l ina . pretty picklc.a This is what the doctors call gatsa serene. isn'l,it .'@ 's...'.
 'sWhen I was at school, the boys would have called you guiteral.' ps a1pr
 They wouldn't have known much gratn-
 mar, If they did. Fun . liquid -see mo drip.' 's r Oh! ho!' said the watch, don't tryto
 be funny know you we'll enough, nov
 you've wiped your face. You're tho chap that locked mo up in my bex once. and when burst open the door, you knocked mo heels over head. and legged it,
 That's me. did that thing. How did you like the ups and downs of public life Isn't variety charming 2
 .s Lfit wasn't that I'm public functiona- ", and musn't give way to my feelings. I'd crack your cocoa, and ease my mind by doing as was done by. l'll make aR
 example of you, however. You're my prisoner. Hally c00skay to tho watch'us, ] That's the Dutch for being tuck pp.' m E Well.i give us your arm. Don't be |afraid of the mud. Gutter mud is very ,whoiesonie. Look at the pigs, how fat it makes lem; and if you like fie pork, why shOuldnst yon like what makes pork fat2 So-so- -stcady. Now HI tell you alt about t'other night. was passing your box in . friendly, promiscuoiis sort of B ...... T sl,~as-h ssIO ksy ID wINd you up. IT i waick ant wound upsit can't either keep good tinle, or even go.s
 sWell, what else q N 1<}a
 sWhy, then I watched tho box, and
 when you came out, Iboxed the watch.'
 ' Iia very obligiRg. Now it's my turn to wind you up. and to do it in the same way, Islltake you before the watch maker, to. be cleared and regulated. You go too fast. but he'll put spoke in yo0E wheel; he'll you by the State House, aad make you keep good time.' sFf:}el3 s@at
 Why, watchy, you're aswag. Why don't you say that was . horizontal, and that you liftcd ma up like patent levera You're wide awake now; but that night you wer'n't up to trap, or you woald have
 caught me. l caught wcasle asleep that time--I pnt fresh salt on you for once To add one more to his vagaries, Mer- and sitting down on step, loudly avowed
 his resolutions declaring his natae was not Walker. MI sa
 ". Whether your name is Walker or not, you must go. .. \ a. .5m I Not without go-car.-you can't force
 me to go-vI'm . legal tender, and you must
 take me. Havn'tI I got an office, or at
 least. aint Tin public situation. here on
 the steps, Mir. Charley Rattletraps1 HI
 must gS, it shall be on the Yankee princi-
 pie of rotation-bfing wheel -barrow.-
 Reform mo out regularly Persuasion being useless, the officer pro- cured assistance and n wheel barrow, in
 which Msryyn was placed, Away they went. N M. SDsl,.s -ss. N ss6.e.gs1 sSo we go, said Mervyn. .Charley's
 making a barTow-knight of me. Gensly over the stones. 6on'i like bumpers, except wheRsI get them of porter. This
 is the way to whesling- -hurra! cart befors the horse 9tkW
 When arrived at the waich-honse, Mer- vyn insisted upon being wheeled up stairs. and styled tho place 5ayrosO-nial castle II am modest man. said he, md. no stairer. IfL cant have ride up, thiak myself entitled to draw back aNs eh
 So saying he attempted to escape. but not being 90 nimbls with his Sect @ with
 bic tongue, he was soon caught, and Iqgged back, being, as he said, like goldsmiltss
 work beautifully chased. Willing hands made short work, and in eonsequences the
 unsayory pnnsser was so0n carried ID aloff, and next morning. sober and peniteas. paid sipsy fine and his carriago-hire wjlh a dnle-