Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-10

From our eveniag edition Of yesterday
a tmshouse Roport--A Scene from Life.

Ii happened in this year OF SAD disasters,
Famous for rotten banks and base shih-posters
That one maternal
Eeing. from deep sorrow,
know not why,
Did buy or borrow
A cup diuraal
Iy-'Tis truthful give her name,
And what she did, where went and whtnce she Came.
Mistress McDermott, once among the finest
OF all esrh's pssntry, was born N l muns.sr
New though the Emerald isle is the diSinest
Nigh. choose his high flown rhapsodies to give on
II is, in fact the Oldest place 70 i've on
Pm 10th
To slip an oNh, ,,.t
But il there is thing that deiish, ~
,'ris force, nerve, yigor IN wiiers MIi.a's,
And Won Yourself most potent Misther behneu,
Have used The phrase, and so Dolby pen IL
Mistress McDermo, len ould Ireland ,-wherefore'
every thing has wherefore and so therefore
One bad day,
A very sad day,
Her husband said, or rather swore, by Jasus'
We'll 90 Merrykey and that will alse Us
There's Tady Flannigar, yon know young rady,
His mothers darling whiskey dri.king baby,
He's at Washington digniiary,
Martin the Frsts OWE private Secretary.
Well got who knows but We
As grcst may be-
They came and the bye lied and left a chiider,
Mistress McDermoti's iortanes to bew!lder
One morning Mrs. Mac lay in the gutter,
Tos fresh, us said, syllable 10 uueri
The officers who ound her, thus reported
The ease among the many III assorted ,,,,,,
"Deaa drunk aid 10 stand her legs couid lena he''
q d iDStOUse," sad the justice iei.
But take away her child, or She might ieach her
To love the nasty, smoking, filthy creature.
Scarce was this case disposed Of, when was Drought
kno,fer Dermoti 100, and drunk too caught;
And nj his back two Macs,
With noisy clacks.
lie came from Connausht in some by gone day;
Now this The Judge contrives TO mend This way;
What FIR the goose j. good,
Shall he The ganders TODD"
So to support his frame and cure his quallns,
He too was sent into the am>house arms.
Mrs. McDermo,,'s term had now expired,
Her term Of visit at the public mansoni
She RETIRED
Nor wished extension
az courtesy from those who every night
II,on her turned the key To keep her night
Before 81 went she begged to have her aohSh hsr
These McDermotts all,
Fat. lie. II. short, tall.
II yours is here you'll know her, that's quite plain
SO take her of and don't come back again..
Mrs McDermou nightly was Hurried;
Ia the Aims College
Her child had grown quite out OF knowledge;
Clever,
However,
She took the best,
The prettiest,
And with il quickly from the mansion hurried
Dir. McDermor, he
And being free, free 10 forge his chainsi
So for bis pains
lie took wife, -
And close imprisonment once more for me-
Now being married 10 a little money,
Lies honey,
He thought he'd take his children outol pawn,
One morn;
So to the almshoase went
Content
That he mig hi hiring TO her, his rib he'd made,
a glad surprise
To bless her eyes,
Some young ready made
"Hre are II e chiIdren-a we've gs,;-
"Zounds, what n lot"
|Pick out your own,
And leave the rest
Alone"
"I'm blest
NJ here II more than one of NINE;
Where is the other! ="
:" Can't divine;
q yes, mother
Took her away
The other day;
Y ut nick and choose take any one you pleae,
And he AT ease"
"lf / do I'll he -. No,
I'm rather
Doubtful, whether this was so;
But TIL not father
Another besgar's brat-no co."
Now Mrs Munster Mac SEN for lie
OF Connaught swore the babe his own musto
For Munster never grew so Gnr child
As the Young being WHO then on them smiled.
"Be aisy row, We blackgua CoGnaught man
Here's Munster eyes-deny u u ye can
Don't mind hun, gintlemen-tbe child Is mine
I'll swear IL on the book, or nj the sh me.
II say tits mine-give up;" and connaught seized
The child
Perplexed-beguleo;
But not so parts the Munster lady. Pleased
Like any t,isc that's fierce and exc heroic,
And red as a fat pu rser with the cholic,
She darts u con the prey,
And fires away. III,
A.s Nunserlp "Cosnaught.r are the war-cr.es Wild
which seem MS il they would divide the chld;
Alas for the fair sex Proud Connaught beats her;
The chiil is his; he riumPhs, and ieieats Gef'