Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-11-24

ny goods still on the way--almost all of our
merchants ore expecting more or less. a
EMINENT LIVING CHARAcTER--ADAM GILLs
--"Pm Locofocus" said Adam Glls, straight
ening himself to a balance, and looking as
crank as four gills and repeat would natural
y make any man." and what's more, ant
ashamed ont NEITHER" said Adam. In sober
earnest, Adam was gloriously drunk--n other
words, "he had aOooded up too heavily for his
tonnage" and as drinking has tendency to
make man political, if not exactly polite, he
was going 1t, as the engineers say, "with
full throttle"
"You needn't laugh at me-" says ADAM"
and say, how de do Mr.. Locotocus? Good
morning, Mr.. Locofocusr for I'll bet FIVE dol
lars, and plank the money next week, there
ant one of you can tell what loco focus means."
It is strange how good natured man will
talk himself into passion, and it is equally
wonderful how passion will provoke thirst.
Adam was growing angry as divers insinua-
tions ofhis intention to change the color Of the
eyes of one of his friends from gray to black
could testify, and he was growing thirsty as
fast, there can be no doubt, judging from his
disbursements Of the constitutional currency,
expended in heavy,oet, for his own peculiar
potation.
1t was just after dark, and things were in
this state, when some unlucky urchn mali
ciousy applied the persuaders to Adams team
ofhorses, which was standing loose before the
door, and they, good honest creatures, after
wondering what their master could want at
home so early in the evening, started on,
leaving, by mistake, Mr.. Adam, to find his
way as best he might. **
swell, if this don't pass all understandin
l wish l may never drink again." said Adam
Gill, as after making several curious evolutions
and circumgyrations, he, stubbed his toe, and
measured his length upon the hard frozen
ground. cod daddy Adams fall, in the big
book, want no touch to it no how. IF Pm a
good toecfocus now, I shall fare up in about
five minutes, for I've had the dirty ground rise
up in my face, till the fiery end feels hot
enough for spontenacious combustion.
shouldn't be surprised if cotch'd fire, and
melted down, like the old women in the tenn
perance tract, and then all the folks would be
runnin and dippin their matches In me, and
should be worse off than Jonny Rogers in the
primer with nine small children at the breast
II wonder if there was nine or ten of them
children? / always thinks of that sarcum-
stance, when gets in this situation, and then
it puzzles me to calculate. lax our minister
whenI get home. How long this world is coming
round! I've waited here until every thing else
has passed but my team--they always was
slow--they' d be fined for passin bridge slower
than. walk, under the law on such cases.
Why don't they come round9 I'm GROWN dry
Pm seasoned and ready to crack open--I
want to obsorb somethn nice and comfortable
however ! guess I'll take snoose first and
wait for the team, seein lcan't walk no how.
How long Adam snoosed, it becometh us not
to say, he however arrived at home late at
night without knowing exactly how he got
there his team having arrived several hours be-
fore. AsAi S''9L9l sli'7l 2ai DIf 7
MAJOR ANDRE.--Tbis unfortunate officer
composed, during his residencein America, a
satirical poem, called the Cow Chase, in which
he ridiculed the American officers and men
without mercy. He describes Gen. Wayne
as being obliged to run from British detach-