Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-17
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passed the place Was
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u&1fto drink, day - drink!
WhicA& the propsress day to drink1
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- dsy Sunday, Mosisgf
Law a. sa some day !"
! Then sqeaA Of sets aad rowdies reelsd out, hic-
coughing, "Hic-6aturday!" Hic-Sunday"-
"Hic-Monday.' "Hic-by Cd. Monday come -
"we'll see 'em QUIT" well put Van through today"
Three cheers--hic, Ehlc--l%proPnsty
ergetic. and down he fell into the gutter. watch
sprung his rattle; six Charles came to his as
sistance, and Of his companions who was senti.
mentally drunk, moralzed thus" Hic-very
Observation-Disclosures c-booked 20 and home he
went to bed. 8earf
But it was not only to men that this was broken
night; many a young girl turned and tossed her fair
upon an uneasy bed and the sound Of band of mu-
sic serenading the Governor az Sandersons hotel
the signal for every unmarried female in the
neghborhood who heard it, to kick of the coverlid.
leap nimbly from the bed or girls motions in get
ting thereon or getting therefrom are more active
than man 81 and rush deshabiie TO the window at
the risk Of having their numerous charms laid bare by
the light of the moon, which unbdden breaks its way
alike into mans maiden's bed room; for Byron
says
-,There's not day
Y the longest, not the twenty fourth Of June,
Sees halfihs mischief in modest way
On which three hours Of yellow moonshine smile,
And then she looks modest all the while"
Many fair maiden longed for the dawn Of day,
who ere that days sun went down, longed hastily
for night the ek-headed souls and such sleep
nights swore savagely ut the serenaders, and again
composed themselves to sleep; the hours OF dark
drove their course; the sun sweled up above
the horizon with Gabriel the right hand and Satan
the left, regulate the saints and sinners for the
day; and the daylight caught the fair creatures Of
this fair city fast locked in the arms Of their sisters
or husbands, or oblivion, or semnus, or somebody
else.
Before eight O'Clock, however, every man, wo-
man, and child had their breakfasts in their bellies,
their best pettcoats panaettes and pantaioons upon
their limbs, washed their hands and faces, and in
some their feet, which includes the legs,
ceansed their nails and teeth, grded up their loins
laced up their corsets braced their breeches and
betaken themselves to the business of the day;
which was to see and be seen; to eat, drink and be
merry, and to go to bed at night with either head
or a heart ache, back or belly ache. His Demo.
cratic Majesty passed the night with General WALL
at Burlington, left there in a train Of cars spec-
ally appropriated for the purpose, and reached the
railroad depot at Kensington, about eleven o'clock.
Here he was met by the Committee Of Arrange
ments and thousands Of the citizens. The streets
were blocked up for half mile rounds with difficult
ty the procession formed, which passed first
der magnificent arch thrown the road formed
Of beautiful dahIias. The details Of the order
of proce ssion yon will little about; suffice it to
saw that il was in this wise: