Litchfield enquirer., 1839-05-30

as u comes 10 US WlGIlOut mead or credit. in
an exchange paper. Whoever wrote 10 is
a genius, as any one who reads il, will con-
fess. al ~
"Et's a miserable piece Of business" said
Neddy Brown livng's a miserable piece
OF 6usiness--and maakind's miserable
dog. I've threatened TO reform any time
these ten years, because though love Ii
qnor, hate intoxication, and vet here an,
the same old two and sixpence l was last
night, and every night before that as / re-
member. I'm pretty tol-lol for an old
man every night about IL o'clock. Nov,
tomorrow morning, Ill be for passing the
reform bill. for the benefit Of my constitu-
ton. but at night the reform bill will be laid
under the table. S'posing l was: to join
the temperance society, by'way of a slant,
aud taper off with quart or two Of cider !?
Bot what's the use when can taper off
without joining Iwon't be ruled By oth-
ers' when | can 60 straight myself, II I've
mind to ]" observed Brown, as he launch.
ed up against the wall. Temperance
fddlcstieks must have little now and
then, only ! can't 60 over the right quanti-
". I've great mind to 60 and get guaged |!
But If the temperance folks win 60 The en-
tire animal, the whole sucker, the COM
plete catfsh-I'm the chap to Join 'e.n.--
quit the cities aud 60 int the woods, and
dine upon acorns. Veto pig-tail, maco-
boy, and long mines. But they won't.-
They are just like my dad, who used to
hammer me for lying ia bed, when / was a
boy, and it was only because his coppers
we're so hot that he couldn't sleep, that
made him get up himself. Hot eoppers is
an earlier riser than chicken, and the
way to got up early is to take treble al-
lowance. Bless my heart" said Brown,
"h l ain't getting the aOhere-tO-gO in my
head"
"What's the matter, neighbor :" said
man with badge.
/" I'm dizzy-got the where-to-go in my
head instead Of my feet"
"Shall assist you2
Sir, you are too polite: You're insin-
uating as a coIkscrew. Ill not bother
you
No bother, not by no means. It's my
Duty
Here's philanthropist! His duty to
assist people in distress Why you're a
bird-a perfect tom-tit Chesterfield
Don't run your rigs on me, larkey, or
Ill give you another guess sort where-to-
60. I've sort Of impression that you are
sprung. You've had too much tea, and too
little WATER
You hurt my feelings, and brush the
blue of the delicate plume Of my character
by your insinuations. After tomorrow !
wont touch today, II it should cry for me
to kiss it,
Well, You shau't be tuck up on suspi-
cion. Can you walk crack, foot TO foot,
twistified fashion 2
lift wasn't that I'm troubled in mind,
I'm sure ] copld-I know I can to-mor-
row. If you'll stop in after dinner, take off
your things, bring your work, and stop to
tea, as the gals say
That won't do. Walk q crack, or you
must Wink your chalk before the mayor
well, I will. You musnt laugh though,
or you'll put me OUT
Fire away, Flanagan. Til be rs grave
as a Jackass, or Justice Of the peace,
when he wants his dinner
Stand abaft y reared Brown. Here
goesl' He made desperate effort to e.
cape, but his accommodating friend put
out his foot. and Neddy Brown typi6ed the
decline and fall Of the Roman empire.
I'm down and it's al up sighed he.-
: It's F for figs, for jigs, N for knuck-
lebones, and s for Jack-stones, with me.
My knees are stuv' in, and ] can't tell
whether I've got any hands or not. IfId
passed the reform bin or Joined the tempe
rance society, this wouldn't have happen
ed.
.IIl pray to the Law, though I've prayed
not to be, many time. I'll knock of and
como out cat-bird for the future. H will
be q great saving Of fps and clothes, too.
for my pants are tantamonnt to the slack
of fifty cents clothes are riz; old canyass-
back will charge full that, for sewing q
pancake 10 each knee
Why didn't you behavs nice, and do
credit to them as fetched you mp, instead Of
trying TO break jail, with no more manners
than boss =
'Ah, now let me 60, that's good man,
and Ill never do so any more. All! do
you're clever fellow
How often, upon your deed. and deed.
and double deed, and cross your breath,
have you promised that =
Don't ask me, for ! can't tell. !
havn't got my cyphering book. Long sums
always bother me so.'
'Then the case is all Dicky and down
Dennis. When you're once took. 81 you're
took now, as far as my Ieadin goes. there's
no screshumary power vesirased, under the
constitution Of the State, in me for suffer-
ing you to mosey home, or cut stick any
where else. Eor the law thinks if you're
bad enough scorched to be took. you're
bad enough scorched to be hung on 70 !;
aud I'm inclined to think so too, seeing as
how didoes in one street is pretty nigh a.
bad as didoes in another and men what's
cossed can't 60 straight home It they was