Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-23
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The following sketch is from tho last number
Of The Temperance Tales, entitled 'As Medi-
cine 1t is part Of the relation Of one Of the
travellers who formed the homogeneous group a,
the country tavern. We think the narrator is
one Of Major Downing's kinsmen. No wonder
Mr.. SniyaI almost 'died a laughiu.'- Clermon.
Eagle.
'Crisey Snive:, the tailor's wife, got going
so bad as any on 'em; but Swivel pooty much
bruk her on it, Ye he put metic int. She
was upon gin then. So she went to Merrick's
shop and told him his gin didn't agree with her,
and got some brandy. Swivel watched her mo-
tons, and she'd got into the house,
then, unbe-known to her, he put metic into that
So she went to Merrick again, and told him his
brandy served her just bad tho gin did. So,
she got little Jmaky; and 'twasn't in the house
long afore Swivel had a metic in that too. She
| got, that way, to think sperrit wasn't jest the
thing for her stomach, bur she never suspected
the leastest thing about the metic. About a
month after. a dozen wimmin, may be more, kim
| to spend the AFTERNOON at Miss Snivel's house.
So yo see, she had the good stuff by her, and
couldn't make no use ont herself, on account of
her pertiklar weak stomach, and as most on 'em
then a meedson, she treated 'em all, and was
as liberal with it, as if twas of no more vally
than rain water. Some on 'em took gin, and
some on 'em took Jimaky. But didn't make q
mite o differ which twas they took. 1t sot 'em
a chatterin' like all possessed for bout half an
hour. Then, one arter another, they began to
feel little squally: and at last, they got going
every one on 'em. Such time Swivel says he
never heer'd tell on.
He was workin in his shop at the beganin ont
So when he heer'd the frs, noise, he pesked
through the keyhole, and he said he thought he
should "a died aughin. So he back into
the shop for fear they should suspect som,hin, md
he fell to work cutting pair of regimenta small.
for General Tweezes; but he laughed so, that he
spoilt the breeches, and cut 'em by mistake, arel
Parson Doarin's measure, SO that the jinera
couldn't got into 'em at no rate arter they wa.
made up; and bein of bright yaer, they would
"a bin the thing for minister no how. so,ye see
twas totle loss. But the eend O. the iol> wasn'
! like to come out pleasant. Several on em ha,
a narrar squeak ONT, and old Miss Hanks eena
, most wrenched herself to death But the mos
Of the hull Pm 'goin to tell we. No, soul Of
'em never suspected the eas trick and Merrca'
got SIGH bad name for selling liquor tina. WASH
ginivinc, that he lost almost all his custom In GU
Y town after that. Swivel got conioundedly scar
for arter while, he thought it such goo
' story he couldn't keep it to himself no how:
n he told round and to another, and at La
|, it got to Square Pronk's ears, and the Squal
n told Swivel, that if old Miss Hanks who all
/ long spell, should happen to pop off afore tt
!, year was out, 'twould be manslarter as sure
"A fate. Howsomever, the woman's Twin We
T. but she han't taken drop sence that day.
r number on 'em hasn't. So goods came out or
n, AFTER all.