Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-12-14
THE IRtsIMAN'S DREAM.

Il thought said he, Il was going down Pa
trick strike street, aud saw two fellows racking
off two puncheons Of the devils own (cheers,)
aud | had the curiosity to peep into the bung-
hole, but being so long tetotaer the fumes got
the better of me, aud into some old ruin in the |
Liberty strayed and there fell CAST asleep how
long slept know not, but my dreams were
long enough. dreamed that was on long
and weary road, and it was covered over with
grains and wash, and as l was looking around
me saw an old fellow that lived in the Liberty
and kept public house, so | went up to him
and asked him where that road led to leads to,
said he, why it leads to Old Nick. Oh, murder,
said l. am | on the road TO he'll (cheers.) Sure
enough You are, said he. Well said I, you will
be with me at any rate. think, said he, you
will not get in but come along any how. We
logged on al all events until wo came to turn
pike gate, and out Jumps little fellow aud asked
me what | wanted? want to pass on said !.
You cannot, said he. Why, said ! 3? There is
no person to pass here today, said he, but two
and who might they be said +? One is the
postrnan from Cork, Limerick, aud Clonnel, aud
the other Is the reporter from the Tttotdi Wortd,
for Old Nick himself cannot stop him Quughter.)
You must pay penny any way, said he. For
what, said I'll let you pass, said he, II you
do; for YOU will not be noticed at the other gate
if you overtake the funeral Give me change of
that, sud /, pulling ont my medal and when hc
saw tho name Oh LII DOyIe OH u TIC s'gHeu, Huu
was closing the gate, but rushed in. Oh said
he, there is positive orders not to let any tetotnl-
err go this way all others welcome (cheers.)
Oh snid |, YOU are keeping me too long, so
run by him and got up 10 the old chap. We
were chatting away as we went, and on reach
ing the next gate, there we saw the hearse, and
next to it the drunkard's omnibus. 1t was full of
briefs, warrants lattiials, summonses, executions
nlorrnations, death warrants; aud every piece Of
tl,, iuyp cd IN nd rtti,
man was pinned all round it (aughter.) On the
top of il was a bar-boy, with his coat off, and he
Standing before Il three pull porter machine, and
he working with all his might, 10 the tune of
coming sir cheerSl On The back seat was The
Jolly bacchus sitting IL key labelled on the
md, rich raspberry (cheers) He had another
small cask before him, aud it had label Oh it
of aromatic infusion (cheers) Next came n
dozen horses that ! often saw under porter d avs,
and they had yoked to them The sirelcher-
(lnughter) aud it was covered with pail. | was
curious enough to lift it up, and what do you
think | saw? why It was full vi glasses, nuggins,
cans, quarts, troopers jugs, and bottles, all laid
on labels OF gingerbeer, etoal cor'liaIs, and Gum
esses' X. X, with pure mnit, &c. Where, said
], can they he going with all the empty vessels
Empty, indeed, SAID he. Yes, said |. Why,
said he, they ARE all full so liied up the pail
again. and saw few of the womens pocket
pistols (cheers j it must he these that are full,
said | (: so took and looked into it, but could
see nothing 50 went to him and asked him
VIVA, was in them? Why, said he, they are full
ofthe orphans tears and the widows signs =
they are full of the blood of the murdered, and
The remorse Of the murderer-they are full of
the curses of the ruined maid, and the broken
hearted parents-thcy are full of The groans OF
the convicts, and the last words of the dying fe-
Ion Yes, said he, they are overfowing with all
the lniseries, the curses, the blasphemies, that
ever disgraced this earth but since tetotalisn
has spread abroad, his satanic majesty sent to
gather them in, as they would not be OF any lon.
ger use on earth he is going TO bury them and
The corpse together. And where is the corpse
said L? I'm the hearse, said he. Now the hearse
was an open one and yet could see no coffin
There is no corpse in the hearse, said ]. Indeed
there is, said he, two; but they are wrapped up
so close together that you cannot see them
And who are they, said Il Oh said he, his
grief almost smothering him, its the pubcans
licenses and the patent of Donnybrook fair
(cheers.) And where they to be buried, said
/? Near Johns well, said he. These roads are
very much deserted, said L. Not of late SAID he
for we hav, ten or twelve of then, coming daily
since Mr. Corkran and Mr.. Hong bton and few
other gentlemen began to advocate temperance ;
but when Father Mathew came he gave them a
galloping decline, and they are coming since
that in hundreds. Did you try no doctors, sa id
be, said ], for knew almost all the Dublin doc
tors. Why, said he, we tried doctor ginger-beer,
surgeon pop, doctor treacle.beer, and surgeon
aromatic infusion and our apothecaries wero,
Mr.. lincture of lemon, Mr.. repeaIers cordial and
Mr.. imperial spruce but it was all no use, they
left nothing undone, but they are only getting
worse md worse every day. And who are all
these men with the funeral, said l.? Oh! they
are the brewers and distilIers who came to see
their last friends to their last no ne, and with them
came The hangman and the turkeys, and all
these that are bringing up tile rear, the first
division of the dismissed police, ,who are all to
discontinued. Just as he was speaking great
sound oil music came sweeping on the breeze
so looked up and there was all the pianos and
herps that the pubicans ever bought out of the
poor mans muney, ranged on the slons of their
cellars drawn by their cocktalled horses and
next came n wagon loaded with all the old iid.
oilers and ppers who used 10 play at Donnyb brook
going 10 play one dirge over the corpse. SUD
denly The air became impregnaled with Iphur
and the Old Boy himself came forth, aud kissed
and Rugged The bodies in the hearse and Then
lle looked amazed at the omnibus; hut when he
,'aw tie stretcber he burst out in the following
! annexation oh you, my trusIy friends, who
! lever failed TO make a brother shed n brothers.
b lood, what has brought you here ? Oh You
Il 1at never failed TO i'll the with roslu-
ii ON and the gbbeis with victims, why hnve W
r, hurned--is there none 10 destroy On You,
IL landmarks OF treason, the iorerunIIers of puy.
el ~, of sickness, and OF crime, would you do
n, ,hing for me in this hour OF desnlalion? Oh!
could you work no longer. How loug he would
have confined, know not bur, fixing his ewes
full on Tom Flynn, he was just going TO venl all
his fury on me, when shouted out with all my
might i am Tetotaer (great rheers.) And
VIII INT brought you here, said he; there are pnr
tc,fiar orders not 10 lei any TetoIaIer come tins
way? lony came TO the funeral, said |. Wen,
he will not he buried for forty days said he -
that will be The 10Th of October and then, said
he, you may come and see the ceremony. You
may be sure did not delay until | got outside
the turnpike, and when | came to the last gate |
began knocking with all my might. Who is |
there ? said the porter. It's Tom Flynn, from
the Black Rock, said !, open the door. He open
ed the door, and where do you think got into