Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-30

his excuse for leaving washington,-hs ne
clothes and opinions OF dress,-his subsequent VII
TO the soop OF Captain Doolitile.-his mode
writing letters--notious Of an omnbus,-visit TO
flower store in pursuit OF bouqoet,-opinions
poses, aud preps rations to visit the Theatre wi
Fanny Ellslsr,"-sppears in this mornings VIII
From the Ne~ York Ia pcess, November, o.
To Mr. Zsphsniah Slick, Justice Of The Peace an
Deacon Of ii, CAureh, over in Wsa,hsr.fsld, Sta
Of Connseieui,-
Dcar Par
AFTER ~ made visit to Miss El,sler, went u
to nv room as was telling you, and begun to thin
over what we'd been talking about, and IL mad
mo feel sort OF streaked to think she took me 70
one Of the Editors of the xpress, when was cen
amost scared to death for fear they wouldn't prin
my letters agin, artcr give them the mitten 50 slic
there in Washington. 1 didn't suppose the critter
ever knew what n was to be humsick, as was II
that tarnal place, and was afoard they might ris'
right up ugin having anything TO do with me. Blu
think seq there's nothing like keeping stiff up
per lip, and putting cir of Independence, and talk
ing right up to these newspaper chaps, 90 l or
with my hat and cut across the Park towards the
Express Office, which looms up for all the worlC
like shot tower, determined TO do up my chores
in that quarter without chawng over the matter
any longer. Wal, streaked Il along about the
quickest, like string of onions broke loose at the
lee,le eend. begun to feel auful anxious jst as
slack foot and ketch breath, can tell You. As |
wenSs,y the Post Office in a sort Of a half canter
with my hands in both pockes-tor l felt kinder
ashamed Of the streaked m'ttens marin knit Tor me
when my yaller gloves wore out, they didn't cx-
nelly eibe with my other il up. The people stop
ped and stared like all posssSsed,-"f that Nin't
Mr. Sick" says one,-"sure enough" sed another,
$50 it is" "Ddn't tell you he wasn't dead" sed
another and with that chirked up eetle, and
sez I to myself. seq |, who cares il the Editors Of
the Express be mad, cause cut stick when they
sent me off TO Washington, where | was as hot
as all natur, and jist planting time II my let
tiers were good for anything, they'll be glad on em
ngin and f they amt, why I'll let 'em see that I'm
a true born ginewinc American, died IN the wool,
and that can up stakes and 90 hum agn in the old
sioop as ind dependent as a corkscrev.
AFTER I'D hung about the eend OF the othce a
leeie while, I got up pluck and walked right
straight ahead into the office. begun TO feel 10
hum the mint / opened the door-everythins
looked 50 napral. There was the lsetle counter,
jist like old times, and the pigeon holes stuck full
OF newspapers and a pile of white printers paper a
lying up in corner, and there sot the clark, a
rale gnewine cute lettle Yankee, he is, a writing
on leetle scraps of brown paper, and looking as
ifau creation would stop If he did't 20 ahead. |
gist give peek in foe a mint and streaked II up
stairs, to see d | couldn't hnd sumbody there. /
wish you could have seen how te work hands star
ed and looked at one another when went IN, but
didn't stop say nothing 10 nobody, but up |
went through room chuck full and trimming over
with prentice boys and there in a Ieetle abou,
as big as an uucersiZed calf pen, sot the crter
himself, eenamost buried up in pile of newspa
pers. II rally did my heart good to look At him,
he'd grown 50 chirk and heauy-it seemed TO me
as IL he must a fitted up two inches on the ribs
since Gracious me, SEE | to myself, kinder wish
I'D stuck and tried 10 tucker II out last year. and
mebby should had something to Fat up about.
Now wonder what he's reading that tickles him
So Jist as was thinking this, the Editor OF the
Express he looked up and see me a standing there,
as If I'D been growing on that Identical spot
since last summer. Gauly aurhlos! but didn't
the newspapers hy, when he was soriIn who II was.
/ see that he eeuamost uckled TO death 10 see
me agin | haint lost my chance here yet, SCI to
myself and so / walked right straight up to him
and held out my fist, mitten and all, and SEE T.
GLOW do your" jIst so.
"Why Mr. Slick" he, "where did you come
FRONT"
Alright straight from hum" sez !, but how do you
git along about these tImes-eveythlng soing along
about straight, spose."
By this time he seemed ter think that there was
something that he ought TO git mad about You'd
a thought he'd swOileTed basket of cOWcUmbers
all Of sudden, he looked so frosty. snow for IT,"
SEE to myself.
"Mr Slick sz he, looking particular as il
he'd tenpenny naIlsfor breakfast, and topped of
with a young croEar, "Mr Slick, Pm happy 10 see
you in York agin, but what on earth was the
that you LETT us in the lurch about them letters
from washngton2"
"Did you ever have a touch OF the bilious fever
my pockets, till the tip eend OF my eenamost
come on level with hisIn.
al ru,her think have" SEE he, hi,ching up his
shoulders.
And the nger too" sez |.
'Dont mention it," sex he, just shaking the least.
est mite all over with thinking about il
"Awful sort Of a chilly animal, that ager, amt it,"
SEE |.
"Dreadful," SEE be.
"Dd'nt it seem il you'd have to take up all
your bones for salt and battery another, afOre
they'd keep still" SEE |.
"Amost" SEE he, larfng.
oval" sez l. 81 did mt ksteh the fever and q ger
"What did you ketch them" SEE he, sort ofimpa-
tient.
ga tartar" sez /, rs quick as a flash, for | see
that he wouldn't stand much MORE "a rale ginewIne
she tartar. That darned old coot Of an Anna Roy
al took shine 10 me, and the only way ! could get
rid Of her TO cut and / that this mol.
fed the Editor good deal.
"Poor fellow, SEE Re, looking at me as ptfu
rs could be, poor fellow, that was worse than the
bilious fever thousand times"
'Wasnt it." Fez !, "but that wasn't all; got
letter from Par, and he that Marin was ailing
and that he was getting down in the mouth, AID
didn't feel very smart himself and there wasn't
nobody to weed the onions-only Judy White, and
sho seemed sort Of melancholy, and So"
"Oh, understand" ser he, cutting me off short
in what ! was going 10 say. ! guess he took no
tice how the blood billed up in my face, for be went
right to talking about something else as natral
could be.
So AFTER eonfabulaung spell about things in
general the Editor ofthe Express he begun to poke
about among the newspapers agn, and TO hitch
about il he'd jlst as lief wasn't there. So st
pulled out my mitlens, for it was cold enough to
snap feller's cars of, early II IS So put 'em
on sort Of deliberate, and begun to smooth up the
red and blue fringe on the top Jist II wanted 10
go and yet didn't fee in much Of hurry. By am
by / got up and SEE /, oval, good day, spo5e is
about time for me to be jogging"
"DOn't be Ia a hurry, Mr Slick" SEE he fumJ.
ling over the newspapers oil the time.
Think sez !, "lf you have any notion 10 print
TO once - but he kept on a reading, and SEE l. a
sliding baek'ards towards the door
IL shouldn't be 10 a such puckst 10 20, but I
want stop at the office Of the Brother Jonathan
70 see Zske Jones from our plris. He's a prime
feller Ieke u, Of them sort Of chaps that make
one proud Of human natur We used 10 be ss thick
rs three 10 o bed atOre either Of u took 10 tera
ture. haint him since, bat his stories are the
cieer grain and no chat, genewne all over, and
enough 10 bring the tears into a fellers eyes once
IN a while, can tell you. The cruer ~ 20 right
off the handle when he sees me, he' will be 20 tic
kled' SEE I, "and liant doubt but he can get the
editors Of that creation large paper TO print Of
my letters Tor me-"
There" think sez I, ~ that don't bring him ur
TO the trough, fodder fodder, don't know wha
willr Sure enough, hadn't but just got tho word
out Of my mouth vixen the chap he spoke up ike
man.
"Mr. Slick" SEE he, 'Don't think ofseh thin,
as writing for any paper bat the New York TX
press. I can't bare the idea Of it a mint. You raj,
can't think how bad we FELT for fear you was den
when We did'n't git no more letters from you nrts
you vent TO Washington. Now What do you d,
20 staying in New York and goiag ahead agin