The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
A QUEER CUSTOMER.

--sireele. y: is really astonishing no,
soon this dreadful climate of America biing
on old age. ! shall never survive 10 ee
home aad write book abou, the place
never Here am, SIX feet two, wlhou
my stockings, sprawlng in dirty republi
can gutter, wi,hom being able to help my
sell out il. There's a amp winkiug ant
blinking in my face, as if i, want, to laugh
and would. If il had a mouth, and biz
brute Of a dog jus. now nosed me 10 SET
whether was good TO eat. What coun.
j!ry!- what cutters! and whs, liquor! on.
Ivy took nine smalers Of whisky, and whsr
WIN that and premature old age, |. veril,
loelleve 4 am, assassina,ed- a gon,
IchickenP
Mr.. Mervyn now clamoured so loud,
that assistance soon came.
! Silence lhetei-wha,'s tho r,stter,'
Matter yourself-l'm being done, or at
some people say. Pm doing. The march
ot mind has ,ri?red, and Richard Mervyn
Is to deep for himself. Help me out
gen'ly-,here. Ain'l in pretty pickle.
This is what The doctors call guna serena
isu'til!'
when { was school The boys would
Ihaes called you cultural
.'rhey would'n. have known much gram.
ma'' # they did. I'm a liquid--ses me
drip
oh! hoP said the watch, 'don'l try 10 be
funny; know you wei! enough now you
have washed your face. You're the chan
that locked ms up in M hnx nnre and
me heels over head, and legged H.
'TSats me. did tina, thing. How do
you like the ups and downs of public lite'
Isn't variety charmingl'
'If i. wash, ha, I'm public funclonary
and mus'n, give way to my feelings, I'd
crack your cocoa, and ease my mind Of do
ing as was done by. III make an exam
pie Of you. however. You're my prisoner
Haliy coOsha to the watch us. That's the
Dutch for being took up
well, give us your arm. Don't be a.
(raid Of The mu' lis very wholesome. Look
At the pigs how fat it makes em: ard il
you like ia. pork why shouldn't you ike
wha, makes pork fs,! So-so--s,eady !.
Now Il Tell you all abou, tother night, |
was passing your box in friendly promis
cuous sort of way, thought
you were asleep, or had run down, and !
turned the key to wind you up, i, cam
either keep good time. or even co.
We'll, ~ha, elsel'
why, then wsch'd the box and when
you come out, boxed the watch Thai.
all. I, grew ou, Of my obliging disposi.
tion.'
'Ha! very obiigiug Now its my turn
TO wind up, and. TO do il in the same way,
III take you before The matchmaker, to b'
Ceansed and regulated. IYou 60 to fss',
but IN put spoke ia your wheel; he'll SCI
you by The regulator. and make you keep|
good time
'Why, walcty. yon're a waE. WI,
don. you say lha. was horizontal, &
tina, you lifled me up like. s.patsnt lever'I
YOU'RE awake now. but ,ha, night you
wasn't up to trap. or yon would have
csugh, me, | caught weazel asleep lha
lime-I put fresh sal. on your for once.
To add one more 10 his vsgsres, Mer
Vyn now refused to walk step further
and sitting down on step, loudly avowe'
his resolution, and declared his name wss
not Walker.
Whether your name be Walker or no,
you mus, CO.
Not withou; a go'cart--you can't force
me to eo-I'm legal tender, and you mus,
take me Hav'n, got an office, or al leas,
a public ,ituslion, here on the steps! II II
mus. go. it shall be on the yankee prlnc.
pie Of rotation, bring me . wheel.barrow'
Reform me on, regularly. II was procured
and away they went. SO we co. sald
MsIvyp, 'ChsaIey's making bauow.nieb
of me. Gently over the stonesl dom
like bumpers, excepl when I gs. them Of