Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-06-21
Just the Thing.


yuno--(and the broth OF boy he is too,) tells the
following story:
TnE AMERICAN EAGLE AND DANIEL O'CcN-
MILL Bryan Mcguire and Phil Mehony were
yesterday charged before the Recorder with
fighting and disturbing the peace on Monday
night Their appearance told that they belong
ed to neither the peace nor temperance socie-
ties
'Mahony and Magurc, you have been fight.
ing. said the Recorder. Have you any thing
to say to the charge =
Muhony looked at Mcguire, and Mcguire
scratched his head with his dexter hand, and
looked at the ground.
Il see that neither of you have any defence to
make said the Recorder.
20 Wis, yer hanor,' said Bryan, Phil has; he'll
till ye all about it, for he's got the laruln' he
brags himself on sackn' schoo;nas'er, and of
bein' as far as the Rule of Three in Fractions
Speak 10 him, Phil
And ecting on the hint, Phil spoke May
pluse this honorable coort mesclf and Byran
here was last night takin' two jueps, as happy
and as comfortable as if we'd found epcra-
haun's goold, or was in possession of four la
fed shamrogue, and could git what we wanted
st for askin it. And how cud we be other
wise for, as said afore, there was our julcps
afore US, wild the ice shnin' in the toumblers like
Jumps of diamonds, and the mint clustered all
over the top O. them, remindin' a body of the
green fields of ould Ireland. Now think sis
Phil to Inc -
i think said the Recorder, that l evince
great patience in listening to all this. Why do
you not at once reply TO the charge =
That's what I'm comm too said Bryan-'so,
as was sayin,' sis Phil to me, sis he Il b'lieve,
Bryan said he, there was a time in Ireland
whn il 'ud be thrason to dhrnk one of thin ju.
leps there sis he. 4 suppose you name sence
Father Mathew made them all strict temper
nnce min = sis |. NO. sis he, but in '9S
why in '9S = Sis |. Jist bekase they're green.'
sis he; ye know ally one that showed pre-
ferince in them days for the national color in any
way, they wor ather hung or sint 10 Botany
Bay. Don't ye know, sis he, what the ould
song sis =
ats poor distressed country
As iver yet was seen;
They're hangin' min and women
For the wearin' ofthe green"
%, know all that sis | e; 'yis, and it 'ud be
so still for O'Connell-
go, Dan was the boy
That in spite of King or Queen,
Pulled down the orange
And ran up the green = "
And, aither sngiu' this varse he tuck up his
toumbler and said Here's his health = I'Il
not dhrink it, sis |. Thin ye're no lrishman,
sis he. AS good as you are, sis {; but III
dhrink no mans health who sis word against
the Amirican Aigle that floats above and watch
es over the mist where Liberty matches her
young o, | knew ye had the Saxon dhrop in
ye,' sis he 'lt'sa lie,' sis l. take that thin,
sis he 'And that sis and to it we wnt,
and at it we kept till the watchman arrested
us. Bat we talked the thing over in the watch
house last night, and made it all up. Phil sis
he'd suffer to be cursed by the priest rather
than propose O'Connels health, if he knew
that he said a word against the Amirican
Agle; so flyer honor Its us of this time We'll
neither brake the pace nor one ano,hers head
for month Of Sundays.
The Recorder took them at their words and
ordered their immediate discharge.