The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-19

HU M0ROUS NICHE
FILLED BIT
Jenny Critus.
PATRICK ROBINS.

PATRICK ROBINS.
A curious specimen Of humanity vas
that same Pa, Robins: he seemed to en-.
brace ~ihln himself, the elements Of dis.
cord snd harmony, TO admirable perfection /;
sometimes he wss, rs mild and IS gentle a.
the harmless dove. bu, this vas when he
vas asleep; e-ain be was as boisierous Us
newly elected militia captain. and this
nearly el~ays occurred when he was
awake: like u sponge. no was quite o
sooker. aud Imbibed generally. all the con.
GENIAL nectar, tina, chance or good luck
placed near him; he vas nearly oil the
time at least "ihree sheets in the sind,"
OF pretty tolerably show come you so =
but II he CHANGED near any hospi,able port,
-hers The current was deep, and tho H..
qnid" flowing freely. he would "set all
sail" end soon afterwards steer for home,
ueking this way and that at. singles com.
pletely unknown 10 any other navigator
than himself.
Pet ~as an uncomfortable companion
and that his ~,fe found Oh, from tho bssl
sort Of source - experience: ~heo he would
return homo on these drunken sprees, e
rurs,iveiy alluded to above, 40 she and q
few little red headed brats ~ere the whole
Of bis ships crew, they had TO go through
some pretty severe discipline she cas- a
"hard headed" creature, or Pat would
have broken her skull, many time 'ha, he
wss practising the "csne exercise" over
IL; yet 40 strong is woman's love. she bore
il oil With sdmirable iorlitude; and y ben a,
las, from sheer exhaustion. and the mia.
snce of Pats "ardent Spirits" he had 10
fsl TO the nJnr. she would disrobe him snd
tumble hun into beJ. with az much compls.
cency a. her bruised feeling would permit.
Pat vas rough RED skinned fellow, his
hair was sandy and stood on,
Like quilts upon the fre,fa Porcupine,"
~hile his teeth wcro piclurs,quelv irregu.
lar, snaeged, and scattering; but his chief
peculiarly was his manner OF talking,
mo wife me for d--n ef | DON, make a
broken bonle Of your he'd, ef you don't for
bring me the jug; mo lor d--n fos he'll, ef
me dont."'
His wile brings the jug.
Nov mo for d--n. ef me don't brek the
for On jug over your caIkls ef you don,
bring me a cup"
Such Is specimen Of his language, and
nearly verbatim. such az no constantly
used.
Thanks to the efforts of the Temperance
Society, for a reformation in Pat; one o.
them " came along" once. and Pa, through
much persuasive and some bribery on the
part Of his w,fs's friends. consented to have
hi. nsmo subscribed, and pu. that mos'
holy sign the cross to il.
ME wife said h.. on the dav he
Joined tho 'tetoiaI society me wife me
for d--n 81 me for drink any more heker;
~i.h the juigmsai day may for como ct
me do, inc for h--ll Tor d-n, ef me don't. !"
Twas enc nigh, in tho year 1875. and
abou, three weeks after Pa: had joined the
temperance pledge, he came homo most
joyfully hilarols; his little house, by some
incongruily in optics, looked like about
twenty. forming a snug little village of
which he vas sole lord and when he had
succeeded in getting in one Of the door',
his wife appeared like some twenty wo.
men. making Of his homo complete ha.
rem of which he was sole Turk: 1.-THE
do, had returned to his vomii again
Pa, had broken his pledge was drunk
as a loon; and as one good act usually fol.
lows another, he was for breaking every
thing around, especially the devoted heads
Of the Mrs. Robus's who we're standing
around him.
After beleaguering the host Of women,
who seemed like so many viragss dispu'ing
HE authority, but oil Of which beleaguer.
ing foil on the mock Mrs. Robins, he fell
overpowdered from his own efforts into one
corner Of tho room; bis abused spouse
made . pallet on the floor and rolled his
som fuddIsd csrcsss on il. and then set 10
a night. which will be remembered until
the oldes. ,nhsbi,anl" ls no more.
sThs reader will pardon Us for the expletivss
introduced in Pats conversation. but the charac.
ter il truc one. and the circumstance here mar.
rated true 10 the letter.