The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-10-26


Mr. N!ulholland's Soci@l Dinner-Partv.
In small village, not far from a Ger
tain large CITY, lived a man, "jenii.man,'
who. from hod-carrirr, had "workrd his
Passage up the ladder of society, to a
somebody. Such. are ambitious to figure
In the "e.'" m""'te. This parsonage was
Misthcr Patrick MulhoIand. In compI-
ance with the spirit, intent and purpose
Of the following br,pI, hGt pithv and s,n-
trn'Ious note, did mysc'fthr high honor,
and 'nexpressibe pleasure OF being sins
'Misthet Squire Scroggs-
Sur.-Be the mother do Moss.
I'm expictin tu av me mou>t purtlckIar
frluds till dinnur the MORO an iaix, rt
it's yerself ,hat'l wrank yeIselt IN the
numbnr, be- me sowl ye're welcome in
tircIy-and I'll iis, considther it a favur,
an the honur all did to
yer umbIe survint
Pat Mulholand. his y mark.
Frydy-JewIy the sivinth, lS4mm.
Passing over the tedious detail Of intro
tluut'ons, as the various guests entered,
just regard lis as we sat at the "ips'ive
board" AT the head, sat our Jolly host,
Mr.. w.; at the foot, Mrs. NJ. thus revers-
ing the order OF things little, l thought,
in the outset. The centre on one side
was appropriated to me-and just OPP
posi'r, sat lad y, whose "hamper"
would have set up a hab-rdasher in small
way. This lady was Mls,hress O'Harne-
gan. Intermediate, on either side, were
dirthr'b"ted male and female the o Lea
rvs, the Murphys, the O'Rileys, the Nc
Shanes, the Malones, the Lafer,vs, the
O'Donnahues, &c, sc At the head OF
the table smoked an immense dish OF un.
skinned potatops-the centre dish was
large, veal pot-pie-at the foot, large,
tin coffee boiler and ITS accompaniment.
intermediate, we've a chicken pas,y "a
boiled ham boiled quarter OF mutton.
with drawn butter on it,) some onions,
(raw and cookcd,) cucumbers, (whole,)
beans, cabbage, sc. No first, second and
third courses-b but all in course No take
ins-that is, c"rerrd dishes: but all open,
undsguisrd hospitali!y-no tormality.
About the table, at very "conn""ien" dis
tances, were plenty oijugs of ale, gin and
whskry! Two strapping irish girls on
each side of the board, did the fetching
and carrying Of plates helped and to BE-
helped, with such hr~que, hearty ear
nestnrss, rap'diiy. and good will, that it
was worth quarter to ust note them
My only apprehension and constant dread
were, that in their ambitious haste, a COL
lislon must certainly take place, that
would send beans, potatoes, onions and
veal pie in prom,scuous trolic, on the
lap OF some ady's silk dress, or in a log
rolling mission, on the floor. Yet there
was but a single rencortre of the kind:
two OF the girls with their loaded plates
coming in vloent contact, crash went
the crockery-down went both danse's-
up flew the gravy into their eyes, disrib-
uting itself about literally on various VIC
tims-and then tremendous roar OF laugh.
ter all round in which Hth- fallen an
gels joined and participated as heartily
as any. ] crammrd my handkerchief in
my mouth, and led on silk tor lew mo-
ments. O, the luxury of such an urso-
phlstlcated haw. haw, haw,
"fro'h!' said O'Leary, No. /, "out l
b'lave thin two mines go, off the thrack,
an like to run down each others hroats!,'
This did not tend much to reduce, but
rather to increase the JOYOUS hiarity, that
the po,ations had paved the way for
When as it 10 "pile on the agony,'' o.
Leary No. ., "the mislhr-ss, dryly re-
Marked
"Be me faith! but Pm thinkln thin
same gals I'd made famous batthrring-
rams, IN the wars of the sIleblated Flngal
Dougal and Sur William Wallace, in me
grandfather slime. Would mt they, Squire
ScrcSgsv Another burst This Hatter-