The North-Carolinian., 1853-10-01

That s. s,Ius Lick Waler.

I
In the State of Kentucky there is a spring
famed for its saline and medicinal properties
T This spring consists of clear stream OF very
horribly tasting and totally n$dorous liquid,
fresh from the dstillery ofnatufe down some
where in the earth 1t is called blue lick mean
| ing shall show, licker far Mfte! notion
prevails among of Southern friends,
that this blue lick water has great potency in
iispe!ling the troublesome consequences con-
Sequeht upon carrying in your head Il brick
| over night. Doubtless feels sensation
IN the morning, after said brick i'll his tile
| little worse than being chawed up by whale, or
drenched upon aquafortis, and perhaps moth
ng IN our ina lagination exceed the truly ter
ssc nasti,iesssof the taste and sine lskk.
Il dreuch ef that flHid forming positive fsn!S
'ng) to the negative (awfulness) of ghe brick
Ha temporary salvation may arise to such of
or blue LEX advocates asrcly upon such emer-
genc;cs. At all events, the call for blue lex
by tremulous and red-faced travellers at the
Astor, St Nicholas, &c, is becoming a very
ordinary matter nowadays \ few days ago,
a gentleman ofdccded feeblenoss in his knee
pans, and impeachment in his voice, steps up to the
bar Of the st. Niqholas and says he
II say, (hic) you a-looil here my (hic)
Firtuous friend, (ll;c) have You AMY (hic) of
a (hc) that blue a, (hic) blue ruln they talk
about p
Blue rum s:r?' echoes tlie barkeener.
Yes-str around "A (hic) you see !'nl-weIi
It's (hic) no use a-takin; (hc) you see your wa
wa-water, is (lc) thund'rin@ bad around this
(hic) settlement and I-wcil, how bout the
blue ruin, uinph 2
Bay rum perhaps You mean, s..r p says the
arkeeper.
'BaaIam-1saalam was an ass, and any
h;c) friend, if You don't want me to (hic) say
,onethn ola (hc) disagrceable, you had bet
ter Il (hic) not talk church (hc) matters just
now. l want some medicine, understand, bay,
no, blue baZes, no, a (hic) blue a
'Oh-h-h! blue lick watcr!' says the barkeepcr.
'Thcm's un; hand cn (hic) out--I'l try em
on, anyiiowr ?
The blue lick was trottcd forth; our friend
doWnd with it, his eyes enlarged, nostrils spread,
lips closed and his checks pouchcd out equal to
q monkeys filled with chinhNpins.; There
decided revolution brewing in his mouth a con.
vuiSve motion disccrnab:e in his laws, and
1t came
Everlasting misery rhew-w-w-w = and the
way our tremulous friend ,ce1 cG' beat all the
spruce beer ever seen Fourth Of July since
the nation set up business y
You darn'd skunk y
S:r' eXclans the alarmed barkeeper.
ON-VOu-lSSasSin y
Sir y
swallowed four OF my teeth, the roof of nv
mouths fell out, and let me get into the street.
ior m gong to turn my stomoch clean inside
out and fall through my bootsv
Best blue lick in town, sir.'
'l>ilgc water and aGuafprt.s is ice cream to ;tv
Cries the Blue lex victinl as he rushed uD
stairs with sturdy Irish waiter under each arm
HE presumption Is. that that gentleman cot
4 taste III his mouth tnat he won't forget till the
stars fall and the moral IS, that if any man will
venture to get brick in his hat merely to re-
;upcrate on 'blue lick his pc,ichant for bIge
water aid dccaycd egg flip is truly astounding.