Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-05-20
ALoAFER's soL1LoQUY.

LEr's SEE where am II This is
coal I'm Iayin' on. How'd got here :
| (Reaec,s.) Yes I mind now; was comm
up street; met with o wheel-ba ;
aud one Of US fell into the cellar; don't
mind which now; guess it must been
me. I'm nice man-hie! I'm tight,
tore, shot, drunk! Well, can't help il;
'tains my faul,--wonder whose fault it
is. Isit Jones's fault7 No. Is it my
wife's fault? Its ..... Well it aint.
Is it the wheel.barrow's fault? Moo !!
It's whiskey's fault. Who is whiskey?
Has he large family-got many rela-
sionsl All poor | reckon.
III cut his acquaintance. I've had
that notion for about ten years. aud al.
ways hated to do it for fear of hur,in'
his feelings-1'll do it now-l think.
Liquors injurin' me, it's spoilin' my
temper. Sometimes | get mad, when
I'm drunk, and abuse Be,z and the brats
it used to be Lizzie aud the children
that's some time ago. I can just mind
it. When come home Of ovcnin's she
used to put her arms around my neck
and kiss me, and call me her dear Will
liam. When come home now, she
takes her pipe out fher mouth, and puts
her hair out other eyes and looks at me
and says somethin' like, Bill you drunk
en- brute, shut the door after you, we're
cold enough, hayin' no fire, 'thoat lettln
the snow blow in that way. Yes she's
Betz and I'm Bill now. ] aint a good
bill nuther-think I'm counterfeit
won't pass tavern 'lhout goin' in and
gettin a drink. Don't know what Bank
i'm on-last Sunday was on the river
bank drunk.
stay pretty late now, sometimes I'm
out all night, factis I'm out pretty much
all over. Out of friends-out oil pock-
et-ou, at the elbows and knees. but
that's OWN to frictionl, and always out
rageously dirty. so Besz says, but then
she'sno Judge, for she's never clean her.
self. wouder why she don't wear
good clothes. May DO she hasn't got
'em-whose faults that : Taint mine
must be whiskey's.
Sometimes Pm in however. Pm in.
toxicated now, and in somebody's coal
cellar There's one good principle I've
got--l-won'tgo-ih debt; 'lshevercould'
do i,..... .There-one ofmy coat tails is
gone-got tore off ! 'srecs when | fell
down here. I'll haye.to get new suit
soon. A fellow told me the other. day
Id make good sign for paper mil ;
if he wasn't SO big I'd a licked him
I've had this shirt on for nine days. and
I'm afraid it wont come off without tear
ing. People ought to respect me more'n
they do, for I'm in hole-y orders. !
aint dandy, though, my clothes is near
ly all greace.ian style. guess tore
this winder shutterin my pants, behind,
t'other night. when | set down on the
wax in Ben Struggs' shop. Ill have to
get it mended, or LII catch cold. laint
very stout US it is, though ! am full in
the face-as the boys say, I'm 'bout as
fat as a match and as healthy as the
small pox. Ny best hat is standin'
guard fora winder pane that went out
The other mornin' at the invitation Of a
brick bat,
It's gettin' cold down here; wonder
how ri get out; I amt able to climb.
If had a drink | could think better
let's see. haint got no three cents
wish was in tavern, could sponge
one. When anybody treats and says,
come up, fellers.' alters think that my
names .fellers,' aud I've got too good
manners to refuse. Well, must leave
this or they'll arrest me form attempt at
burglary-I aint come TO that yet
Anyhow it was the wheel.barrow done
the harm, not me.
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