The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-08-04
soLlLoouY OF A LoAFER.

Loaier solllcqliseib.-L see,"here
am II This is--coal Pm layin' on
How'd &c, here? (Rrflscls9 Yes, ]
mind now. Was comm up-met with a
Gheelbarow, fcll over me, OF tell over
lhe wheelbarrow---and one OF US fell in
10 the cellar; dom, mind which now
punss il mus, been me. I'm nice man.
hic, / am tight! tore! shot! drunk! Well,
/ can'i help il, tain't my fault--wonder
whose fault is? is il Jones fault. No.
IL !, my wife's fauh? 'Tis. Well il amt
Is IL tho wheelbarrow's fault. No~o~o -
It's whisky's fault. Who is whisky? Has
he a large family? Go, many relations?
All poor, ] reckon9 think ! won'' own
him any more.
I'll Gu, his scquainIunce--Pve had that
notion for abou, ten years, and always
hated to do il for fear of hurtin' his feel
inps--i'll do it now, i think. Liquors
iDiuriug me, IFS spolin' my temper
Sometimes [ ge, mad, when fm drunk,
end abuse Bets and the brats, it used 10
4bs Lizzie and the children, that's somc>
lime ego; can just mind it; when | used
10 come home evenings, she used TO puI
her arms round my neck and kiss and
call me her dear William. When come
homo now, sho takes her pipe out OF her
mouth, ind puts her hair out Of her eyes,
and look al the aud says something like
bill, you drunken brute! shut the door
sitest you, we're cold enough, havln no
Ylts 'lhout let,in' The snow blow in that
,waS.. Yes, she'4 Bets and I'm Bill now.
\ aim, good Bill nu'her--thiuk I'm
won't pass--a tavern. fhou'
poin' IN and scitin' drink. | don't know
Eyba, Bank I'm on--last Sunday | was On
ihe river bank drunk.
STAY Out pretty late now, sometimes
lp out eli night, fact is I'm out pre',!
much all oyer--out Of frinnds.Uu' OF p'ck
IL. on, at The elbows aud knees, aud all
%ayn ou,rsgeously diriy, so Bets says,hn
shen she's no judge, fn shea never clear
herself. wonder why che don't wea
good clothes may be she hnsn't 60
,hem--wbose faul''s thar 'Faint mine
il must BE whisky's.
Sometimes l'in in, how: VrT, l'm in
to4;oated now, and in somebody's coa
cellar. There's nnc good principle l'R'
got, won, gain debt, ! never could Dc
i. f5ere.onc of ms coat raTls is gone
Ent tore OF 'spccr when lfell down here
- -l'll avo to &c, new suit soon. Tel
low told qio ihe other day I'D make a goo'
sign for paper mill, it he wasn'' 50 bl!
I'd kicked him. I've had this shirt OF
for niaa da}s,and I'm afiaid il Won't come
Id without iariu': People o'iGh' 10 res
pee, me mo,'n they do, for l'n in hole
orders. aiu' dandy, though my clo'br
is nearly all in greaseian style. lgncss
i,44e mis- window shutter on my pants hr
b;nnl, the other night, when set down o
,he wsx in Ben S,ruegs shop. I'll hav
10 get il mended up, or I'll catch cold
aia, very stout as il is, though am III
id the face, rs the boys says, Fin bout
fas, asa match dnd as healthy as the snal
tox. My best hat is Standing guard ft
4 winder pane that went out The olh'
morning, at tho invitation OF b'ickba
I's pe,.iu' cnld dawn here: wonder hn
III ge, onl.---I aiut able 10 climb. II
had drink could think beiter--le'
doe; huiat gnt qh lTfee ents--"ish
%as in a tavern, could sponge one.-
When anybody treats and says, come II
fellers, | alters think my Dame's feller
and I've go, too good manners TO re'us
Well I must Ien9e this or they'll are
me for an auemp, at burglary-l al
come to ,ha, ye'. Anyhow il was II
ghse!baIow doae the harm, not me.