Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-03-06
miscellaneous.
From the N. Y. Picayune.
DOesticks Determines to be Garoted.

DOesticks Determines to be GaFOtcd.
Wonderfully popular has the fashion
able amusement Of garoting lately be-
come. 1t seems to be one of the delight
full recreations of high life to be chokc6
and robbed-the hero victims of the ga
rote are as much lionized in polite circles
at present, as Polish mobiles and Hunga-
rian refugees once were. Instead Of
stars, ribbons and orders, damaged faces
and broken heads are now the rage in
Fifth Avenue. A smashed nose is a
surer passport to social distinction than
the Order of the Garter, and black eve
is better capital for soiree and party free
.rpsses than dozen crosses of the Lee
. ION Of Honor. Garoting is exceeding
~ useful, too, in matrimonial specula-
tons. A fast friend Of mine, young De-
boots, owed old Bootjack, the oil mer-
chant, $500, for money advanced to pay
college expenses-young Deboots' guar
dian sent him the dimes to settle the ac-
count. That evening Young Deboots sai
down to friendly game of "poker"
with few friends, much faster than
himself, and after five deals his ''pile"
wasn't worth Spanish quarter. Young
Deboots cogitated, and next morning got
up an artistic black eye with some India
ink and little gamboge, mt couple
of strips of court plasteEa9. 813 prehead,
and, with his arm in a2./N resented
himself to old BooGack He told dole
full story of having been garoted, and he
showed the marks Bootjack believed
the yarn, and wrote long letter to Young
Deboots' guardian for more money for
that young gentleman. Boojacks fine
daughter saw young Deboots in her
fathers ohice-pitied the interesting
young man, and asked papa to introduce
him, in three days young Deboots was in
vited to a large party at old Bootjaok's,
where he was the lion of the evening,
and where he recounted his adventure
with his garoters more than twenty times,
with additions and variations; Matilda
Jane was captivated with the brave young
mantle brave young man improved
his opportunities, and four days ago
eloped with Matilda Jane, who has abun-
dred thousand in her own right from her
grand aunt Young Deboots recovered
from his black eye the first time be
washed his face; he took his arm ont Of
the black handkerchief and pulled the
court plaster off his face the night he
was married, and has been a well man
ever since.
Pigford, my esteemed friend and fell
low boarder at Mrs. Snagley's has been
garoted-and it really seems as if the
robbers must have intimately known his
private affairs, because the event occurred
on the night of the very day that be re.
ceived a remittance from England TO pay
Mrs S. his five months board-he APP
peared at the breakfast table next morn
ing with a countenance so much damaged
aad was so much cast down on Mrs. So
account, that she could not find it in her
heart to refuse him three months longer
credit, until he can get another remit
lance from England.
jerks, another of our boardors, was
garoted twice in one week--it has be-
wildering effect upon Jenks---it makes
him unsteady in the legs and causes his
breath TO smell Of rum punch--on the
first occasion of the robbing and choking
outrage, he rung the area bell of the
house on the other side of the street I'M
til a policeman interfered and brought
him home-then jerks inveigled the
policeman into the house and delivered
him over to me with many formalities,
assuring me that he was a garoter whom
he had overpowered and captured by main
strength, and he showed the star on the
M. P.'s breast as the place where the in
vinciblc fist of jerks had Smashed his \
jaw" jerks was garoted again two
days after, and brought home by a gem
tlomanly individual, who picked his
pocket at the door, took bis ovcrcoat.
changed bats with him, and then rang
the bell for the girl to como and let jerks