Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-20

MIR. VERNON; You have your correspond
ents from different parts OF the courtyard State,
reciting the advantages Of particular localities,
and the forishing condition of towns and vii
ages, the big crops of corn, and the tall oats,
and last, tho not least, the loneliness Of the
daughters of Dalawaie, and how incomparably
they can fill rocking. chairs, reclne upon sofas,
and do up the agreeable generally. But
amongst them all we have noticed nothing
from sold Mill Geek" as the politicians say
when they wish to soit-soap the natives.
Well, this is to inform you that we arc still
within the limits of the great State Of Della
ware, and ii the rest of the county wish to
know our occupation, it is drinking rum j..
which means delectable compound of rain
water, soap-suds, and strichnine, with a HON
eopathic infusion of spirits sufficient to give
the critter SMELL Enquiring the other day
OF "a citizen Of your place how you were get
ting along under that better iatp for restraining
incompetence, the emphatic reply was--H viii
mington is drunk all The timC % The remark
struck MS as tolerably descriptive-but il don't
meet our case. Mill Creek is not only drunk
decently drunk = fashionably drunk rceling
drunk-sputtering staggering drunl-but she
is sprawling drnnk--gutter drunk-wallowing
in the filth of bad whiskey and all its attendant
circumstances. As case In point, report says
few days since number OF persons of all
colors and of various nations, assembled by
in the limits of said hundred, and became by
some means, from landlord down to darlkey,
Deeply, darkly, beautifully 6!ue'
Tho lady of the house ii appears was absent
in Wilmington, and arrived home Just at the
time when the soapsuds were beginning to hub
Bile up pretty considerably. Wishing to stop
its further progress, she secured the keys and
denied them more Of the fluid. But luckily
for the thirsty gentlemen, among the house
hold needfuls which the lady had brought from
town, was gallon Jug orssbrandy,' which was
LETT standing ont side the house while the bar
was being secured. heinstinct of the thirsty
one sinelt ont the treasure, and in less time
than you could say beans, il was spirited away
to parts unknown, and what that big jug and
its contents suffered from the hands Of its cap
tors between that time and the next morning,
II will taSe better spirits than we have around
here to toll. Suffice it to say, that the war had
! ragged so llcrcely throughout the night, that
/ not only the jug, but many Of its c4ptors wero
| not ms condition to quit their bed OF leaves
on the following morning. But the worst Of it
| Is, that said jug and contents are reported to
have been the property Of church. going in
| dlvinual, who had purchased it TO assist in Sc
curing the oats crop--whether TO eounteract
me effects Of the frequent showers by sprink-
ing It over the mows OF otherwise report
slyeth not.
PleaBe inform the editor Of the Delaware
Ga2ette, that his s. better law for restraining
lntemperance, is working to cAarm--especi
ally the Straiaiag. In the first place, the deal
ers have strained out what little good liquor
| there was in their abominable compounds.
Secondly, the suckers arc strainng to get the
vile stnu ont of their stoniachs. Thirdly. the
church-going temperance democrats q have
strained their backs trying to carry the KUN
platform; and lastly, they have strained nj tho
gnat, and strained their threats when they
swallOwed---a rum barrel.
BoBINa ROrNp,