The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-02-02
ally the last thing he said to me at night afore

he went to bed 5a5
He had what consider a fine mind-a po-
etic mind. His ideas respectin his property
never come upon him so strong as when he sat
upon barrel-organ and had the handle turned.
Arter the vibration had run through him a
little time, he would screech out, seToby, feel
my property coming grind away I'm count
ing my guineas by thousands, Toby grind away!
Toby, shall be man of fortunel feel the
Mint jingling in me, Toby, and I'm swelling
out into the Bank of Englandp Such is the
influence of music on a poetic mind. Not that
he was partial to any other music but barrel
organ on the contrary, hated it. '+
He had kind of aeverlasting grudge agin
the Public; which is thing you may notice
in many phenomenons that get their living out
of it. What riled him most IN the mater of
his occupation was that it kept him out of So
ciety. He was CONTINUALLY sayin, ''Toby, my
ambition is to go into Society. The curse of
position towards the Public is that it keeps me
hout of Society. This don't signify to low
beast of Indian he amt formed for Society.
This don't signify to a Spotted Baby he amt
formed for Society. 1 am
Nobody never could make out what Chops
done with his money. He had good salary,
down ON the drum every Saturday as the day
come round besides having the run of his
teeth-and he was Woodpecker to eat-but
all Dwarfs are. The sarser was little income,
bringing him in so many halfpence that he'd
carry 'em, for week together, tied up in a
pocket Handkerchief. And yet he never had
money. And it couldn't be the Fat Lady from
Norfolk, as was once supposed; because it
stands to reason that when you have animosi-
ty towards Indian which makes you grind
your teeth at him te-tis face, and which can
hardly hold you from Goosing him audible
when he's going through his War Dance-it
stands to reason you wouldn't under them cir
cunistarfees deprive yourself, to support that
Indian in the lap of luxury.
Most unexpected, the mystery come out one
day at Egham Races. The Public was shy of
bein pulled in, and Chops was ringin his little
bell out of his drawing room winder, and was
snarlin to me over his shoulder as he kneeled
down with his legs out at the back door-for
he couldn't be showed into his house without
kneeling down, and the premises wouldn't ac-
commodate his legs-was snarhn, ''Here's a
precious Public for you; why the Devil dom t
they tumble upY' when man in the crowd
holds up a carrier-pigeon, and cries out, eff
there's any person here as has got ticket, the
Lottery's just drawed, and the number as has
come up for the great prize is three, seven,
forty Three, seven, forty-twop L was
givin the man to the Furies myself, for call
ing off the Public's attention-for the Public
in preference to the thing showed 'em; and if
you doubt it, get 'em together for any indiwid-
ual purpose on the face of the earth, and send
only two people in late, and see if the whole
company ant far more interested in takin par
ticular notice of them two than of yeu-I say,
I wasn't best pleased with the man for callin
out, and wasn't blessin him in my own mind,
when see Chops little bell fly out of the
winder at old lady, and he gets up and kicks
his box over exposin the whole secret, and he
catches hold of the calves of my legs, and he
says to me, "Carry me into the wan, Toby, and
throw a pail of water over me or I'm dead
man, for I've come into my propertyp'
Twelve thousand odd hundred pound was
Chops winnins. He had bought half ticket
for the twenty-five thousand prize, and it had
come up. The first use he made of his prop
erty was, to offer to fight the Wild Indian for
five hundred pound Side, him with poisoned
darin-needle and the Indian with club: but
the Indian bein in want of hackers to that
amount, it went no further.
Arter he had been mad for a week-in a
state of mind, in short, in which, if had let
him sit on the organ for only two minutes,
believe he would have bust but we KEEP the or
gan from him-Mr Chops come round, and
behaved liberal and beautiful to all. He then
sent for young man he knowed, as had very
genteel appearance, and was Bonnet at gam
ing-booth (most respectable brought up, father
hayin been imminent in the livery stable line
but unfort'n nate in commercial crisis through
paintin a old grey, ginger-bay, and sellin. him
with a Pedigree), and Mr.. Chops said to this
Bonnet, who said his name was Normandy,
which it wasn't:
''Normandy, I'm goin into Society. Will
you go with meT' ;. ...t-
Says Normandy: "Do understand you, Mr..
Chops, to intimate that the ole of the expen-
ses of that move will be borne by yourselfY'
"Correct," says Mr.. Chops. ssAnd you
shall have princely allowance too"
The Bonnet lifted Mr. Chops upon a chair
to shake hands with him, and replied in poetry,
with his eyes seemingly full of tears:
''My boat is on the shore,
And my bark is the sea-
And do not ask for more,
But I'll Go;-along with thee"
They went into Society, in ebay and four
grays with silk jackets. They took lodgings in
Pail Mall, London, and they blazed away.
In consequence of note that was brought
to Bartlemy Fair in the autumn of next year
by servant, most wonderful got up in milk
white cords and tops, cleaned myself and
went to Pail Mall, one evenin appointed. The
gentlemen was at their wine arter dinner, and
Mr.. Chops eye. was more fixed in that Ed of
his than thought good for him. There was
three of 'em, Gin company, mean,) aud
knowed the third well. When last met, he
had On white Roman shirt and bishop s
mitre covered with leopard-skin, and played the
carionet all wrong, in band at Wild Beast
Show.
This gent took on not to know me, and Mr..
Chops said, ''Gentlemen, this is an old friend
of former days. and Normandy looked at me
through eye-glass, and said, ''Magsman, glad
to see you p-which II take my oath he wasn't.
Mr. Chops to get him convenient to the table,
had his chair on throne, (much of the form
of George the Fourth's in the canvass but ne
hardly appeared to me to be King there IN any
other pint of view, for his two gentlemen or,
dered about like Emperors. They was all
dressed like May-Day-gorgeousl land as to
wine, they swan in all sorts: da95 IN LA
made the round of the bottles, first sepa-
rate. Ito say I had done IT'D and then mixed
'em all together, (to say had done it, and
then tried two of 'em as half-and-half, and
then t'other two. Altogether, passed pleas
| in evenin; but with a tendency to feel muddled
T ,o,s;daradr II ,oood manners tn cret mr.