Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-09
VOLUME I.---No. Il.

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elor, 'sand let us have room we'll make Will
mington merry, at least for one night, before
bid it FAREWELL
On crowded the dense throng until the up
stairs was nearly full also. Now the door
was shut and Mrs. Bachelor requested that
no one would leave the house until the per-
| formance was over. Tho dense crowd had
barely settled Down when Mrs. Bachelor
screamed;
''lIand round the red water, boys Before
we commence business we must have the
devil or his representative in u.s."
Hand round the rcd water, boys.'' echoed
| fifty voices. " Round with the red waterp'
Sure enough the red water did go round.-
Smack, smack, went the lips as tho red liquid
disappeared down the adamantine throats of
| the assembled crowd.
Now for the play cried Mrs. Bachelor.
| am going to institute court of justice OH
my own plan, to try old Mrs. Bachelor for
burning down Wilmington, robbing its stores
and playing the devil with its inhabitants. l
am going to do things after my own fashion
| to 0-night--to-lnorrow mock justice will put
| the veto upon my future performance hcre.-
At present will try this old vagabond accor-
ding to my own notion; will mete her out
that justice she so richly merits"
At this speech of Mrs. Bachelors, one
round of deafening applause rent the air, and
as soon as it d led away, the old woman, with
surprising agility, sprang upon table among
bottles, glasses, &c., and shouted:
Yes, am TO be the heroine Of tonight,
let who may come out victorious tomorrow
On with the red water boys on with the red
water. Let your faces be lit up with happy
spirits and your breast be glad from the ef-
fects of the joyful within you, before we com
mence the trial I"
Around went the red water-smiling faces
lit with the spirit flame that had taken pos
session of their blunted senses, CLEANED on
every side.
1.-THE new trial which we are about to per-
form, will require all your ingenuity to fill
the different parts, therefore hope you will
not spare the red water to brighten up your
IDEAS"
Gwen play our parts up to perfecton-so
round with that delightful beverage! - shout
ed host of voices.
Ground with the red water, boys. Get
yourselves in order for the trial, boys and
girlsl'' yelled Mrs. Bachelor.
From the language and actions Of this old
woman it was very evident that she intended
to be the moving spirit of the night. The red
water was duly circulated and drank, when
Mrs. Bachelor, in stentorian voice, shouted
nom her position on the table:
SIS Tom barley in the house 3''
''Yes, you had better believe he is" re-
piled the well known voice of Tom, in q kind
of double bass, in one corner of the room.
"Walk forward then, young man want
you to be one of the principal performers in
the almighty trial of this old woman, who
played the devil and turned up jack in this
sweet little borough of Wilmington"
Tom pushed his way through the crowd
and gained the table.
''Young man, this trial is to consist of
game of cards-I always do everything pro-
fessionally-to be played by you and that
weazle-cyed varmint standing over there
Roger Wilson,"
The assembled crowd was amazed at such
procedure. Expecting that they would only
be eye-wihesses of the spectacle, a low muir
mur of disapprobation struck Mrs. Bachelors
ears with that keen perceptability for which
she was famed, understood in an instant the