The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-01-19
SoIiIoouy ofa Lonfer.

Let's see, where am ? This is-coal
I'm laying on. How'd get here Yes, l
mind now. Was coming up street-met a
wheelbarrow-was drunk, comm tother
way, the wheelbarrow fell over me, or l
over the wheelbarrow, and one of us fell
into a cellar-don't know which now
guess it must ha' been me. I'm nice
young man, yes, am-tight tore p! drunk /!
Well, / can't help it-taint my fault
wonder whose fault It's? Is it Jones
fault? No. Is it my wifes fault? Well,
it amt. Is it the wheelbarrow's fault? No.
It's whisky's fault. Who is, whisky2 Has
he large family? All poor, | reckon. |
think l wont own him any more. I'll cut
his acquaintance-Tv had that notion for
about ten years, and always hate to do it
for fear of hurting his feelings. I'll do it
now-I think liquors injurin' me, it's
spoilin my temper.
Sometimes l get mad when I'm drunk,
and abuse Bets and the brats-it used to be
Lizzie and the children-that's some time
ago. I'd come o evenin's, she used to put
her arms around my neck and kiss me, and
call me her dear William. When | come
home now, she takes her pipe out of her
mouth and hair out of her eyes, and says
somethin' like, Bill, you drunken brute,
shut the door after you; were cold enough
havin' no fire, thout lettin' the snow blow
in that way" Yes she's Bets and Pm Bill,
now. | amt a good bill, nuther; think
I'm a counterfeit, won't pass tavern with
out goin and gettin' drunk. Don't know
what bank I'm on. Last Saturday night |
was on the river bank-drunk.
| stay out pretty late; no sometimes I'm
out all night; fact is, I'm out pretty much
all oyer-out of friends, out of pocket, out
at the elbows and knees, and always out
rageously dirty-so Bets says; but then
she's no Judge; for she's never clean her.
self. / wonder why she doesn't wear good
clothes, maybe she hasn't got EN-; whose
faults that - faint mine-must be whis-
kys.
Sometimes I'm in, however I'm intox-
icated now, in somebody's coal cellar
There's one principle Eve got-I won't get
in debt; never could do it. There, one
of my coat tails is gone-got tore off, ex-
pect, when l fell in here.-In have to get
a new suit soon.
A fellow told me, tother day, that I'd
make good sign for a paper mill. He
wasn't so big, I'd kick him, Eve had this
shirt on for nine days, an I'm afraid it w.,
come off without tearin.' People Ou~
respect me morn they do, for Pp--n - ~
orders. l amt dandy thOugp go
are pretty near Gresham ST. nants t,oth-
ooro i eIis w 'nI 0 sn+ on the wax in
Gr nigne, ~n ntn fSS;t'have to get it mended,
Den H ~, ~ Snopi amt very stout as it
OF Il t,'ecLl cosay, Pm as fat rs match,
Is. as tne as the small pox.
Anu as nethat has been standing guard for
MY -6w pane that went out t'other
Wing at the invitation of brick bat
IS gettin cold down here; wonder if
amt able to climb. If | had drink
could think better. Let's see l amt got
three cents; if [ was in a tavern I could
sponge one. Whenever any body treats and
says "come fellers," l always think my
names fellers," and I've got too good man
ners to refuse. Well, | must leave this or
they'll arrest me for an attempt at burglary
l amt come to that yet. Anyhow it was
the wheelbarrow that did the harm-not
me.