New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-27
DOESTICKS'S LAST CALL ON
NEW YEARS.

NEW EaAI(Ss
Made our last cali at Wilkeus'-four daughters snd
mother Strange effects Of lobs,ersaad nearly every
Young man who came in had some fault 20 find with
somebody elses lobsersaad; it seemed to have made
them all very thick in the speech and very thin 10 the
Iegs Young Tiddleboy and friend came in. II. ad-
dressed Miss PMana Wilkens somewhat after this
style: " Good New-Yrs Phus Melisty; don't look al
meat INV friend; he's been drinking obster-salad,
hun he's all sober-all sober-so re ] ma'am. Many
bapuy obsters-uo returns mean, of course, of this
'sricfous cayshun. Thank yOu, mum. lIows the old
woman, Your father that Is, your father the old
woman. Yes'H, very pleasant weather out doors;
wouldye brought you some If Id knowd yen q IKE
hslfa pint. Your very g delth mum.
Tiddleboy, now under the impression that omehody
had given him something to drink, picked up Miss
Philstas card basket and put % his lips and having
thu upset the cards al the floor, Teproved hh
friend Indignantly for splitting his lobsersaad in poo
pies eyes. His friend, meanwhile, had been alter,
nately wishing the piano stool happy and
irving 10 shake hands with the chandelier, and had al
l,st seated himself the centeT-tab-, and wa calling
Cor boot JACK 10 put bis slippers With. They were
finally got ont Of the way; but not until llddleboys
friend who had staggered against the sofa, had half
pulled oil his coat and offered 10 tgnt that be 5erent
Article Of furniture, II anybody make mig on the
Then came Peggins and his friend. Peggns imme-
dia'ey put up lis umbrella TO keep of The RAIN eX-
used himself on the of lobseIsaad; was helped
oysters stirred the compound with his pen-knie,
p0ured il out on sheet OF music aid another sheet
over il and tried to bite piece out under The Dnpres-
,5on that it was sandwich. When the mess he thus
made OF his shirt-ront had been somewhat cleared
oEav be noticed il for the first time aud said he hoped
Mrs. WiIkens would excuse him If he pat up his
umbrella again-vhich he at once did.
And 80 on fof dozens; fellows all suffering IRON So-
lent attacks Of lobserlad apparently, for al con-
plned OF it, some Of them tried % WHO the faces on
Tho dooI-i1at which they picked up IN be ball. under
he conviction that il pocket Handkerchief some
tried 10 drink out OF the OyseI nreen and m1ttsred
something incohercnt about salad one held up bia pale
before hin Ike "a IoOkng-gss, and tried 10 comb bs
hair with "a pickle-fOrk; brought hls new ha ialo
tbe rar0r with him. sat down III it, and couldn't get
ont Of H. I'LL II wa1 taken away in small pieces by
BRIDGET, al whom he wiuked, and suggested li.ilo
Iar. lobster TOO; one marched up 10 an OIL .rtraii oi
Nrs Nilkens held Out hir handkerchief, and asked 10
have more sugar put into bis punch another ad3ressi
he bronze statue Of Apollo waiter, aud 4skea Tor
Lille more lobster--illad, ard pa'e ny winch rah'
q designated The sherry decalner whirn he lreseAeI'
And Il, fct. nine oat oil ten who called after noon
were IN such condition OF lObser-siad That no' hh-
gle ono could positively tel is head rom . Jay NOV"
get not one OF chem used 70 drink alLho'g" son'
OF tbem had officially 10 finding The way 10 'neii
moutLs-and the5 stolaachs were oiteo times IA r'1'o
OF revolution.