Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-01-09

NESDAY. JANUARY 8
and, having thus upset the cards all
over the floor, reproved his friend
Indignantly for spilling his lobster-s.l-
ad in peoples eyes. His friend mean
while, had been alternately wishing
the piano.stool happy New Years,
and trying to shake hands with the
chandelier, and had at last seated him.
self on the centre-table, and was call
ing for boot:jack to put on his slip.
|pers with. They were finally got out
of the way; but not until Tiddleboy's
friend, who had staggered against the
sofa, had half pulled off his coat, and Of.
fered to fight that belligcrent article of
furniture, if anydody'd make = ring on
the piano.
Then came Piggins and lis friend.
Piggins Immediately put up his UNI
brclla to keep off the rain; excused
himself on the score of lobster-salad;
was helped to refreshments; mixed his
coffee with his picked oysters, stirred
the compound with his pen-knifc,
poured it out on sheet of music, laid
another over it and tried to bite .
piece out, under the impression that it
was sandwich. When the mess he
thus made of his shirt front had been
somewhat cleared away, he noticed it
for the first time, and said he hoped
Mrs. Wilkins would excuse him if he
put up his umbrella again--which he
at once did. a
And so on for dozens; fellows all
suffering from violent attacks of lob.
ster-salad, apparently, for all complain
ed of it; some of them tried to wipe
their faces on the door-mat, which they
picked up in the hall, under the con-
victions that it was pocket handker-
chief; some tried TO drink out of the
oyster turcen, and muttered something
incohcrent about salad; one held up
his plate before him like a looking
glass, and tried to comb his hair with
a pickle-fork; one brought his new hat
into the parlor with him, and set down
in it; and couldn't get out oft, till it
was taken away in small pcices by
Bridget, at whom he winked, and
suggested a little more lobster, too;
one marched up to an oil portrait of
Mrs. Wilkens, held out his handker-
chief, and asked to have some
more put into his punch; another
addressed the bronze statue of Apollo
as "waiter," and asked for a little
more lobster-salad, and plate by
which name he designated the sherry
decanter, which hs presented, bottom
up.
And, in fact, nine oat ten, who called
that afternoon were in such condition
of lobster salad not single one cod
positively tell bis head from a hay
NOV; yet, not one Of them refused to
drink, although somo of them had
difficulty in finding the way to their
mouth and their stomachs were often
times in a state of revolution.
1t W. not until l had got Tom
Diconarry out into the street, seen
him take off his hat to = sign post,
and heard him ask hydrant what
time it was, that suspected that he
too, had taken spoonful too much
lobster salad. He now asserts that l,
that night, pulled off my watch with a
bootack, and tried to wind my left
boot with a latch key; but that of
course, was al error occasioned by
the lobster salad he had eaten.
Next day, rep.ntant, headachy, ard
philosorhically, Tom remarked with
the air of 4 man who had hit upon
great discovery:
"Now that we're at home, in our
dear city of No-umbug, and can say
what We think, l beg to state, that the
fashion Of New Years calling ha.
fallen from a custom Of good feelings
and hearty friendship; and with very
many, has degcnerated into con.
temptible dodge for seeing the inside
Of houses, to which they would never
he admitted on any other day, of
speaking to ladies who will Indignantly
deny the acquaintance the next hour,
and of giving to many well-dresscd
vulgar brutes, the privilege, for ohe
day only, of entering parlors that, at
other times, are sacred to gentlemen,
which privilege the brutes abuse in
every vulgar way, and, especially, by
getting drunk without having to pay
for it,
After an experience so wearing, is
it to be wondered at that l must, for
this week, offer my excuse, and say,
that a series of articles, which hope
may prove interesting, will positively
be commenced next week.
DoEsT1cKs, p. B.
@ A-Missiesippi correspondent Of