Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-25
DR.. MAREGoLDS PRESCRIPTIONS.
Dickens Christmas story.

Dickens Christmas Story.
The extra Christmas number of AU b
Fear Round for this year is called "Dr
Marigolds Prescriptions, and seldom ha
Mr.. Dickens humor been more effectivel,
put forth than in his description of hi
hero. Here it is
al am a. Cheap Jack, and my owl
fathers name was Willum Marigold. Il
was in his lifetime supposed by some thai
his name was William, but my own fathel
always consistently said, No. 1t was VIII
lum. On which point 1 content myself
with looking at the argument in this way;
If a man is not allowed to know his own
name in a free country, how much is he
allowed to Know iINa land of slavery? A:
to looking at the argument through the
medium OF, the register, Willum Marigold
come into the world before registers come
up mueh-and went out of it too, They
wouldn't have been greatly in his line
neither, if they had CHANGED to COME up
before him. @
:" I was born on the Queens highway,
but It was the Kings at that time A
doctor was fetched to my own mother by
my own father, when it took place on u
common; and in consequence of his being
/ a very kind gentlemen, and accepting no
fee but a tea-trEy, l was named Doctor
out of gratitude and compliment to him
There you have nae, Doctor -Marigold.
| 4" am at present a middle aged man, of
broadish build, in cords, leggings and a
sleeved waist-coat, the strings of which is
4 a1xr-..x ,r,sf1 f1s,-h hab ind h.,
you will they go like fddle-strings. You
have been TO the theatre, and have seen
one Of the violin players screw up his
violin, after listening to 1t as if it had
been whispering the secret to him that it
feared it was out of order, and then you
have heard it snap. That's as exactly sim
liar to my waistcoat as a waistcoat and
violin can be like one another.
I am partial to white hat, and l like
shawl round my neck wore loose and
easy. Sitting down is my favorite pos
ture. If have taste in point of per-
sOnal jewelry, it is mother-of-pearl buttons.
There you have me again, as large as life.
DR.. Marigold has wife who is virago,
and beats their child, sweet little girl,
who catches low fever and dies. Mr.
Dickens has seldom excelled this picture
of the father with the jest on his lip and
the dead, dull pain at his heart.
/ couldn't get the dear child to lie
down or leave go of me, and, indeed, I
hadn't the heart to try, so 1 stepped out
on the footboard with her holding round
my neck. They all set up laugh when
they see us, and one chuckel-headed ioskin
that l hated fOrit) made the bidding 'tup-
pence for her.
"Now, you country boobies says 1,
feeling as if my heart was heavy weight
at the end of broken sash-line, i give
you notice that am going TO charm the
money right out of your pockets, and to
give you so much more than your moneys
worth that you'll only persuade your
selves to daw your Saturday nights wages
over again afterwards, by the hopes of
meeting me to lay EN- out with, which
you never will, and why not? Because
I've made my fortune by selling my goods
on large scale for seventy-fve per cent.
less than give for 'em, and am conse-
quently to be elevated to the House of
Peers next week, by the title of the Duke
of Cheny and Marks Jacksloorul.'
"Now, let's Know what you want to-
night, and you shall have it. But, first of
all, shall tell you why have got this lit
tie girl round my neck? Youdon't want
to know2 Then you shall. She belongs
to the fairies. She's fortune-teller She
car, tell me all about you in q whisper,
and can put me up to whether you're
a-going to buy lot or leave it. Now,
do you want a saw No, she says you
don t, because you're too clumsy to use
one Else here's a saw which would be
lifelong blessing to handy man, at four
shillings at three and six, at three, at two
and six, at two, at eighteen pence. But
none of you shall have it at any price, on
account Of your we'll known awkwardness,
which would make it manslaughter. The
same objection applies TO this set of three
planes which l won't let you have neither,
so don't bid for EN-. Now L am a-going
to ask her what you do want Then L
whispered, Your head burns so that l
am afraid it hurts you bad, my pet and
she answered without opening her eyes,
Just little, father.') 'Ohl this little for
tme-teiler saws it's memorandum book
you want. Then why didn't you mention
it. Here it is Look at it. Two hun
dred superfHe hot-pressed wire-wovc
pages-if you don't believe me, count EN-
ready ruled for your expenses, an ever
lastingly-pointed pencil to put EN- down
with, q book of printed tables to calculate
your income with, and camp-stool to sit
down upon while you give your mind to
itl Stopl and ain umbrella to keep the
moon off when you give your mind to it
on a pitch dark night
Now / won't ask you how much for
the lot, but how little? How little are
you thinking of? Don't be ashamed to
mention it, because NV fortune teller
knows already Then making believe to
whisper, kissed her, and she kissed me.)
Why, she says your thinking of as little
as three and threepencel 1 couldn't have
believed it, even of you, unless she told
me. Three and threepencel And a set
of printed tables in the lot that'll calcu-
lxte your income up to forty thousand
year, you grudge three and sixpence.
Well, then, I'll tell you my opinion. 1
so despise the threepence, that III sooner
take the three shillings. There. For
three shilIings, three shillings, three shil-
ingsl Gone. Hand 'em over to the
lucky man. -, .,
. As there had been no bid at all, every
body looked about and grinned at every
body, while l touched little Sophys face
and asked, her if she felt faint or giddy,
Not very, father. It will, soon be over
Then turning from the pretty patient eyes,
which were opened now, and seeing moth
ing but grins across my lighted greasepot,
L went on again In my Cheap Jack style.
"' Where's the butcherF MY sorrow
full eye had just caught sight of fat,,young
butcher on the outside of the crowd.) She
says the good luck is the butchers.
+Whereis he? Everybody handed on the
blushing butcher who felt himself obliged
to put his hand in his pocket and take the
lots The party SO picked out in general
does feel obliged to take the lot-good four
times out Of. six, IL. ,5gs
j AThen we had another lot the eoun-
terpart of that -one, and sold it sixpenee
cheaper, which is always very much en-
loved. Then We had the sneet2asT
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