The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-27

Mr.. Punch, my Dear Sir:-It is seldom that
| the Commercial relations between Great
britain and the United States is mar'd by
Games.
1t is Commerce. after all, which will keep the
two countries friendly toards each other rather
| than statesmen.
look at your last Parliament and can't
see that single speech was encored during the
entire session.
Look at Congress-but no, I'd rather not look
at Congress.
Ebtertainin' this great regard for Commerce
whose sales whiten every sea- as everybody
happily observes every chance he gets learn
with disgust and surprise that British subjeck
bot Barrll of Apple Sass in America recently,
and when he arrove home be found under a few
deloosiv layers of sass nothin' but saw dust.
should have instantly gone into the CITY and
called meetin of the leadm commercial men
TO condem and repudate, as American, this
gros frawd, IL hadn't learned at the same
time that the draft given by the British subeck
In payment for this trawdylent sass was drawd
onto Bankin House in London, which doesn't
did. N' "--O "'''A
There is those who larf at these things, but 10
me they mIrit rebooks and frowns.
With the exception Of my Uncle Wilyim-who,
as I've before stated, is an uncle by marriage
only, who is low cuss and filled his coat
pockets with pies and billed eggs at his weddn
breakfast given to him by my father, and made
the clergyman as united him present of nv
fathers new overcoat, and when my father on
discoverin 1t got in rage and denounced him.
Uncle W1lyim said the old man (meanin INV
parent) hadn't any idea OF frst.class Humer -
with the exception of this wretched Uncle, the
escutshin OF my family has never been stained
by Games. The little harmless deceptions /
resort to in my perfeshion l do not cali Games.
They are sacri6sses to art.
come OF very clever family
me wards Is very clever family, indeed.
i believe we are descended from the Puritins
VINO nobiy fed from land of despitism to
enjoy their own religion, but prevent eyery-
body else from enjoyin his.
as SAID before we are q very clever family
was strolling up Regent street the other day,
thinking what clever family had come of,
and looking at the gay shop wnders. I've got
some new close since you last saw me- / saw
them others wouldn't do. They carrid the OBJ
past, and gave 'em to O 0rfun Asylum, The
close l now wear bot of Mr.. Moses, in the
Commercial Road. They was expressly made,
MT, r. Moses informed me, for no6leman, but
they htted him too muchly, partic'ly the trows,rs
(Which Is blue, with large red and white checks)
he had said, 'Mr. Dear feller, make me some
more, only mind mil be sure you sell these 10 some
like 10 sauntsr thro' Regent street. The
shops are pretty, 'and it does the old mans heart
good to see troops of fine healthy girls which
one may always see there at certain hours i'm
the afternoon who don't spile their beauty by
devourin cakes and sugar things, as too many
OF the American and French lasses do. It's
mistake about everybody being out of town.
guess. Regent street Is full. Pm here; and, as
said before, come of very clever family.
AS l was walkin along, amoosin myself by
stickin my penknfe into the calves of the foot
men who stood waitin by the swelLcoaches mot
one of whom howled with anguish), was ac-
costed by man of about thirty-hve Summers,
who said, III have seen that face some where's
afore!n
He was little shabby in his wearin apparil.
His coat was one OF those black, shiny gar
menis which you can always tell have been
FURNISHED by adversely; but he was very gentle
manly.
''Was it in the Crimea, comrade? Yes, it
was. IL was at the stormin of Sebastopol,
where had narrow escape from death that
l said mo, wasn't at Sebastopol. escaped
a fatal wound by not beln there. 1t was a
healthy old fortress" added
1T was. But it fell. 1t came down with
"And plucky boys they was who brought her
down." added land hurrah for em ~
The man grasped me warmly by the hand,
and said he had been in America, Upper Canada,
Africa, Asia Minor, and other towns, and he'd
never met man he liked as much as he did me.
"Let u.s. he added, ''let us to the shrine OF
Bacchus "-And he dragged me into a public
house. was determined ID pay, so / said ',Mr.
Bacchus, give this genl'man what he calls for.n
We conversed there in very pleasant man
ner till my dinner-time arrove, when the agree
bile gentleman insisted that should dine with
him. well have banquet, sir, fit for the godsli
l told him good plain vittles would SCOT me.
II the gods wanted to have the dispepsy, they
was welcome to it,
We had soop and fish, and a hot lint, and
growsis, and wines of rare and costly vintage.
We had ices and we had froots from Greeuland's
icy mountains and InjY's coral strands and
when the sumptuous reparst was over, the
agree'ble man said he'd unfortinitly left his
pocketbook at home on the marble center.
table
"But, by Jove ~ he said, sit was a feast fit
for the godsW
said, "Oh, never mind" and drew out my
puss tho lnardly wished the gods, as the
dinuer was ht for 'em, was there to pay for it.
| come of very clever family.
The agreeble gentleman then said, NOW, 1
| will show you our Club. 1t dates back to the
time of william the Conqueror."
Ibid Bill belong to it.?" inquired
'Wall,"I said, 'lf Billy was one of EN- need
no other endorsement as to its respectfulness,
and III go with you, my trooper boy !" And we
went off az m-in.arm.
On the way the agree'ble man told me that
the Club was called the Sloshers. He said I
would notice that none of 'em appeared in even
In dress. He said it was agin the roofs of the
club. In fact, II any member appeared there in
eyenin dress ne'd be Instantly expelled. "And
yit," he added, "there's geneyus there, and lofty
the quantities of intelleck you'll see there
We reached the Sloshers in due time and
must say they was shaky-looking lot, and the
public house where they convened was certainly
none of the best.
The sloshers crowded round me, and said /
was welcome. what beautiful brestpin
you've got" said one of 'em. "Permit me, y and
he took 1t out OF my neckercher. "Isn't it
luyly," he said, parsin it to another. 1t was
given me by my aunt, on my promisin her I'd
never swear profanely; and never have, except
on very special occasions ! see that beautiful
boosum pin parsn from one Slosher to an
other, and Pm reminded of them sad words of
the poit 'parsin awav parsin awayl" l never
saw il no more. Then in comes a athletic