Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-03
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3
M. maRleorD,s PRESCRIPTIONS.
prcKnss' CHRISTMAS STORY.

seldom has Mr.. Dickens humor beer
more effective put forth than in bis
description of his hero. Here it is:
"I am Cheap Jack, and my own
fathers name was Willum Marigold. Il
was in bis lifetime supposed by some thai
his name was William, e>but my own
father always consistently said, No, il
was Willuui. On which point / content
myself with looking at the argument in
this way: If a man 10 not allowed to
know his own Eame in free country,
how much is be allowed to, know in q
land of slavery As to looking at the
argument through the medium of the
register, Willum Marigold came into
the world before registers came up much
and went out of it, too. They would
not have been greatly in his line neither,
# they had CHANGED to come up before
him. .es-Cg
at 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 a
common; and in consequences of his be-
ing very kind gentleman, and accept
ing no fee but tea tray, / was named
OOEtOE Oub Vi kL0hAtAAG 0nA
to him. There you have me. Doctor
Marigold.
am at present q middled-aged man,
of broadish build, rim cords, leggings,
and sIeaved waistcoat, the strings of
which are always gone behind. Repair
them how you win, they go like fiddle
strings. You have been to the theater,
and You have seen one of the violin
PLAYERS screw up bis violin, after listen
ing to it ag il it had been whispering the
secret to him that it feared it was out of
order, and then you have heard is snap.
That's as exactly as similar to my waist
coat as waistcoat and violin can be
like one another. 3
aNow, lets know what you want to-
night, and you shall have it. But, first
Of eli, shall / tell you why ! have this
little girl round my neck2 Yon don't
want to know Then you shall. She
belongs to the fairies She's fortune.
teller. She can tell me all about you in
a whisper, and can put me up 20 whether
you,ae going to buy a lot or leave it.
Now, do you want q SAW No, she says
you dom because you are too clumsy to
use one. Else here's saw that would
be life long blessing to a handy man, at
four shilliDgs, at three and six, at three
and two and six, at TWO, at eighteen
pence. But none of you shall have it at
any price, on account of your well known
awkwardness, which would make it man
slaughter. Tho same objection applies
TO this set of three plains, which won't
let you have neither, so don't bid for EN-.
Nov am going to ask her what you do
want (Then whispered, Your head
burns so that i am afraid it hurts you
bad, my pet, and she answer without
opening her eyes, Just little, father. J
Obi this little fortune teller says it's a
memorandum book you want. Then
why didn't you mention it2 Here it is.
Look att Two hundred superfne, hot
pressed, wire-wove pages - if you don't
believe me, count 'em-ready ruled fer
your expenses, and everlastingly point
ed pencil to put 'em down with, double
bladed penknife to scratch 'em out with,
book of tables to calculate your income
with, and camp stool to sit down upon
while you give your mind to It'll Stopi
and an umbrella to keep the moon off
when you give your mind to it on pitch
dark night s
81 am partialrto q white bat, and I
like a shawl round my neck wore loose
and easy Sitting down in my favorits
posture. II had taste in point of per-
sonal jewelry, il 10 tnother-of-pearl but
tons There you have me again as large
as life" s
Mr.. Marigold has wife who is
virago, and beats their child, q sweet lit
tie girl, who catches low fever and dies.
Mr.. Dickens has seldom excelled this pic
ture of the father with the Jest upon his
lip and the dead dull pain in his heart:
!" Icouldn't get the dear child to lie
down or leave go Of me, and, indeed,
hadn't the heart to try, &C | stepped out
on the footboard with her holding round
my neck They all set ups laugh when
they see us, and one ohuokle-headed 10,
skin in that | hated for iD made the
Bidding 'truppenoe for her
Now you country boobies, says |,
feeling as il my heart was heavy
weight at the end of broken sash-line,
Il give you notice that | am going to
charm the money out of your pockets,
and to give you so much more than yonr
moneys worth that you'll only persuade
yourself to draw your Saturday nights
wages over again afterwards, by the
hopes of meeting me to lay EN- out with,
which you never will, and why not2 Be-
cause I've made my fortune by selling
my goods on a large scale, seventy FIVE
per cent less than / gave .or 'em, and |
am consequently to be elevated to the
House of Peers next week, by the title
OF Duke OF Cheap and Marks Jacka-
loorul.' A
"Now Iwon't ask you how much for
the lot but how little2 How little are you
thinking Off Don't be ashamed to
mention It, because my fortune teller
knows already (Then making believe
to whisper, kissed her and she kissed
meg why she says, you're thinking Of
as little as three pencel Icouldn't have
believed it, even of you, unless she told
me. Three and three pencil
And set of printed tables in the lot
thatll calculate your income up to forty
thousand year2 With an income of
forty thousand year, you grudge three
and six-pence, Well, then, I'll tell
you my opinion. / so despise the three
pence, that I'll sooner take the three
shilling There. For three shillings
three shillings, three shilings Gone
Hand EN- over to the lucky man."
GAS there had been no bid at all, .ey
erybody looked about and grinned al
everybody, while / touched little Suphy's
face and asked her if she felt faint Of
giddy. !
"iNot very, father. 1t win soon b
over Then turning from the pretty
patient eyes, which were opened now
and seeing nothing but grins across m,
lighted greaspots, j went on again in my
Cheap Jack style. go re /
"sWhere's the bntcher2, (My sorrow
full eve had last caught sight of o ia
voung butcher on the outside of tn
-arowd.l She says the good luck is tn
bnsche1,s 6 Where is he? Everybod
handed on the FLUSHING butcher to tn
front, and there was roar, and tn
butcher felt himself obliged to put hi
hand ia his pocket and take the lot
The party so picked out in general d oe
not feel obliged to take the lot--g oot
four times out of six.
Then we had another lot the coun
terpart of that one, and sold 1t sixpenet
cheaper, which is alSays very much en-.
ioyed. Then we had the spectacles. L
amt very profitablelot, but put en-
on, and / see what the Chancellor o
the Exchequer is going to take off the
taxes, and / see what the sweetheart d
the young man in the shawl is doing al
home, and see what the Bishops have
got for dinner, and deal more that sci
dom fails to fetch 'em apin their spirits
and the better their spirits the better
their bids
"Then we had the ladies' lot--tht
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