The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-09-22

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23eP p M-Anoiher round. tell my sto-
ries over twice, and just as reach the point
in the story friend breaks ia with-'that re-
minds of little incident &c.
! 3P. M.-As near as | can recollect, called
for more beer. One man in the party, who
had been very boisterous up to that moment,
grows suddenly silent, his head drops over
on his shoulder and he goes to sleep. Another
man sings a song. We all join in the chorus
without any particular regard to the key.
more beer. fa fs49l rHt5 s'aa-
/ $50 P. M.-.Sixty-six' is introduced. We
play for the beer, and the beer continues to
play the deuce for rs. Two or three susp-
cious looking strangers, whom we wouldn't
admit to our fellowship under other circum
stances, wormed themselves into the party.
They laughed extravagantIy at all my stories,
and call forthe beer which is isapplied to my
account. ftf s6 fEfsft 81 ah
4P. MA man who had been silently
drinking his beer for some time suddenly.
breaks out in violent denunciation of some
individual who is absent, and whom none of
US know. We Immediately sympathize with
him, and proceed to denounce the absent in
.Gividual with great warmth, all talking to-
gether. More beer.
5P.M,-I sing a song, forgetting the third
line in the second verse, and nearly go to-
sleep in trying to recall it.
$50 P. MI insist upon paying for all
we've had A total stranger borrowS five
dollars of me until he can see Stofe.' The
glasses are filed up again by order of party
at the other end of the room.
6P. M.--Men with their coats off, vociferat-
ing violently. Everybody in intense perspr
alton; disposition to spill beer on our shirt
bosoms and our clothes. Beer mugs knocked
off the table. Bar-keeper gets excited and
wastes his German on the desert air, the des
.ert air not understanding it. imagine that
he is asking us all to drink, and accept the
invitation. 1t is charged TO me.
7P. M.-More beer spilled on our shirt
bosoms. More fellows grow pale and go out
in the back yard, and more men snddenly
recollect that they have business TO attend to,
going about their business as though it was
the rail fence business.
Lager beer won't intoxicated
Man asleep across the table. Another man
off, to srassle' any one in the party for the
beer, (having rassled a large quantity of
beer.) A stranger takes it up, The 'rassle
prvceeds-and go under. More beer.
10 P. M.-More men sleep. | embrace two
or three Dutchmen at the next table-telling
them your my friend Look round and
discover all Of sudden, that my party has
changed. All gone 'wot Iknowd, and lot
of strangers there. That it is time to go
home. Drink glass of beer and go it.
{ LIP. M.-Am rudeIy awakened by some
one. Open my eyes and see a couple of
watchmen. / am on doorstep on Pine
street The watchman says You don't want
to sleep here The devil don't. Do you
suppose would be (hic( foolish enough 10
lay down and go to sleep here if didn't want
to p But you can't sleep here That's a.
different thing altogether You said didn't
want TO, and (hic) never wanted to so bad
in my life BEFORE
ll.3O P. MI reached home. Experienced
a good deal of difficulty in unlocking the
hall door with lead pencil. Try a pocket
knife, and then blunder upon the night key.
Suddenly remember that have got the hic-
cups, and getting under the hall gas-light,
try to cure them by seeing how near | can
put my two little fingers together without
touching them. | job them by each other,
clear up to the. elbow. Then experience al
glow of triumph as / hold them very near to-
gether TWO FEET APART.
IL 55 P. M.-The hiccups cured Congrat-
ulate myself on the cure as / go up stairs.
Think of taking out license TO practice in
that line, open the door-give a hccup
that starts the roof, and nearly throws my
head off. Wife starts up in bed, and says
DRUNK AGAIEP
protest that am (hicl not. Twas digni-
fed and learned, and ask her if she (hic) un-
derstands the dag (hiel nosis of hiccups
She says she had ought to; she had seen me
have them often enough.
Said /, in an injured voice DO you know
Madam, that (hic) hiccups come from (hic ~
comes from cold (hic) stomach ~ She said
she thought it came from a beer cellar down
street. l insisted that cold fit OF (hic)
biccups often comes from a severe stomach,
and remember wandering off into disserta-
tion upon the intoxicating properties ofI
quails, while she was pulling off my boots.
Lager-beer won't lntexicate Oh, mol
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