Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-05-18
THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT.

TIM as having OccuFTeu III q "A'ohJ eA0f'
corner of Girod and New LeTee streets,
New Orleans, between Tim. Daily and
Mike Moran
Tsm.-Mike. what are We readiD there I
| Yer always starln at thin papers. Masha'
| can niyer see what's in thin SO diyartln
at ali at all.
Mthe.-Oh I it's only the ould woman
an that's havin a chat. You know the
| Ptcoyune is called the " ould woman on
account of her ould fogy relations. Be
fore you get to know the ould woman
right, you'll have to go back afther her
like a crab-she's not for goin an.
Iim.-Well, I always buy the Times,
for like my friend, Thompson, at the cor
aer Of Commerce and Julia streets, atther
| read a 1tt1e av it, then | wrap up my
bacon, butther an cheese wild it. an find
it chaper than buyin brown paper. Some
times I'll give half q pound Of butther
an half a yard of some young lady's poe
thry for twinty cents, an that brings me
custom. The editorials [ put round
shoulders and pigs feet-nons av them
bein fresh it's betther to put them to-
gether.
Mihe.-Well, every one to his fancy !;
but I prefer readin the black Republican,
for it shows Misther Mick Hahn's modes
ty so nicely where be wants all the Gar
mans put into office that they may return
the compliment. Alb / he wuz always the
divil for Office, but he never wuz on so
strong a scent for the dunkey's share as
he is now.
7Em.-Well, Mike, but don't you read
the Crescent now an thin 7 do an think
it very funny, BARN that Nick's son thinks
everybody is sinsible aud intelligent BARN
an Irishman ; but don't blame him, shure
it's the Irishman ~ his prejudice he sees
ian not the natheral one) be sets up to
knock down again. They say at one time
of his life he gave some people fits, but
be non.suited ne, an | don't like him eve
since. Troth, he knows more about long
measure than long metre-more about o
yard of editorial than feet IN POETRY,
when he took "Norah, the pride of Kill
dare for a Scotch song ! Oh, thin lave,
lave him alone az he couldn't tell Irish
whisky from New 0rlanes fed-eye. Troth
thin editors ought to larn 3 little more
or say a little less. 'Twould be better for
EN-. An the Bulletin too, that sticks
himself up to be a business customer has
a bogus jeweN in the shop that wont shine
much. An the Bee, bad luck to it shure
its half Erich, and | don't understand
it an for all the Understandable in the
| English av it amt worth taikin about
But what the diyil are you doin there 7
You don't hear a word Pm sayin
Nake-Oh whisht | Pm readin a great
thrial, an Tine now thinkin ay a greater.
1tm.-But Mike, wasn't the State
thrials in ireland grate2
Aike.-Troth Pm thinkin NJ greater
thrials nor liver there was or will be.
1sm.-Arrah botheration to you Yer
always braggin ; what greater ones are
ye thinkin about?
Mks.-The Day of Judgement, when
the United States an the rest of the world
will be thried.
Ttm.-Begorrs yer right there | thin
will be State thrials sure enough. But
Mike, alanna will fellow be tried by a
jury of his counthrymeB, thin !?
Mshe.-Throth an he'll not the Jury
will have enuff to do to look afther them.
selves.
Iam.-Faith [ like to hear that |! for a
bigger set of blaggards you couldn't find
this side of purgatory than thin jurymin
az our own country than they gave us
IN Ireland. But Mike, what manner of
thrial will We get? Will it be like a
coors aY common plays, or maybe chan
Gerry
Mtke.-Gst out. ye omadhaun | Where
Do think the justice would be av It was ?
1t will be a coort av eqwity an a sbu-
preme judge.
1fm.-But Mike, tell me /: will there
be any of thin lawyers there that we
know around New 0rlanes /?
Make.-Throth an there will. every one
OF them but they can't come anv Of
their deuee-take.'em (duces tecum1 or Fl
fa's or have his corpse or rulings ont of
coort, anyways.
Isna.-But Mike, avick ! wont It be q
CRATE day for them to show off Wont
oig Ly pirate like the divil that day
an little c. n work himself like a tile.
graph, an Judge He give them some
OF his dry logic an ould Col. Fs
blow for all the cutthroats and blaggard !,