Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-17

- IL 1soii z..47- b.15t.-5 "a j, me-, a
JOHNSON 'ull dhrink too much English
wine. he may carry his own headachesi
flr n.e may they be sharp arr az q
heavy. into the sowl an marrow av him
may they pinethrate! ~. ~ -a
l.ail-.rs DEPARTMENT OF STATE, b,
= WASHINGTON, Nov 25, 1868. 81.
DENNIS O'FLAHERTY: ~ r...l-..
Do you think yon are strong enough to
carry st. Thomas or the Bay of Samana
through the Senate? .,.sj - "a, ss
= s,.,.s WILLIAM n. SEWARD -i
q Divil Bit. Suppoze now an airth-
quake shud take the ould island whilst L
wuz carryin' it? The ager 'ud be GIN
tie shivur to it. and the dilyarum thrim-
bles 'ud be plisint be comparison.
The litthur below wuz rit in a shlapey
hand, and wuz smudged az If a long
beard had bin dhrawed acrost it..
NAVY DEPARTMENT, IA
stg WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1858. J 3.
DENNIS OFLAHERTY:i Jizs 10 ti.r
Is You-sa YOU are accustomed to heavy
loads. Would you lift me up whilst /
put on my glasses and look whether we
have any vessels at sea; and carry me to
the Navy Yard TO enquire If war is over,
and whether the alabama has been
captured? lf gr GIDEON WELLES.
Aizy bit, ouid Niptoon. Wud yez
be Arthur maxim q SINBAD av mesilf.
and mounthin me shouldhirs, like the
Ould Man av the Say? Dye mind now
the ould shtory? Fax, 'twuz O'RooNEY
towld it wan mite at the shanty, an
PADDY MULCATHY's bye OWEN towld
him. an De rade IL out aY ouk thae
bye ovur at the shKule mouse peyan'
sowld him for "a sntring av outtnehs.-
ez see, SINBAD Wuz MunStner nye
an sailed IN snip nom Ballysora,
which I'm thlnkln az some where's IN
the Bay ay Banthry, an coas.ed along
to Cork an Waterfront -peddlih eggs an
purfatles ana nsnln, at tlmesr an now
an thin runnln' few Kegs ay sperrlts-
Wan day the ship shtruk on rock
OWEN seq the buk seq twas rock shtruk
the ship, an the rock wuz bird, but
that wuz printhur's mishtake, though
mesilf have sin the rocks fly whin there
wuz skrimmidge forrad. AS wuz
sayin' the ship wuz wrecked an SINBAD
wuz lift alone an a dissolute island, wld
nobody but jug av whishkey that ne
hildan to, TO kape himsilffrom drownln,.
An the fust man. he sin wuz an ould fei-
low wild long white beard, an hlz halr
up in pint, an pair av shIapey eyes.
He wuz Jlst the ouid Dye 10 De snIuck up
IN a Whate held TO kape the crows an
" Marnin' j" SEE SINBAD, wantln 70 De
perlite, fur the ould bye wuz p'raps mas, !,
ther av the island. save yez kindly"
sez the ould man.. VIII yez DO the
Rndnlss to an ould glntiemah 10 give
see
there's amy snlps 10 say Chls sntorily
marnin'?, "Sbure, an its mesllf thas
Will" SEE SiNBAD, an, hlsteG the QUIZ
an :, .',,a sU.n at an hnc,lS -, ;, M
:. LII - ua um.v az .no ,,,,,s - ha rrat,;n,
nFan;r oi - f,r NJ ha y uyd d"ga on, nod bnt
J:-;T9 Z, \ : r-,t ~, -; 80 :, nv,
uirn q ois MuH az, HS ses wv w. !. al nt;,;,
weary uay ,'u ' ~, su
an shwealli VIZ tne oulu tiian s'iiaRin MN,
an snIo,iu anu M eoIu.ni Iii 's ~
uay; Win st.ona,p; aaMnap WIZ tan t,GS a, N
w Jug a,;aaS n o,,, 90 he
ssWhat,s thatPp Wbishkv.u % sez SIN
ran. "Ts II gud TO dhrink ?u sez the
ould man. @You're mity right,n sez
SINRAD uHand ms mn taste ~ seq he.
"aI'll see yez further fust," sez SINBAD.
Wild that the ould fellew gripped hiz
knees round SINBAD's throat, an IL Wuz WI;
tight Times wa MIN. So-he nandiu
up the jug, an, the unmanneriy tna1e
dhraned lviry dhrap, an, wint 10 shiape
TO wanst- But twuz a good snlape Iur
SINBAD, iur the ouid man Wuz SO power
full dhrunk that his knees losht their grip
an he tumbled an an, smashed MS ould
pate agin shtone. But Its not SO any
"a be glttln' rld av the ouid man av tnr
", hxara IN
shouldhjr, I'm thinkin,.
Here's some more letthurs got be the
lasht male. ~ t.-.i-.,....
Es..gs- New YORK, November 26.
DENNIS O,FLAHERTY-What will yo1
take to carry a load of Erie stocks around
the corner y DANIEL DREW.
Thet,s mity fine bizniss, when yu've
bruk yer own back to thry an break
mine. Faix its dhirty wurk I've done,
INT its not in Erie mud I've bin, an its
not tbere I'm poin, now. fur I've a car