Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-04

"oSPi1aiCies. In aouiClOn 10 keeping Opef
house. many of ladies kept books
wherein they entered the names Of theil
visitors. At one residence ftty-eight gen
tlemen called "all In bunch" We heard
good report of them. They were duly
eptered on the callers book. " - .
Talking of New Years. day, there arr
good resolves enough made on that day tc
keep Us all the year engaged in breaking
them. Its said that the internal regions
are paved with good Intentions, and every.
body ON New Years day goes to work lay
ing that pavement. It Is natural that men
should resolve to do better in the future, to
carry more and heavier items to the credit
side of life's ledger, but it is sad to think
now soon these resolves are broken. The
drinker resolves never again TO touch what
can lintoxtcate, and almost everybody
"swears off - from some vice or other. We
are led to these remarks from the conduct
OF our friend BlUbbs. Blobbs Is our bosom
friend. We think, more of that Blobbs
| than any other he who crowds his lordly fig
ure into fashionable pants, or embeliishes
his back with a short-tailed coat. But we
layer of hell's pavement he has no equal.
On New Years. morning ne appeared to
US in all the glory of new dickey "A
stify starched stand-up collar and an old
fashioned stock, which kept his head up,
elevated at an angle OF 45 degrees. His
well saved beaver shone like the rising
sun, from the combined influence of coat
of coal oil and hard rubbing. His hem
stitched Government CATERS, No. IL, fairly
glistened from the amount of tallow ex-
pened on them. esa sliga sasa, hailsasat
We took our eye and placed it on the
young man. His appearance met our dis
tingnished appreciation. In our flute-like
tones we asked him. I" Whence, gorgeous
youth, art come? Why art thou thus ap-
pareled? Solomon in all his glory. was not
arrayed like thee" s ,,9as1 @ @ ssss ss.i bss sS
Taking off his hat and rubbing it with
his coat sleeve, he looked at US in his Pc
culiar way. and simply calculated, :. New
Years. Call on ladies. Bully.o o1sh Hsi =
= "Ah, yes, my noble Roman, this is the
day. It had escaped our memory. Come
forth."o As we reached the sidewalk, we
stopped and gazed upon Blobbs. S5iss ,..' VS. q
tas'foung man, " we said in q most COM
manding voice. isBeware the world we
live in; it is . changeful world, and like .
cur will snap at the hand it licked an hour
before. Should you BECOME intoxicated,
this world that smiles 80 now win give you
thunder and the watchfuls policGiwill your
body take 10 durance vile. Bewareln %
He dropped upon his knees, his eyes
taking the angle Of the housetops on the
other side of the street-because OF the
srock-and raising one hand toward heav-
en-, said: "sAnd now, by all the gods at
once, do protest l will keep sober. If
Idon't, may you be obliged to pay my
fine.''ia :. ~ i5aAiI's't 9- - : - 10y
We-accepted the amendment, and be-
lieved in Blobbs' sincerity, because he knew
and we knew that we never did have
stamps enough at one time to pay S. and
costs. 1t was wonderful test of sincerity.
Arm and arm we marched up Broadway
to pay our deuoirs to the ladies and devour
their eatables. sqzaFa.A asi I'd sa4sg,r7 srk
At the first house at which we called the.
ladies were !ssnot at home." We knew they
were not for we saw them peeping through
the blinds. We drew our cards from the
deck, and requested the servant to give
them to the lady citizens on their return.
No sooner had those gals gazed on the
Jack Of Hearts and King of Clubs, than
they sent for US to return. In broken
voices and with the pearly tears dropping
off of the end OF their innocent noses, they
said they at first supposed we were Repub-
lican State officials or Cincinnati newspa-
per correspondents, because we wore such
good clothes. We suppressediour wrath,
because of their being of the weaker sex.
They knelt at our feet, received our bless
ing, and were forgiven. In graceful curves
we threw ourself around a champagne
punch, while .Blobbs sandwiched his with
brandy, sherry wine and water. As he
placed that glass OF water to his lips we
trembled for him, and reminded him of his
oath. He wasn't used to it. We feared.
alas, we feared for the consequences. aa
In the course of our investigations we
called on numerous other LADY citizens,
We gathered in oysters in various shapes,
and cold fowls and meats, and jellies and
things, till we looked like bass drum
afflicted with dropsy. But Blobbs' ability
to eat and drink is enormous. The quanti-
ties of provisions and fluids that wretch is
capable of hiding is wonderful. ~
After we had called on innumerable
friends and passed the compliments of the
season over illimitable glasses of wine, we
observed shakiness in the walk of our
fri ho ohn1
the liviiest sensations of fear in our breast.
We thought first it was caused by the ele-
yation given to his head by the stock. We
trembled and watched him. a
AS we had called on a large number of
eminent lady citizens during the day, we
thought it time to call it hard conun-
drum and give it up. But that wretched
young man in the stiff stock objected. He
said: sff1sisssi 5000 y
"Spiv-ma-boy, less go t see fren' % mine.
Splen-creater. Bully bottle wine. 'Rah ~
Placing our back against lamp post.
we gazed on the unhappy youth. He
made an effort to return the solemn indig-
nation of our look, but could only throw
down the corner of his eye like Goldfish
dying of the toothache. He was deaf to
all argument. So we went with him.
On entering the house he said '.Laries-
zis ma fren Spivins bully boy-wither-
shiny-ear. Hap-New-Year"-tossing all
his words together, as if to annihilate
space. 95 1ts-H e
We placed our best beaver on chair, as
we rose to shake hands with the ladies'.
beaming upon them in our usual happy
manner. They offered us glass of wine
each. We proposed the compliments OF
the season, ladies ALL" when BlobDs, over
come by the strength of his feelings, stag
gered backward exclaiming,s g coppiments-