Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-28

give too barrils of whiskey to git rid
uv--that il to establish Trend in Il
moo field NV labor"
McPelter and Penniback er contribu-
ted money eruff to pav the fra.e, and to
provide the necessary fixtures for n bar,
so left the Corners, hopin never to be
compelled to return.
Feeling the truth of the proverb that
there's many slip twixt the cup and
the lip, didn't rcsine the post"otlice,
but locked 1t, leavin dir ctions with the
boy who carries the mail to leev Declxin
Pegram's paper at his house.
On my way to Moo York, INDUCED
in tie most pleasin dreams. l fancied
myself behind my own bar-getting my
own likker ut wholesale--uv hevin a
back room into which cacusses should
be beld heyin sufficient run Nv bust
ness and the onsekcnt control Nv cnuff
NV votes to be on spca ing terms with
Goveino Hoffman and Mayor Hall of
bein nominated for alderman NV hevin
contrax NV building a house on Fifth
avenoo, and being a genooine Moo York
aristOcrat; NV hevin my carriage with
coat of arms the Nasty family unto the
panels; Nv going to Congris, in The
place NV Morrisy; and so on. II was a
lovely dream, but | VIZ destined to a
sad awakenin.
L rentid grocery store in convent
ent corner in the Sixth ward, and put
over it in bold letters the legend mich
ael O'Nasby," with the harp witch wunst
thro Tara's hall, its sole NV moosic shed,
painted conspicuous; and beil troo
Amerikin l he'd the green flag NV ould
Ireland painted rite above the stars and
stripes.
In two days wuz rely fur dizziness.
Nj " oct q hi |, ra.lx. t,a1yt I
he'd my two barrils conve niently noun.
ted; | heu thirty large glasses in pan,
and plate Nv crackers back NV them,
for show merely, eZ no one yOOsis EN- in
EN- in the Sixth ward.
In the meantime, he'd many pleas
ant acquaintance. Two aldermen and
four or five gentlemen connekled with
the city government he'd loolt in and
introduced themselves pleased at my
comm. Being Il stranger in the city,
they gave me some valuable advise.
"The iirst thing to do, " sed one NV en-,
sis to make acquantances. / wood
suggest that you hev formal openin.
We will, eff the idea strikes 700, take
the trouble to invite n few friends in,
say to save you trouble, that
you may establish yourself. Is it II
go?"
Overjoyed, | remarked "certainly."
Fatal remark That remark short ez it
wuz, wus my undOoin. My friends
come and with EN- their friends, to the
number NV thirty. rejoist when / saw
EN-. There wuzent whole pair Nv
pants in the party, and a more gorgeous
assortment NV noses these eyes never
rested onto. Every man NV EN- wuz a
stanch Dimokrat, and ez they lookt at
them freshly tapped barrels, they swore
eternal love for me.
Wv course, l invited them to take IL
drink, and my invitation was responded
to with alacrity.
My friends, the aldermen, immeiitly
insisted that the party drink with them.
JOyfully l sOt out the tumblers, the al
: dermen drinkin out IVA tin cup, with
the remark that they wuZn't proud.
The cup held morn three tuInblers.
Immejitly one NV the gentlemen who
wuz connected with the city govern
ment, remark't, "set 'em up!" wich |
did, they insistin that I drink with
them every time. Then one NV the
friends insisted that it wuz his time
then another, and another, and another.
By this time l wuZ getting off my
balance. BascOm haC not watered the
whiskey, suppOsin | knew enuff about
keepin bar to do it, and had not done
: it. In my frenzy / invited all NV m to
tate sithin and then lost CONSCIOUSNESS.
The rest seems to me like horrid
dream. ! remember frantically in istn
, Oh everybody drinkin with me L re-
member the crowd kept CROWN bigger
and bigger the al iermen and two NV
the gentlemen connected with the city
government vaulted behind the bar and
| acted as dispensers, having rolleu con-
: veniently under the bar, and conshusnis
. left me.
l awOke in the morning. alluz do
but wat an awakening The doors wuz
open not drop Of liliker in the house
the frien Is, the aldermen and the gen
tlemen connected with the city govern
ment had stolen the tumblers, the bar
r rels and all the moveables in the insti-
t0oshen, leavin it ez bare ez the treasury
wuz after boOkanan retired from offs.
They had even stolen the sign over the
3 door and the stove out NV the room, my
boots, hat and coat.
EZ matter NV course cOodent start
again. l not only he'd no whiskey but
l he'd nothing to pour it Out into. | wuZ
bustid. My openin wuz altogether too
gorgeous. 1t wood hev answered he'd /
possessed the capital to start agin, but
= lacked. Agin l wuz fioored for want Nv
means. Agin my impecuniOsty pre-
vented me from maxim a rise in the
world. How long, oh how long, shell
be thus hampered?
shell never divulge how l got back
to the Corners. / shell never wiring the
public Duzzun with narrashen NV the
trials and troubles NV that long walk
/ shell never recount how / wuZ ignom-
inously tumbled of Nv the cars, how l
/. he'd to gobble at free lunches, ct settry.
Suffice it to say got home at last.
:: But I shell not stay here. My failyoor
in New York shell not deter me. l shel
go back there. With SIGH constit-
tooency at ones back, and so much
wealth to tax, it must be good field for
; me. 1 shell try it agin.