The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-01-21
NASBY.
Mr.. Nasby Goes TO New York and Es-
tablIshes Himself In Business The
Disastrous Ending OF the Enterprise.
Posr OTTis, CoSrEpRir X ROADS,
witch is in tho State nv KentuckyD

A'NNH aAf ANNNt
The undersigned hcz made n grca
leap.--He located in Moo York il
pursooance NV an ijeo wich he he
cherished long. His career in No,
York wuz brilliant eff il was short
IL lastid twon;y.four consocutiv,
hours, that being the average leugtl
nv time honist man kin exist in tina
city. One Of tho classic potts speok
nv tho awkardnis NV bein in he'll
without olaws-hod he substitooteC
Moo York for hell he wood hcy hit i
closer.
The citizens NV the Corners held 8
consultation cz to wat wuz to be done
with me when A. johnson shood
shuttle orf tho mortal coil NV ollishaI
life. | broacht to en- my iee Nv
goin to Mo York to wich they ac-
ceeded with an alacrity wich wuz not
so complementary ez il mite hev bin.
i thot | detcctid in thor eagornis to
Iervide for me at distance more NV
n desire - get rid NV me than y So
lissitood for my well bcin. Indeed,
when Deekin Pogram askt "wher shel
We fix him Z" Bascom onlcelingly
romarkt "Anywher-anywher !" But
sich is life. Republics hov aluz bin
ungrateful. Homer begged his bread
aud A. johnson wuzn't nominated
for the Presidency by the Dimocri-
cy.
When I statid that / desired to 20
20 Moo York, aud that all that pres
vented twuz capital enuT to start a
grosery, Bascom to wuust remarkt
ihat that shoodnt stand in tho way.
81 mite ez we'll give 700 two bar-
Iils to wunst," sod he, "aud be done
with it, ez to hev yoo prolong it a
nip at time fot six months Indeed
it wood be more economical, cE it
wood save me the labor NV drawiu it.
! give two barrils NV whisky to git
rid uv-that is to ostablish--our
frena in a new field NV labor"
McPelter, aud Pcnibacker con-
tributid money onuff to pay tho
freight onto the likker and to provide
che necessary 6xters for bar aud
that mite left the corners hopin
never to be compelled to return. But
feelin the truth NV tho provorb that
there's many a slip betwixt the cup
and lip. l didn't resino the Post
Offs, but lockt it, leavin directions
with the boy who carrios tho mail to
leave Deckin Pograms paper at his
house.
On my way to Moo York | indulg-
ed in the most pleasin dreams. |
fancied myself behind my own bar
gittip my own likkof at Wholesale
NV hevin a back room into wich eau.
cuses shood be hcld-heyiu sufli
shent run NV biznis, aud the couso-
kent coutrol NV ouuff votes to be on
speakin terms with Governor Huff.
man and Mayor Hall v,beiu nom
inatid for Alderman NV havin con,
trax NV buildin house on Fifth
Avenoo, aud bein a ginooino Moo
York aristocrat; NV haviu my car.
Iiage with the coat NV arms NV tho
Easby family onto the panels NV
goin to Congris, in the place Nv Nor
risy aud SO on. 1t wuS a lovely
dream, but / wuE destined to a sad
awakenin.
rentid grosery store in q con-
venient corner NV 9Th Ward, aud
put over it in bold letters the legend
"Michael o. Nasby" with tho harp
wich wunst thro Tara's halls, its sole
Nv moosio shed, paintid conspicuous,
and bein troo Amerikin | he'd the
green flag Nv ould ireland paiutid
rite above the Stars and Stripes.
In two days l wuz ready fur biz.
mis-. My establishment reely lookt
we'll. ! he'd my two barrils couven-
iently mounted he'd thirty glasses
in a pau; aud plate NV crakers
back NV EN- to show merely, oE no one
yooses them in 9th Ward.
In the mean time | he'd made many
pleasant acquaintanoes. Two Alder,
dermen and four or five gentlemen
connected with the city government
he'd lookt in aud iuterdoossd their
selves and exprest themselves pleased
at my comm. Bein stranger in the
city they gave some valuable advise,
"The 6rst thing to do sed one
nv EN- sis to make aequaintances, |
wood suggest that you hey a formal
openin. We will, ef the idea strikes
700, take the trouble to invite few
friends in, say to mite, to save you
the trouble, that you may establish
yourself. Is it a 60 o2'
0ve1oyed l remarked, "certainly." "
Fatal remark That remark, short
eE it wuE, wuz my undoOin. My
friends come aud with en- their
friends, to the number Nv perhaps
thirty. / rejoist when saw en-
There Wuzent a whole pair NV pants
Ia the party, aud a more gorgeous
assortment nv noses eyes never
rested onto. Every man NV em
WuE staunch Dimokrat, aud ez
they looked at them freshly tapped
barrels, they swors eternal love for
me.
Wv course, I invited them to take
a drink, wich inyitashen wuz respond.
ed 10 with alacrity.
Ny friends. the Aldermen, imme'
iitly insisted that the party drinl
with them. Joyfully | sot out tn,
tumblers, the Aldermen drinkin Oa
Nv tin cups, with the remark thai
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