Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-22

PosT OFFfs CONFIDENT x ROADS, -
witch is in the State Nv KentnckyO
January 8, 1863.
THEg1ndersigned hez made a great leap.
He located IN Moo York in pursooance NV
an iiee wjeh he hez cherished long. His
career in n 30 York wuz brilliant eft it wu2
short. It lastid twenty four consecutive
hours, that bein the average length Nv
time aaiOnist man kin exist in that city
One Nv the classic potts speaks NV the
awkwardnis Nv bein in hell without claws
he'd he substitooted Moo York for hell
he wood hev hit il closer.
The citizens uvfther Corners held a con-
sultation sez TO wat wuz to be'done with me
when A. johnson shood shuttle OFT the
mortaEcoil Nv offishal life. /. broacht to
EN- nv lice NV goin to Moo York to WITCH
they acceded with an alacrity witch wuz
not SO complimentary eZ it mite hev bin
l thot Idetecah in their eagernis to per
vide fofHle ct distance more Nv desire
to get rid Nv ne than a.solissiteod for my
well-bein. Indeed, when Deekin Pogram
askt "sWlrer shell Wef1 him 2" Bascom on
feelinly reYnarkt 4" Anywher--anywher 7
But SIGH is life. Republics hev alluz biz
ungrateful.l Homer begged his bread anc
A. Johnson wuznt nominated for the Pres
idency by the Dimocriey.
When g. statid that | desired to go TIC
Moo York, and all that prevented it wul
cayital enuf to. start a grosery, Bascom tt
wunstsreTnafkts that that shoodent stanc
in the way.
81 mite ez well give you two barrels
to wunstyl sed he's and be doneywith it
en- to hey 700 proleDgit a nipa time fol
six months. Indeed it wood be more
economical, ez it wood save me the labor
Nv DRAWN uvit, I. give two barrils Nv
whiskey to gitTid uY-that is to establlsh
our friend in anew field nv labor.
McPelter and Pennibscker contributid
money enuff to pay the freight onto the
iikker and to pervide the necessary tixters
for bar, and thatsnite Ileft.the Corners
hopin never to be compelled to return
But feelin the truth Nv the proverb that
there's many slip atwixt the cup and the
lip, | didn't respe the Post Otis, but
lockt it, leayiT directions with the boy
who carries the>niaiito leave DeekinPo
grams paper at hishouse. lsza.ss,.
On my way to Moo York INDUCED in
the most pleasin dreams. faucied my
self behind my own tbar-gittin M Own
likker atyhplesale-uv heVin a,back room
INTO wich caucusses should be held-heVin
q suffishent run OF beznis, and the conse-
kent control ny Genuff votes to- be on
speakin Terms with Governor Hoffman
and Mayor Hafl;f lItobein nominated for
Alderman; Nv heyin contrax ), NV buildin
house on Fifth .Avanoo, and being gin
ooine Moo York afistocrat; Nv heYin my
carriage gwiths Abe coat uvyarms nv the
Nasty fandily onto the panels; NV going to
Congris in the place nv Morrisey; and so
on. 1t wuz lovely dream, but I wuz
destined to a sad awakenin. ..ias ~ p
Irehtid q grocery store in convenient
corner in the 9Th Ward, and put over it in
bold letters the legend michael O'Nas-
by" with the harp witch wunst thro Tara's
halls, its sole nv moosic shed, paintid con
spicyous, and bein o troo Amerikin ! he'd
the green flag NV ould Ireland pai4ted rite
above The Stars and Stripes.
In twoldays wuz ready for biznis. My
establshmentereely lookt well. I he'd my
two barls conveniently mounted; l het
thirty glasses in pan; and a plate uy
crackers back NV EN- !; for show merely, e.
no one y6osis enAin the 9th Ward.
In the meantimeI he'd made many pleas
ant acquaintances U Two Aldermen an(
four or-tive gentlemen connected with TIT
city government he'd lookt in and inter
doOsed themselves and exprest theirselve
pleased at my comm. Bein stranger
in the city they gave me some valuable
advise. rrg3ss.feg ~ lgs vc
"The fret thing to do" seds one nv EN-
..'is to make acquaintances. l wood sug
gest that 700 have formal openin. w
will, eff the,.idea-, strikes, VOC, take ths
trouble toinvite q few friends il, say tt
mite, to save 700 trouble, that 700 may
establish yourself. Is it go?"
Overioyed, II remarked, certainly
Fatal remarki That remark, Short ez il
wuz wuz my undooin. My friends con-
and with them their friends, to the mum
Der Nv perhaps thirty. | reioisf when
saw EN-. There wuzent a. whole pairsuy
pants IN the party, and more gorgeous
assortment Nv, noses these eyes never
rested onto. Every man Nv EN- wuz
staunch Dimekrat, and ez they lookt al
them freshly tapped barrels, they swore
eternal love for me- r4A J1i 73
Nv course, Il INVITED EN- to take drink
witch inWtashen lwuz responded to with
alacrity.A Il 3lA Nv Nj
My friends, the Aldermen, irnmeiitly in
sisted that the party drink with them
Joyfully | sot out the tumblers, the Alder
men dtinkin out ava tin cup, with the re
mark that they wuz'nt proud. The cu1
held morn. three .tumblers. Immeiitly
one Nv the gentlemen who wuz connected
with the city government, remarkt, "se
EN- up" swiehI did they insistin that
drink with EN- every time. Then on,
NV the friends insistid that it wuz hi
time; then another, and another, ant
another. By this time, | wuz off M,
balance. sBascoms he'd not watered thu
whiskey, supposin knew enuff abou
keepin barto'd do it, andI he'd notdone il
sposin that u v.course, he had done it. Il
my frenzy invited nv EN- to take suthin
and then ! lost CONSCIOUSNESS. The res
seems to me like a horrid dreem. I re
member frantieally insistin on everybody
drinkin with nla; IreInem Der the crewt
kept CROWN bigger and bigger; the Alder
man and two Nv the gentlemen connectiC
with the city government vaulted behin(
the bar, and actid ez dispensers, hevir
rolled conveniently under the bar, an(
then constituents left me.
% X y
awoke in the mornin-T alluz do-bu
wat an a,Yakenin! The doors wuz open
there fNlA not drop NV hkker in tn
houses the friends, the Alderman, and tn
gentlemen connected with the city gov
ernment, he'd stolen the tumblers, the bar
rils and 81 the moyeables in the-institoo
shen, leoYin it ez bare ez the Treasury
wuz after' Bookannan retired from offs
They ha even stolen the sign over tn
door and the stove out Nv the room, my
boots, hat and coat.
: Ez a natter, uyseeurse / coodent star
agin. Isnot-ohIy he'd no whiskey but
he'd no hin to pour it out into l WI
bustid. My openin wuz altogether to-