The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-11-26
Nasty.
TIE Ex.rosrnA,rrn ADMITTED TO TIE nan.

MrSNhsOy was OH hanu ior Wh"c'ei i"b"'
turn up at the New York election, and relates
his adventures as follows:
wunst agin forenoon her been within my
grasp, and wunst agin hev | permitted Il to slip
from me Ijeot Fool Loonatic | arrived
in this city two days before the recent clcckshun,
fecln that where votes were in such demand
there must be suthin to be MAJ for me. by
inquiry found where the headquarters Nv the
Democratic General Committee for the city wus
located, and at about 10 q. m. which means In
the mornin, Il went there intendin to offer my
self CT man Nv all work for two days succeed-
in. found there vast crowd NV men, who
were all NV EN- like me in some respects, vary.
in NV course In many pints, but all NV the same
species. The chairman Nv the committee was
distributin funds to EN- to be yoosed, and they
waI wslkin up to get instructions in sort Nv
a procession. Noticin that the birnis was bcin
done loosely, dropped into the procession, and
shoor cnuf the man distributin hanjid me o
package sayn "Terrence, be shoor you git em
all up from the shfp-Barney McShane will
give yer the papers for em, and tell yes wat
names IN vote en- under -
lie he'll mistook me for Terence somebody.
Shood undececve him Never 30 slippin the
package into my pocket answered, asoomin
the Irish brogue
"Arrah. musha, be j.bcrs my jewel. I'm the
bye" ....
Portunitly wus crouded out before he'd
time to air much more Irish. wurn't sue
cess ez q talkn Irishman. At the foot Nv the
stairs opened my package. II wus grcenbaI !
"This money" sed to myself, "wuz given me
to further the COZ NV Democriy for that pur-
pose ri use it. Ill start grocery" Mex
day, I leased a room In Democratic locality,
purchased counter, barl Of whlskey, dozen
tumblcrs, Telegraph portrate Nv Gineral Jack
son and Gov. Hoffman, and wuz all ready for
bi1ness the mornin NY eleckshun.
There wus rush the moment took the
shutters down. and I took the money faster
than ever had before In my life.
cat last" scd I to myself, cxultnly, Eat last
hev found my spcer. Nasty, yoor in luck
luck. I'll drink to my luck"
And took . nip Skasely wuz Il down be-
fore ward politishun cum in with three or
four voters, wich he wuI hkin care NV.
They drank, the lceder ofthe pstry askn me to
line EN-, wich did. EI they went out Good
cnt avoid drinking to the success nv the ticket |;
then to the confooshen Of IIorris Greeley. then
to the memry Of James Bookannon, then to the
inc .nry of Franklin Pierce then to JEFF Davis,
and by this time found myself outside Of the
bar into the middle NV the room, In confooe-
ell state Of mind and body. In short, l wuI
very drunk. Moo York whiskey amt like the
Kentuck article.
At this critical moment q man entered hur-
riedly, and scein me lcanin agin the wall, went
behind the bar and helped himself. Scein him
behind the bar, forgot that was the landlord
myself knowcl wuE in q grosery-that be
in where am most NV the time-but in my in
toxication forgot that was landlord, and the
miserable wretch behind the bar, comprehendin
the sitooashen, let me 20 on In my delooshen.
up to the bar I sell, ''Set en- up
acin." vich he did. and drank solemnly to the
memory NV George II. Pendleton and the other
dead Democracy NV my own whiskey, and then,
like the loonatic wuz, paid for II out NV my
own pocket and kept paying for whiskes for
others CT long CT had dollar The man be-
hind the bar then asked me to drink, wich did :
then asksd q crowd NV fellows wich come in to
drink with me, tellin the new bsr-kcepcr to
charge It, wich he sed he wood, latin uproar-
ously.
Inecln't continyoo this confession. Suffice
Il TO say, that the next morning awoke In that
vuI no whiskey In the barrel, not enun for my
mornin's nip, and Ihcdn't cent In my pockit.
CT had paid all that wuz left Nv the commit
tec's money and wat he'd taken In early In the
day for nv own ticker TO the fcllo who took ad-
vantage Of my condishn to usurp my place
shall never succeed on that side NV the bar.
I am not kalkilated to take care nv my own
whisky. ttsaa..
IL sstonishin how strong habit Is The mo-
ment found he'd credit, commenst improvin
nv II asset em up =" shrcekt CT each new
.ouod came in. ''Sct EN- up ~ and the alacrity
with which they drank wuz wonderful. The
news cot out that in SIGH place there wuI
loonaic trcatin everybody who came In. and
perfect stream rushed In.
remember but very little Nv wat occurred.
I recollect distinctly nv voting three or four
times anil trcatin crowd, tellin the bar-keeper
10 charge II, remember wunst feeling bad for
him, and sayin confdentially to man who wui
takin suthin with me, that this house wouldn't
last long ef Il continyood to give credit misoel-
forgsttin In my drunkenness that
wur my whisky wuz drinkin and giving to
others TO drink all TIE time
shel not, however, leave Moo York.-We
hev got the Legislature now. and shell find
,uthin TO do. We shcl. Nv course. repeal the
Metropolitan Poleece law, and oil other laws
wich takes control out Nv the hands Nv Demo-
,rntic offishels, and ef amongst 20 much steling
a there Is going 10 be. there amt suthin for me
4 win be singler. This Is the troo Democratic
paradise. We hev fat Ablishnists to tax, and
Inc control Is In our hands. and here 1 stay. |
70 get an offs may hcv to change my name 70 |
Michael, er I did wunst before, but shci do u.
am too old to wander up and down the earth,
md here stick. - e.. ..s.a. a.. ....