Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-31
d.. From Hearth and Home
JethrO TROOPS Night Thoughts.
By JOHN THOMAS.
No. o.

NO ~.
TINE;..sA A. N, (Which makes following "morn-
ing instead OF might thoughts) SCESE-The
room of Jethro, who is discovered before a
very small mirror Is by ~ inches) engaged in
shaving himself with a dull razor
This nose of mine is getting rather too
much color in it. The crimson is getting
too deep, and it doesn't couffne itself to
/ the nose. It's spreading all over the face,
and, in addition, there's blue shade
Which 1 don't like at all. There's car
buncle organizing on tho lett side of my
nose, which l never noticed before !;
there's an awful blue half circle under my
eyes, and the eyes themselves have a
weak, sleepy. blinky look. The climate
here dosn't agree with me-there's some
thing in the salt air that affects me
strangely.
Thunder how / feel this morning!
must take a recuperator, for I'm as weak
and unsteady as kitten.
Takes out of his trunk bottle, and
drinks therefrom without wiuking, which
indicates experience in drinking raw
spirits from bOttles)
That's good. Now, I'm myself again.
There's nothing like liquor TO straighten
one out in a morning after severe night.
1t was a roaring night we bad. Jack
Armsby was at his best. and John AID
ans and Jim Mason were as lively as
fleas. That ouug fellow from Bagley's
is commencing just as | commenced, and
is going the same road, though at little
more rapid pace; and the young dry
goods man from Northern Vermont, who
is buying goods here for the first time, is
a good one to be with. Why wasn't my
father well enough off to start me in a
store as this ones did my friend of last
night What thing it is to have lots
of money!
The young Vermonter wanted to see
the town. and he saw a little of ii. The
young fellow from Bagley's went, because
be hadn't anywhere else to go; and with
us, because he hadn't any others TO 90
with. Bagley-we call him Bagley all
night-Bagley got crazy the first three
drinks we took, and lent me ten dollars
the fellow had about thirty dollars
and borrowed ten dollars more of the
VermOnter. They paid all the bills, OF
course, just as did the first Sunday
was out at Hoboken; and it is wonderful
how near they came to doing precisely as
did at Hoboken, in other matters
Bagley was too far gone to remember
what he did with his money and if he
asks me l shall not remember; the Ver-
monter has oceans of is, and he'll never
bother me about it. l made up my mind
to divide with Jack Armsby if he made
fuss about it; but as he said nothing to
me about it on our way home, Judge
he got rs much out of them as I did =
Then l won ten dollars more of the two
at cards, for they were too far gone to
notice how or what they played. Thirty
dollars in one night. Good enough. It's
a glorious thing TO be able to drink all
you want without losing your head, and
that | can do now.
(Jethro stops moment to put piece
of court-plaster on the earbuncle, which
he had carelessly cut.)
By the way, L haven't read tho letter
from my mother which l received day
before yerterdsy. l might rs well read
j: now, for ! suppose l must do it:
DEAR. DEAR JETHRo-{the old LADY
is as affectionate as eveD: Crops good
..-.,your fathers hardly strong enough
to get in his crops, aud doesn't feel abb,
to hire help......Don't Gisappoint him in
the matter Of that money be sent you
for without IT he won't be able to meel
his obligations.-....Send to day a box
containing six shirts, which / made fol-
you at night, after your father had gone