Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-07
NASBY.



ina PLACE--now HE Is SITUATED AND
HOW HE LIKES IT.
In rnn 6rn WARD or NEw YoRK,
December 40, 1863. 4
THE dove wich Noah sent out come
back TO the Ark becoZ the waters kivered
the land when tho dove found u dry spot
IL come back no more. ] am dove. |
wuz sent out from the Corners but the
prevalence NV water druv me back, time
and agcn. Now, thank Heaven, ! hev found
n spot where there is no water (at least
I've never seen any used here for any
purpose), and here | stay. My foot hez
found n restin place.
| am the sole proprietor NV the Harp
NV Erin Sloon. The original proprietor
nv the Harp NV Erin" died the evonin
NV the last eleckshun, much regretted by
his politikle associates. lie he'd only
voted thirteen times, when in an argy.
ment techin the merits NV his candidate,
ez compared with his opponent for the
nominashcn, he wuz hit with brickbat,
and died with his day s work half done. The
man who struck him wuz expelled from
the society to wich he belonged for KILN
an able bodied Democrat before the closin
NV the polls.
How got possession nv the s'loon
mine, and the stock likewise, and that
shel never hev occashen to leave it, Here
shol live, and here shel die. Nv course
I've decorated IL 70 SCOT the tastes NV my
patrons. | took down the portrate NV
Jackson, and cut off NV the bottom the
words, " The Yoonyun, 1t must and shell
be preserved !" and substitootid, ale
serves his party best who votes the most"
which read to those who drop in ez the
last words Nv the Hero Nv Moo Orleans.
| hev an Irish flag turned round an Irish
Harp over the bar, and protrates NV the
Head Centres NV the Fenian Brotherhood,
properly wreathcd, all about the room
On the end NV the bar, in the spot where
in other neyhborhoods the water. pitcher
stands, hev box with a hole in the top
NV it, inscribed, Contribushens for the
benefit NV our suilrin brethren in English
Basteels may be dropped in here" That
box more than pays my rent. Then | hev
quite n cabinet NV sakred relies. | hev
peece NV the rope wich hung John Brown;
the identiolo club wich killed the first mig.
ger in the riots NV Jooly 1868 n built
fired at the Triboon oils at that time, with
other sooveneers dear to the Democratic
heart, wich attract many These hang
onto the walls, and underneath them, |
the stern, cold words, "No TRusr"
| inoggeratid my establishment last
Wednesday mite. Remcmberin the terrible
endin NV all my other inoggerashcns, |
declined at fust to make any formal openin,
but my trends insisted that IL wuz the Gus.
tom nv the ward and that must do it,
Nobody will buy yoor likkcr," sed
one, "ef yoo don't make reger oponin.
"Ef make a reglcr opcnin," sed |, al
won't hev drop to sell EN-. Stay-I hcv
1t. III so before Justis Nv the Peace
and take solemn oath not to drink any.
thing myself that Mite"
"Twont do sed my frend, "Oaths
don't count in this ward"
Various plans were rejected. One gen.
ueman proposed that | shood be tied
down so that couldent git at the likkcr,
and that he shood do the honors. His
nose wuz agir him and declined his
proposishen, Finally hit upon the plan.
| calklated that twenty gallons wood
anser, and put that amount in barrel.
The balance NV the stock | locked in
room, and then put the key away in a
drawer.
There" sed l trlumphantly," ,"atore that
twenty gallons Is eggaustid shall be too
far gone to know where the key of the
room holding the balance NV the stock is.
Saved Savedl"
1t RESULTED ez anticipated. At first we
he'd speeches, and toasts. Mr.. O'Rafforty
replied 10 the toast "Our adoptid coun-
try" He sed the term "our adopted
country wuZ happy one, for so far oz
Moo York waz conserned the sons of Erin
he'd adopted IT, He he'd bin charged with
a lack NV love for this country. lie re.
oh xVtth
shood ntshe love this country In wat
other country wuz votes worth q dollar
aPieceS Where else Good sich u man ox
he hov so high posishen ez Alderman,
and only two years on the ground
Mr.. OToolo jined in the sentiment.
Where else under the canopy Good man
like hisself who coodent read be skool
direcktor He he'd often bin thankful
that he turned his face toward Nmcrikv
the mint his time wuz out in the prison
at Liverpool There wuz less risk in
holdin oils in Moo York, than in burg
larry in England, and the result was
shoDrer.
Thcr wuzn't much more speech maxim.
The drinkin went on fast and furious tho, |
and ez | antissipated before the twenty
gallons wuz eggsausted, wuz very drunk |
and incapable Nv any effort, mental or
physikle, and the others were in very
much the same predicament Four or
five NV EN- did. try to rouse me, TO Git more,
but II wuz NV no use they mite ez well
hey whispered Grey's elegy in the ear NV
a dead mule. The most NV EN- slept ez | |
did, on the floor till the mornin.
shel be happy here, hcv the stcddy !
patronage nv two Aldermen, three skool |
directors and four contractors, and when |
the Mayor gifts the appintin NV the poleece |
there will be twelve policemen whose |
trade kin count on. There in my hack |
room is where the preliminary caucusses |
for the ward Is held, and shell be paid |
for wat the managers drink till / cit an |
otfis myself AT last my lines is cast in
pleasant places.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
(Wich wuz z. NJ