The sun., 1871-11-25
THE GREAT NAVAL BALL.
sINCULAR pREPIFHTfo =. I" "HcH0R
or m" ar fND DJHE
onartc,nn-t .'"ha Howard DS,"hs ih'

bt...ts r.,.Ittt'- t.r yesterday. as hc wa. cross
u.t.ui, .ut .t .ut.4 Nuy. lLc reporter lc',
s~.a. ...p. @ @ s4!l-s. .4s,' is s. iustnt la wsa
iul..ru'. .....,. from tuc,rLo o.. cells OF ab on.
nHl. "Vytau' vou I,ok yrcr. you'ro a.goin' t
--a...' YER Giara. hy without uor.,' ',in. ANA
c.. r.t- ce',a'lul t1vp ~ o1, o' u,.D hero
h,..i ses'
A. soon rs he cou 1 roc.ve. hs breath. O., &C..
ror took artod looe at hs pse-oryer BE was
d. % up to hs cliu. ut the little graz yes t..t
tFu led oyoi tro turred-u7 c,pt-c ,Ilat had r.i.
IT, look. The olt mau's hdr was aIuo~. waite and
b. '..o was Yea hr912cd ar1 ~ fi~klal.
rnE oLp qrARrEp'nsrgR.
Look lcre,' sand ne. "don't you know me, you
miserable cross between a loolol y boy ami m AZ
ter-uArdsnau7 whv, I'm YER Old friend. John
Howard. late Quirlcrnaster L. s.. Nvy Yor a
prcttY on to pertend yer don't know me-
1he re. orter took second looa, and sure elolrh
there stood tho witty. cynical, anl df,n old oar.
ternester. He had erowa nearly ten years older IN
looks, anu trc tuporter observed with regret that
the old N ~ hai evidently inlicn IN o easy habt'
In tact Nj lio~1ri had even then been drinkng'
sud was percepttby under the influence ut quor
H. vas very Emil ar ~ his manner. ana was que
pro'dse IN langnlge and coarse ~ his style. Hoy,
hand and * rlsse his d,lcht At seeing him.
wei, now, my eicSen' guess wed better
ubg tV.h t' ;rs' on, ,ye, S'oeteo o ,ea
,art' an III hae to talk 10 youa wade nrst," said
he - lie crossed the street
1te reporter and Ar. Howard went into the hrst
pDcu theJ came to.
rur OLD ouARrrRNAsrERs MEDICINE.
DRINKS were ordered and Mr. Howard roured out
bat tumolcr iu OF raw wnskey.
- see,' sid he. as ne he'd up the gl1ss, " my
rheumatic has been 30 BAT Of late tnat I've been
orIee-ed 10 t,ke medicine fot IT, One OF these here
nav Pill makers TOLD ne that a took Niiskey
poty re- lar Iwouldnt need to toke al, thing else
snI IA ioes a GOOD deal Of good : ana here Mr.
.t r.N n u u " ~ IA " n
"wcu. how hdv yer been :" asked the oil gentle.
ltc reporter replied that be had enjoyed good
We. I'm over in the yard yet" continued Mr.
ard. alu oul IA they tried last spriLg 10 kck
zoe out Tor talkin' to you. But OF late old Chand er
-o'.ss me, ~ him old Chandler. though he was
sm.i.hiumau wish me not morn fifteen Neurs ago.
We iaudlcr, he's been pretty good lately and
I've 7sd iic tY good berth don't have moth n
10 do now but TO M Ike skippin' ropes Tor tne
"a Young ones and mats and clean white swabs
irtc n.crs' houses Long this summer they set
OLD DRooME's COW
tor.s,qf, but Kind o. liked that cause you see II
Lok me out into tno dasey fields and the wood and
an old sI..ur IKE me always likes to get among such
soody taf" Here od Mr.Icward's ace grew cloud.
s. H.. u.cd piece OF TOBACCO out OF his pocket
ntoaalu cluHk, aud rolled it around his mouth.
IL a oW,u, he eectei Pint or more o. the 1lid
Girct a.I Continued: IL slIpose you've heard
,bout th, ball tha, ilgm ellers is sgetiu' up for
I e reporter said he had, but intimatsd to Mr..
Eov ard tha. De knew but little about 1t, as the
manages we're retcsut IN regard to n.
"N Wei, km tell you all ABOUT that oall They've
had me over tucrr a oesdn' the hIgs, and greasin'
te foor. and cat.G or the b1yone1s for chAnd e.
lers, and h1jl' u3 tniu-s fer know thev're goin'
~ have int bal 10 tie re- eivn store. Tuevve all
ef EN- i cat 10 rai,e tie stamps How they all
done o.Gcr 10 all OF us old Jacks around
UGc
ruf EATING AND pRNKISe COMMITTEE.
LpU.ttei -W1o are tie managers ui the ball
Nr AeN4ri-Oo. they've got dozen or more
iCY'fe all lI.uaL-.s. there's old Bratne, he's
Esu -u' tie clun' ana drinKin' part. He amt
dua' uct0 80 well at 70 now AS he Will when the Lui
eres od. ! yer cou,i see old Braine then erd
U @ ua mana e dozen sich paris IN ball.
NJ s!Vce to at there Duke Is TO get sutnln to eat
lq-ts s'5n a. be epIes for II m he don't and old
B.inc setluni earh. there Won't be no more
eh n,c Ior U.W tan therc'd be for Brooue's yea.
.r . 't~ @ii-i
Hs ao a, ~ ,ir.l7s Bs.d,t.
h.I I'tt-Nlu'- buuett'
tc,.r .e.rulB Br,ttiY We'll lLe'- mAti.s lr-e-.
luJ t.tv Nr cla en- lea,lernecks. II rs = malI.
Eu f..m 'ur tae WImmiu--A httu' 10 cut AMI
So. i,. er tay wAs II drew 40 anu cit blg
T,4tuast.Is. was full OF tie bloodiest tr4 d
IlI,tt. s,cu. ia eel yol wha. the bloody leet e.
urK ,ou,. ud lrgne sent him once 10 New
o H., - o. 'aa M lie gus as e. ,s sseie nt'"fs s5
b. .r'. and m,reaci in.o druS store or n,, som
ss' r.g ani sa,s, I'm Tai' H. - wSlr"et' s'
hn -.n.uh hlul the counter hr.-ays. " s'pn.o le;
are. "tI,' says tie le "HeFhe-A' " 'hey We pu'
nv 'u " AnWAl''N'N
To FIr orr LADIES ROOM
sttle CIR md Duke Altxi,'s bal at the NV Yard
koN I'm soldier. and ANT used to such work. But
I've 20 Ant nete that me anl Aulick Pauicr ttH.t
auOt teltnernecgl nsde out, and guess YOU Gin
pat II w. ur u" Wei. tue snopm ster he put up
Inr tu-s. Jdt AL the time he was doin' 1t he kept
barJtusles aud cOm0s, couple o d zen boxes ol
this here white powder that the Nimmen shellacs
tier faces VIII and there HI OF lot of bathn
iow,s-t.e,t Lere rou II Things Ike that weskit.
that C.p Psck used to wear. Ana then there was
aui "a dozen gross OF these here strings that the
wuuncu use to lace theirseiyes up wiIh-surse Il,
Griugs J believe thcS called 'em--lni then there
W.. a lot Of soap and tooth powder, and dozen
r. Jor.cr-IioId on Mr.. Howard. rm AFRAID you
a., .utiug aln'ther of your yarns Do gu mean
a. s-1 tlt Capt bartlett &C uauf lousht corset
tsiug- and tooth brushes for ,ii- qi..'
a no"ari.iT' IL "a sloodY &c f-e; oey're oyer over
ntct iout ktow whit to do Win EN-.
Sica OLD Eow ~ IHs COMMITTEES.
K 1868. Oau ING list o1t of MS PocSe.,-Pve
60. Dos. ,eIe OF G. u officers On tie diter,ut CO n.
@' see the snnani lne are mxsI Up. How
81. lryri-Neu, you see. tnora's lla Cluf. h.
o. i'as stu7ster pee Jos7.n' ,'r go. 900.
t.. ..fH ' 'rtc 90 old BrulHe tuH " atlri.. aua
Uat tN.- aus, Hut thcy hive sour nos fqtAbi!os
.tel \ D -e', tltY don't know VINO 10 a-N 10
tD .I. UH Hruut, he's got one pi tLcse lc4c Ia
!GH iu .. m'p over IN New luIA-loreg ms
u". b. u.Htts .l tte hJuu iuuL, +'.s, 'nt
h .' 'r...,s 30 od Iruuu's GylaItAc I. Wei. h.W
90. ....t. De- .- utco us tb,ugD .ey vas iLaAl.'
M0rp l.'!.er "a H,u lor,s's contract uI
BIZ '..., N..ta = ORC, TO c me ~ me BALI 20 be-
l.H to.s rId tncs " .on't ,gOil' 70 have NJ d.
l}1 Do 'J'i m'a "e t.c!s b-l 50 t"e, lad A.e 30
h .Ht ,i'r qu r.v..u and Iais.u' t--- ID. 'lt. !
Iui ., .l., DcUr Com. stcvcn.9n he .lte a. ,.4
tof. '.o h.4l"e Is 4-olu 10 W tUe D1l. Ne. %
eo..,.o ". lnILn runaer peore, hs Ia g. I..' 90
bd', --..r Jit .n.Ic & ON
1Is pO.k ASD BgASs TRADE.
81 49, q. ....u 500 % send e tl.Aot 'o o,
'.e' 'N'.'o- 8, 'a'"h eo+.rocloI' e..ts .i.,. j.
he fr.u g. atI ,a ul- blind SIDE. Wei. tatu