Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-07
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO DE TIRE.
MEMS & co.

order-sheet.
One day last month I was 1ourneyine
in my gig from Shrewsbury to Chester ;
the day was dull and damp, and q
Scotch mist pervaded creation: the
hedgerows on either side of the road.
the people met or overlook, the cows
and sheep in the fields, the crows and
sparrows, the houses I passed, seemed
utterly miserable, wet through, done
up, and mystified. 1 have weathered
MANY q storm, have been wet and dry
again two or three times day; have
been split into bitches, pitched into
hedges, and against stone walls; have
been robbed and nobbed by footpads
and llfe-preservers but never before
had lost the natural buoyancy and
jollity of my disposition. On the morn.
ing OF the day in question, however, ]
felt like all things animate and mani.
mate-to speak commercially, fooled.
Of course I had my remedy with me in
my driving-box, which 1 soon pressed
into service =; it was pint flask, full Of
the purest Glenlivat. This is balm
of Gilead for any weather." thought I,
as I took my fret dose. Ny mouth
exactly holds one-eighth of pint.
Hundreds of gallons have travelled
the same way, but I believe ambrosial
nectar could never have been so crate
full to thirsty god as that streak OF
liquid sunshine was to me. I felt nv
chest expand, and my minds eye could
see my other eyes sparkle With CLINT
of their usual fire. What cared i for
wet Without The whisky within was
proof against watery particles, and de-
fed them in any shape; so, taking
another drink to make sure I had not
served out short measure on the pre-.
vious occasion, I logged on, sometimes
ulating as 10 my future, refreshing my
memory and squirting my hopes with
spirits of the Elixir, until in due course
I arrived at the Red Dragon, at Ches
ter, full of my usual spirits, and with
an empty flask.
By the time 4 hissing-hot rump steak
was ready for ABSORPTION into my sys.
ten, I had duly sent off my dispatches
to our house. Business first, pleasure
afterward; SO I sat down to my dinner
pint of sherry, then had drop Of
brandy to assist digestion, and then my
usual forty winks.
considered I had fairly got through
thebusiness Of the day, and, Frightening
up, I called for my pipe and forum of
toddy, and, resigning myself to the
soothing influence Of tie weed and
whiskey, l waited patiently for an ar
rival to spend the evening with; for
was alone in the commercial room, and
the only sounds cognizable to my senses
were those of the rain pelting away at
the window and the hollow rumbline
OF stray vehicles over the paving
stones.
did not COUNT never debut I
believe I had arrived at my fifth grog
and pipe, when, feeling chill, drew
the heavy armchair closer to the fire :
this little act occupied several minutes.
for the handy legs of the stupid old
chair would make for themselves a
Place under the hearth rug. tried ia
circumveRtt the awkward limbs. and tenn
porized with my toe; but the more
kept Oh wanting to get them right, the
more they kept on not wanting to be
righted, and, being fdgety in all little
matters Of personal comfort. was posi-.
lively obliged, at a risk of a rush OF
blood to the head, to lift the club.
footed old chair with one hand, and to
lay the refractory corner of the rug
with the other.
When, by this effort of exhausted
nature, had accomplished my object,
took a stiff pull at my replenishe,l
toddy, filed my pipe and lighted it.
and, with the feelings of man who
had obtained victory, 1 threw mysel1
into my late enemy's 1ap, pinched hi
mahogany old arms with my elbows
stretched out my feet upon the fender
and laughed outright ut my triumph
with my usual jolly ha! la! till The
room rang again.
"Ha Ina! In hat" till the room
rang again, followed like IN echo tn,
Ha! ha! that originally belonged t.
me.
To my surprise and delight, founi
an arrival had ensconccl himself in til,
fellow-chair to mine, had his forum o
toddy on tue other corner of the mantel
bis pipe in full blast, his elbows on th