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

0VSu SIt Will u tocGOts0 0u0VOXU0I IO1
mortal hours, over q cup or two of tea,
without swearing. always providing
there is q fair chance Of q line in my
order-sheet.
One day last month I was 1ourneying
in my gig from Shrewsbury to Chester;
tho 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 T passed, seemed
utterly miserable, wet through, done
up, and mystified. I have Weathered
MANY 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 lfe-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 inani-
mate-to speak commercially, foozled.
OF course had my remedy with mo in
my driving-box, which I soon pressed
into service it was pint fash, full Of
the purest Glenivat. This is balm
of Gilead for any weather" +" thought I,
as I took my first dose. Ny mouth
exactly holds one-eighth of q pint.
Hundreds Of gallons have travelled
the same way, but I believe ambrosial
nectar could never have been 80 CRATE.
full to thirsty god as that streak oi
liquid sunshine was to me. felt my
chest expand, and my minds eye could
see my other eyes sparkle With CLINT
of their usual fire. What cared / fol
wet Without : The whisky within was
proof against watery PARTICLES, and de.
fed them in any shape; SO, taking
another drink to make sure / had not
served out short measure on the pre-.
vious occasion, I logged on, sometimes
musing on my past, sometimes spec
ulating as to my future, refreshing my
memory and spurring my hopes with
spirits of the Elixir, until in due course
I arrived at the Red Dragon, at Chez
tel, full of my usual spirits, and with
an empty flask.
By the time q kissing hot runp steak
was ready for absorbtion into my sys.
ten, I had duly ysent of my dispatches
to our house. Business first, pleasure
afterward; so I sat down to my d,nne,
pint of sherry, then had drop o1
brandy to assist digestion, and then my
usual forty winks.
considered T had fairly got through
thebusiness Of the day, and, Frightening
up. I called for my pipe and jorum O.
toddy, and, resigning myself to thu
soothing influence Of the weed an6
whiskey, l waited patiently for an ar
rival to spend the. evening with; for
was alone in the commercial room, ani
the only sounds cognixable to my senses
were those of the rain pelting away a
the window and the hollow rumblin@
OF stray vehicles over the paving
stones.
I did not COUNT never debut
believe had arrived at my fifth gro,
and pipe, when, feeling chill, I drev
the heavy armchair closer to the fire
this little act occupied several minutes
for the handy legs of the stupid oil,
chair would make for themselves
Place under the hearth-rug. I tried T.
circumvent the awkward limbs, and TEN
porized with my toe; but the more
kept Oh wanting to get them right, til
more they kept on not wanting to b
righted, and, being fidgety in all littl
matters Of personal comfort, ] was pos
lively obliged, at a risk of q rush {
blood to the head, to lift the clut
footed old chair with one hand, and t.
lay the refractory corner of the ru
with the other.
When, by this effort Of exhauste
nature, had accomplished my Object
I took q stiff pull at my replenishe
toddy, filed my pipe and lighted j
and, with the feelings Of man VIII
had obtained victory, I threw myse
into my late enemy's lap, pinched b
mahogany old arms with my elbow
> stretched out my feet upon the fende
. and laughed outright at my, triumph
with my usual jolly ha! ha! till Il
. room rang again.
, "Ha hal hal hal" till the roo
| rang again, followed like an echo Il
+ Ha! ha! that originally belonged
: me. :" .
To my surprise and delight, I four
an arrival had ensconced himself in Il
fellow-chair to mine, had his iorum
toddy on the other corner of the mants
Ibis p'Ps IN teQ blast biz elbows on Il