The Morning herald., 1875-09-27
IN THE Tolls.
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IrCTED HIS sToMACu-TwELvB DRUSKs


NEIL BRIcB's LITTLE sPRRH-How 1T Az
ETCTED HIS sToMACu--TwELvB DRU NKs
ALL ROW. lu...
Down tn" cellar steps and into the Mayors
Office last evening there wandered large
audi, nee. Bright the lamps shone over fair
women, and dark ones too, and all went as
merry as a marriage bell. His Honor sat in
the hig III place AMI when he turned and
winked to the left the chief evidently under
stood it, for he sa;d let there be order and
there was order.
But hush! bark, deep sound breaks in
like rising knell. 1t is the voice of Neil
Brice. Neil is q colored man that an act
of Congress has made citizen. On Satur-
day night his little cabin became Lonesome.
He hung up the banjo, laid down his pipe.
and went to an emporium whe re they sell
liquor per glass five cents. Neil took about
1 dozen five cents worth, and VIII en- his
stomach felt like torchlight was parading
through it he sauntered out and met Mr..
John Rhoa Is with whom he collided and Mr..
Rhoads and Mr.. Brice were stripped of
their coats and at 1t In second worse than
two wild cats. Officer Britton thought the
night air too cool for Brice and gave him
quarters in cell.
. "Ah," said his Honor. "another w1io has
looked upon the wine when It was req.
.,"'Twan't wine, your honor" said Neil,
''it was five cent whisky, and clar foe
goodness, boss, was under 'pression dat I
had been struck wid Jersey lightning"
$50 much the worse, Neil. You had put
that into yonr mouth which stole away your
brains. You rendered yourself unfit to per
form the duties of an American citizen"
said his Honor.
"Well now, you see, Boss, 'twant my fault
dat dis ting happened. 1t must hab been
de whiskey dat canned into attack wild de
gastic juices of my abnomen, and when dis
cumulated in high state oh pressure upon
de nervous systematic, why de head got
too heavy for de legs, and de fists got too
heavy for de body, and dey only tried to
brace de librium ofde body and just kinder,
sorter cotched hold of Mr.. Rhoads. Clar
afore goodness and cross my heart didn't
mean for to hut him. All de whsky,s do
ings boss; didn't hab muffin to do wild it
myself"
"Ah," said his Honor" rubbing his Hy-
perian locks and blowing cloud from q
Havana. "I'll excuse the whisky and take
from the folds of thy purse three dollars and
costs, while some good citizen must goyour
security for fifty dollars to keep the peace"
Neil found his good Samaritan and left,
showing each particular tooth in broad
grin as he went out of the door. %
~ have karacter," said Eliza Johns, as
she stood up before his Honor.
"And That's dot" said woman stand
ing by.
"Me good name av you plase," said Eli
"a.
"Kape quiet, indade, and I'm not made
O. that sthuff," remarked Eliza.
"But,y you must. You are charged with
cutting down Mrs Duttons clothes line.
But as no case is made against you will
have to let you 60. ~ .s' '"
Twelve sorry looking individuals all
stood up in row and said they were sorry
they got drunk, "Will you never do SO
anymore, said Honor. 'Ne-vah,"' said
they all in one voice, and his Honor dismis-
sed them. The court donned lis sombrcro
and left for home d" ...