National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-04
DilIydally's New Years Calls.
RESOLVES TO BE VERY MODERATE

DlLLN DAILY RESOLVES TO BE VERY HODERATE
IN THE USE OF WINE ON NEW YEARS.
From the N. Y. Graphic.1
DfLLYDALLY's DIARY.
Jan. Ito a. m.-First call: just sip of sherry.
lO0S-Another sip.
lO:l5-Ditto, and so on up to II.
1l:IO-I begin to feel cheerful. What beauti-
full day. How beautiful nature is, anyhow.
11:2O-Miss Smith pressed on me so earnestly
that swallowed a whole glass of sherry.
1l:3o-I think things about right, anyway.
Talk of hard times Why everything is gay and
cheerful.
1l:4O-I declare 1 forgot my resolution again at
the McMurrays' and swallowed another glass.
ll:.O-I meet Swellhead. We call together.
Swellhead and myself discuss Swinburne.
l2-Delightful five minutes that at the Joneses'.
That eldest Jones girl is an elegant creature.
Took some with her.
1880 to p. m.-Four calls, with wine.
l:3O-Five calls. Only sip-or two-at call.
This is indeed holiday. Women are beautiful
creatures. Yes; natures a beautiful thing, any
way.
2.-SweIlbead wants to discuss Darwnsm and
Evolution. Swellhead wants extra drinks at sa-
loon. Sherry doesn't agree with him. WHISKY
seems to, though.
ant il is for human heart to open itself to an
other. Swellhead has been telling me about his
GIL at fs Ped g ao %ne The combat
~O'-O~~
deepens on We brave who rush to glory, &c.
2:5O.-Swellhead and are both talking together
about our girls.
3-Swellhead slipped down the Browns front
door step and pulled me after him. Or slipped
and pulled him after me. At all events we
slipped. Swell's hip is awfully bruised. Took
hoi gin for 1t a nearest saloon.
3:SO-Wonder where we've been calling. Swell
heads silk hat does look rough where he fell on
it. declare it's my hat on Swells head.
3:4O-Good thing found the mantel piece to
lean against where we called last. 1 wonder
what those girls were laughing at.
Al declare I've burnt my coat tails. guess
dunno.
4:lO-I saw q woman with tive heads where we
I2c-Called at Professor Doremus'. wonder
whether he's lactometer man or not. l said
something there about not believing that If you
put COW in lactOmeter-no, lactometer in a
COW
425-SOmebody's put me out of doors.
5-Where's Swellhead?
5:lc-Wheres my hat gone?
5;15-Im going to call on Sam. Tilden. voted
for Sam. l bet on Sam. Somebody's talkin' to
me. wonder who he is, Nevermine; he's good
5:aEI wonder what barroom thi. is was
goin' TO call on Sam Les all take a drink.
5:35-There's = happy lam, far, far away. For
we won't 90 home till morn
5iO-Polceman said something to me.
5:45-I'm goin' to call on Sam Tilden. Where's
Sam? Hooray for Sam.
5:sO-where's my hate I wonder who this
e-That feller's gone. I'm goin' round to see
my girl. 1 feel, l feel, feel like morn star:
6:1O-My girls dad put me out. Whoop! Who
cares? He think he can salt man like me. Pm
goin' to see Sam Tilden bout 1t. Where's my
hat?
7-Street-car conductor woke me up. wonder
what line this is? Where's my hat?
Sits cold. amt it, sittin' on a snow-bank? 1
burnt my coat-tails. Where's my hat? I'm goin':
WHO'S that run against me? / can lick him. I
can lick-who said was evOlutionist? Who said
b'longed to Liberal Club? Zzinks it's bad mora |
tendenshy. Whoop! Let's have q drink. Where's
my hat? My girls father put me out I can lick
him and her, too! He beezley old POstivist.
He bleves in cremashun and sassinashun and
foreordinashun. But l Low Susun. Oh, that man
should put enemy in his mouth to steal away
winter Of our discomfort Guess rve set down on
pavement. Where's my hat? Overcoat gone,
too.
9-Somebody's got me by collar. Somebody's
walkin' with me. He's rusher, amt he? It's
pleeceman.
ga. inflow dark it is. Phew! what smell!
What place is this: Where's my hat? Gimminy,
how my head aches, Let's see. had SIS when
I started this morning. Gone! BY thunder!
Where have been: Oh, It must be all n dream.
reeolleet that strange fellow with me. Thief.
Drunk again. 'Station-house. -