The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-12-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
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"A Vail from the YEARLY Wrctched.
Dear Chronicle -
!, Old Parsippany, am in trouble, and
come 70 nnburden my poor soul through
your friendly columns. just think oil it /
that !. trying to compose my scattered
senses against the cushions Of my senile
chair, should be disturbed as / am by
the preposterous din oil the outside
world. Yes, the continuous hoo, hoo,
hooioo 90 Of the locomotive laundering
through the hills OF Boontoii, where tile
bear and The catanlount roamed wild
when !, in youth, reigned king in this
peaceful valley, tlisturbs me much, and
Tor more than one reason.
First--Aiy ancient tympana, accus-
toned in my youth ofsly to the cattle
.windings OF the horn that heralded the
trl-weekly incoming of the tour-horse
yellow stage, that brought news from far
of Gotham and its environs, detect dis
cord IN these fierce sounds that bid the
unwary pedestrian to . clear the track r.
Second, my mental equilibrium is sadly
disturbed by the reflections provoked
greater evil by far than any
mere physical discomfort. How comes it
that this ineretFicious miss q mean Boom
ton)
Inter cdpttt esta.lit ur5es
Qtaq.tun lentd sotesat isster uibatsTsa cupressi
['I'lis is quotation from Virgil, whom
read in the old brick school house long
before the sacrilegious hand of Pease
set incendiary torch to its sacred walls
and means, in Englsh-that suits me
best just now" puts ON such devllish
airs s Was it not enough that Roswell
Mason poured the crystal waters of Lake
Hopatcong into her lap, through the sill
very windings of the Morris Canal? And
must she, thereafter, lure the lords OF
the Delaware and Iackawallna to lay
their heads in her DeliMll lap? A plague
Might her brazen face and light Upon her
eed- beat head Do | not relsember
sspilen she sat at my feet, a beggarR when
.slsezessnle to us to sell her charcoal and
speltries when she bought the very best
OF vlIiskey at Cobbss Corners and Rights
er's store when she kept her Fourth OF
July among US ?swhen she received her
mail tifroush us ? when she--she- well,
4 don't know what And now behold
herl Oh! the immodest thingl
Still, could rest content, ii SHE would
c0nfine her evil influence snithin the linn
its OF her own corporation; but this she
will not do Her polluted waters pernne-
ate the soil, and rise UP IN our very midst.
Our young people, those to the laanor
-born, having forsalSen the milk OF their
claildhood, good "oid apple, Z are imbib
ing large olaughts from her streaming
beer watts, and drinking in moral evil with
it, as | viii now show =:
A new butchers firm has arisen among
US, which shall call the firm of B and
q, just because it is not A and B. Well,
this new firm recently made a business
call upon your correspondent, q. p, and
performed thus,
{ Ester Senior Rttrtae1, briskly, foltoaced
ky juatior Pdrtae5.1
a Sen. part. Well, Q, p, how are you2
EeHifIy day any meat to day
q. PIT ave you mutton chops? good |?
Sen. Part Yes, the very best; lid
dressing Jun. Part. acitha great pi,ak j
Fred, 60 and cut y. z. some chops. [Erit
Fred.
Here few moments of cheerful con-
Eersation ensued, when enter Fred with
aquarium OF meat, which he deposited
m the kitchen closet, and, having duly
booked my indebtedness, the firm de,
parted ..ButIo thesequel Biddy, whom
! directed to cook the chops for dinner.
spoil inspecting the just purchased meat,
raised both hands and exclaimed: .sAnd
is it these yous call chops Sure they
looks like bloody chips from the nick. 7
mildly suggested that appearances
were often deceittul," and urged the
wrathful eamsel to do her best with them;
WHO, after many expressions. of disgust
and Encouragement, assured me she had
dRme her best with them. The cloth be.
Il. SPREAD, tie Clips, as Biddy still per-
sisted in calling them, were duly placed
before me, and i set to work as follows
First, with my plated case. knife, but they
literally turned the edge of it; second,
a desperate attempt with carving-knife,
with indifferent result third, with mis-
placed confidence, applied my masti-
Gators, pearls in appearance, but, own,
set in gold-my fifteenth dentition-
Which was totally disrupted in the attack.
Gazing now in utter despair upon my
ruined gold and ivory, bethought me Of
the time when, with my first and second
dentitions, | ruminated the tender bits
which were furnished by the ancient
Gavit OF blessed memory, and thus apos-
trephised his gentle shade -
"Deay, gentle shade of Gavit, who
dislst with stealthy hand seize by the
hind leg the tender lamb feeding on the
sacred heritage that grew under the
caves of the old church, or nibbling the
NIX grass by the old tombstones. or loll
rig in cud chewing ease on the school
house common, and didst convey him TO
thy home, and, priest-like, slay him, and
thereafter deliver his parted bodyste thy
customers with many jests; dear, gentle
shade, hnYer over me in this my sublime
peril, lest I'wholly despair"
Yours, in affection,
OLD PARsIPPANY.
P. ST. have interviewed the Junior
partner, and expostuated, and SO
wrought upon him that he assured me
that it was just good enough for me; /
had no business to eat mutton chops
with false teeth + oh, the evil influence
of Boohton beerlli
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