Doesticks, What He Says

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I myself was laboring under this infatuated delusion when I left the shades of private lif

ly of the treacherous liquid, I did not hesitate on my arrival here to imbibe on v

ched by the mischievous God of the stream called the Croton, and that, if I had given him any further opportunities to exercise his craft, my nam

ct shall be a triumphant vindication of my character,-shall exculpate the Deity Bacchus (now resident in Ohio,)

from apples with worms in them. At present I am sober. If, since my sojourn in this city, I have been intoxicated, t

nt and harmless; but now-well; no matter-I will not anti

tively the preparation of this agreeable beverage, and I am certain that there entered into its composition a certain amount of water-Croton water, as I have every reason to believe; and I am also sure that in that treacherous draught I imbibed the first instalment

o my invariable custom, should have been "straight," was also surreptitiously diluted with the same detestable fluid by the maliciou

smash individually, and I state, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, that our principal ingredient in each and every on

ty of corners, we reached Burton's. Tickets being mysteriously procured, we entered, and eventually obtained seats. Finding, after prolonged trial, that it was impracticable to put my hat in my vest pocket, I placed it on the floor, and p

nremitting attention, to concentrate the actors sufficiently to understand the performance. And many th

ree-cocked hat. "Oberon" was not so objectionable (being a gentleman,) in a talma and plaid pantaloons, though even he might have blacked his boots and om

d friend as to the feasibility of a return to Brooklyn, to our boarding-house. On ou

ddle of the night, accompanied in their fantastic movements, by the upper story of Stewart's and the Bible Society's building? For they certainly did on that eventfu

ace is on the top of the City Hall, will desert her responsible post, she might choose a more becom

ly located on the top of Trinity Church cross; but that it was

t particular occasion it plied as an opposition ferry-boat between Whitehall street and Hamilton avenue. The last thing I distinctly recollect is trying to pay the fare

t in the grate, with my pantaloons and hair-brush in it-my watch in the water-jug, and my latch-key in the bird-cag

rt to milk, but I fear our city edition of the lacteal contains sufficient of the aqueous enemy to again upset my too del

brandy and water without a