High Life in New York (Volume 2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844. Excerpt: ... LETTER XXIV. DESCRIPTION OF COUSIN JASON'S EQUIPAGE.--FIGURE CUT BY MRS. JASON SLICK AND HER DAUGHTER. MANNERS OF A NOBLE LORD. THE DINNER.--JASON BOASTS OF HIS BIRTH, HERALDRY, AND COAT OF ARMS. JONATHAN CREATES GREAT CONSTERNATION BY PROCLAIMING THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY AS A SHOEMAKER. MAKES A SPEECH. To Mr. Zephaniah Slick, Justice of the Peace, and Deacon of the Church, over to WeathersfieU, in the State of Connecticut. Dear Par, Wal, next day was Thanksgiving, and down come another letter to say that Lord Morpeth was a coming, and that Jase was a going to send down his span fired new carriage to the Astor House, arter Lord Morpeth and I afore dinner time; and he gin me to understand, that if I could keep the carriage a spell afore the Astor House steps, where folks could get a chance to see the new fixings and horses, there wouldn't be no harm done" to nobody, --the darned mean pussy coot When a feller tries to make me do a mean thing, I'm awful uglyTmy Yankee grit is up in a jiffy, and I'm-jest like a skeery horse that al'rs backs up hill when you want to lead him down. Afore this I'd been on a cyphering voyage through my purse to see if I couldn't afford to go down to Lynde & Jennings, and buy a new narrow collar'd coat and some other dandy consarns, seeing I was a going to dine with a Lord; but when this letter cum I detarmined to go in the old fix up, jest to let this Lord and my pussy cousin see a ginuine Yankee, that wasn't ashamed of hisself in a homespun coat and trousers. Howsomever, I gin myself a purty good sudsing, and shaved as close as a Wall street broker; besides I did some extra fixing to my collar and hair, and paired off my finger-nails harnsomely, and scrubbed the yaller from off my teeth with the corner of a brown towel that I foun...