Describes a drinking party at his boarding house. Transcription: A 'rowdy ? drinking Party. joining in chorus and throwing their arms about. Then they got up imaginary quarrels between [Arthur] Ledger and [] Shepherd, both rushing at each other as with a desire to fight, stripping coats off &c., others withholding them. Of course each farce concluded with more libations, each tumbler being upturned in witness of its contents being exhausted. Then they joined hands and danced round the table, which presently got upset, with the attendant destruction of tumblers and bottles. [George] Bowery
Describes a drinking party at his boarding house. Transcription: A 'rowdy ? drinking Party. joining in chorus and throwing their arms about. Then they got up imaginary quarrels between [Arthur] Ledger and [] Shepherd, both rushing at each other as with a desire to fight, stripping coats off &c., others withholding them. Of course each farce concluded with more libations, each tumbler being upturned in witness of its contents being exhausted. Then they joined hands and danced round the table, which presently got upset, with the attendant destruction of tumblers and bottles. [George] Boweryem was aware of his condition; he apostrophized himself in the mirror, with ?ǣGeorge Boweryem! You ?re as drunk as Silenus! ? He developed very goodhumoredly and was in an extraordinary state of self-complacency. [James] Morris present. The row grew so great that Burger, from below, remonstrated by knocking the butt end of a musket against the ceiling, upon which Ledger went down-stairs and persuaded him and Kettle to come up. They kept Ledger ?s apartment locked, that nobody should escape; I had some difficulty in getting [Charles] Damoreau out at about 1 He had had only about two hours sleep last night. His hat was fractured by the breakfast of the bed, first time. The revels proceeded, some of them trying to walk Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 12, page 94, March 9, 1860 . 9 March 1860. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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