| Show bill of old election many interesting stories are told la relation io electioneering bills some of course will never be related pat rick mella of no 98 sackett street brooklyn has as a souvenir an ac count dated 1826 and issued to sir mark it reads as follows my bill to eating sixteen freeholders above stairs at three shill ings and sixpence a head Is to me two pounds and twelve shillings to eat ing sixteen more below stairs and two priests after supper Is to me two pound and fifteen shillings and nine pence to six beds in one room and four in another at two guineas every bed and not more than four in any bed at the time cheap enough god 1 Is to me twenty two pounds and fifteen shillings to eighteen horses and five mules about my yard all night at thirteen pence every one of them and for a man which was lost on the head of watching them all night is to me anve pounds five shill ings odd for breakfast or tay in the morn ing for every one of them and as many more as they brought as near as I 1 can guess Is to me four pounds tw elve shillings to raw whiskey and punch with out talking of pipes and tobacco as well as for porter and as well tor breaking a pot up stairs and other glasses and delft for the first day and night I 1 am not sure but for three days and a half of the election as lit tie as I 1 can call it and not be very exact it Is in all or thereabouts as near as I 1 can guess and not be too particular Is to me seventy nine pounds fifteen shillings and nine pence for shaving and cropping off the heads of the forty nine freeholders for sir marks at thirteen pence for every head of them by my brother has a Is to me two pounds thirteen shillings and one pence for a comit and nurse for poor tom kernan in the middle ot the night when he was not expected la to me ten bags I 1 don t talk ol 01 the piper or for keeping him sober as long as be was sober Is to me ten pounds and ten shillings signed in the place JENNY CARS ills BRYAN GARRITY mark new york herald |
