GDG- attempted to frighten an Irishman with a broadsword

[Jack Kelly]

Dennis,

It appears to me that this affair was just an Irish wake in some other 
guise, except for the fact that "reformed drunkards" were present - no such 
thing in Irish lore (except for yours truly).  Remember: If it weren't for 
whiskey, the Irish would rule the world.

Regards,

Jack Kelly



>. . . [Baker] was succeeded in the evening by himself and another valiant 
>man [Lincoln], who once attempted to frighten an Irishman with a 
>broadsword, and who, when he found that impracticable, procured his friends 
>to manage `an amicable adjustment'." Register, 20 October 1843.
........... "Many `reformed drunkards,'  Washingtonians, were present, and 
it being a party affair, all got  gloriously drunk together. . .