A SCOTCHMAN'S DIARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1821, 21 April 1888, Page 3

A SCOTCHMAN'S DIARY.

The following is at&ted to be an extraot from the private diary of a Scotchman In the good old tlmea, whoo whisky was dirt cheap, and when the day's doings of the ions of Caledonia were largely made op of preeiog the woe drapple :— Monday— A hauf gill to wash awa' the effects o' a dry salrmon, £j. Midday — A Rill to wet ma lips foe flog whuutlln', fceln' oot after eheop, Id. Foregatherin' wi 1 the neobors, twa gills, 2d. Malr dog whustlin', a gill, Id 0 4£ Tuesday — A wet mornln*. A gill, Id (there beln' some holes In ma plaid). Dog whnstlln' through the day, twa glUe, 2d. Consoliu' wi' Jock Maodouald, owre the lorb o' hia wife, fower gills, 4d 0 7 "WEDNESDAY — Market day. Forgatherln's, sax gills, 6d. Dor whustlin', twa gills, 2d. GUIs wi' folk I hae n»e mind o' whateevcr, 4(3. Gills wit he mon that sang " Anld ! LaDg Syne," Id 1 1 THUBBDAY — A. gill to bring to mind whauv 1 peeled ma knuckles In a poleeticai argument, Id. Introducing Jock Maodonald to a likely laaa to mak' his second wife, tw» gillo, 2d. Sundry dog whastlin'u, twa gills, 2d ... • ... 0 0 Fbipay — Amang the sheep, fortifeein' niysel' for Jock Macdonald'a wife's funeral, twa gills, 2d. Anither on the road to keep myself rae grcetln' for the pnlr body, Id, Dog whuatlin 1 . Id. The funeral, sax glib, Gd 0 10 Satobday — To keep the mist oot o' ma plaid, the holeano being meudU, a gilij Id. Glelnp; m tho bauns for Jook Macdonald'a marrlago, fower gills, 4d. Dog whafltlin' and forgatherin'a, three gills, 2d 0 8 BUWDAY — TheSawbath D»y. A wee drap tae clear ma throat for cry In' on ma dog, Id. Anltbernt. Lnclcle'a when the bells were ringin', Id. gSome brandy bo as not to be takkin' tbe smell o' whisky into the Lard's Hooee, 2d. A. drap to digest the sulrmon, twa gills, 2d 0 6 4 5J The total, it will be observed, is uot large, but it is to be accounted for by tho extreme cheapness of the liquor.