Durin a recent visit to New York the undersined went to see Edwin Forrest.  As I am into the moral show biziness myself I ginrally go to Barnum’s moral museum, where only moral peeple air admitted, partickly on Wednesday arternoons.  But this time I thot I’d go and see Ed. Ed has bin actin out on the stage for many years.  There is varis ’pinions about his actin, Englishmen ginrally bleevin that he’s far superior to Mister Macready; but on one pint all agree, & that is that Ed draws like a six-ox team.  Ed was actin at Niblo’s Garding, which looks considerable more like a parster than a garding, but let that pars.  I sot down in the pit, took out my spectacles and commenced peroosin the evenin’s bill.  The awjince was all-fired large & the boxes was full of the elitty of New York.  Several opery glasses was leveled at me by Gotham’s fairest darters, but I didn’t let on as tho I noticed it, tho mebby I did take out my sixteen-dollar silver watch & brandish it round more than was necessary.  But the best of us has our weaknesses & if a man has gewelry let him show it.  As I was peroosin the bill a grave young man who sot near me axed me if I’d ever seen Forrest dance the Essence of Old Virginny.  “He’s immense in that,” sed the young man.  “He also does a fair champion jig,” the young man continnered, “but his Big Thing is the Essence of Old Virginny.”  Sez I, “Fair youth, do you know what I’d do with you if you was my sun?”

“No,” sez he.

“Wall,” sez I, “I’d appint your funeral to-morrow arternoon, & the korps should be ready.  You’re too smart to live on this yerth.”

He didn’t try any more of his capers on me.  But another pussylanermuss individooul in a red vest and patent leather boots told me his name was Bill Astor & axed me to lend him 50 cents till early in the mornin.  I told him I’d probly send it round to him before he retired to his virtoous couch, but if I didn’t he might look for it next fall as soon as I’d cut my corn.  The orchestry was now fiddling with all their might & as the peeple didn’t understan anything about it they applaudid versifrusly.  Presently old Ed cum out.  The play was Otheller or More of Veniss.  Otheller was writ by Wm. Shakspeer.  The seene is laid in Veniss.  Otheller was a likely man & was a ginral in the Veniss army.  He eloped with Desdemony, a darter of the Hon. Mr. Brabantio, who represented one of the back districks in the Veneshun legislater.  Old Brabantio was as mad as thunder at this & tore round considerable, but finally cooled down, tellin Otheller, howsoever, that Desdemony had come it over her par, & that he had better look out or she’d come it over him likewise.  Mr. and Mrs. Otheller git along very comfortable-like for a spell.  She is sweet-tempered and lovin—­a nice, sensible female, never goin in for he-female conventions, green cotton umbrellers, and pickled beats.  Otheller is a good provider and thinks all the world of his wife.  She has a lazy time of it, the hird girl