Describes, far more fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor’s Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawy

           ThereisareposeaboutLantStreet,intheBorough,whichshedsagentlemelancholyuponthesoul.Therearealwaysagoodmanyhousestoletinthestreet:itisaby-streettoo,anditsdulnessissoothing.AhouseinLantStreetwouldnotcomewithinthedenominationofafirst-rateresidence,inthestrictacceptationoftheterm;butitisamostdesirablespotnevertheless.IfamanwishedtoabstracthimselffromtheworldtoremovehimselffromwithinthereachoftemptationtoplacehimselfbeyondthepossibilityofanyinducementtolookoutofthewindowweshouldrecommendhimbyallmeansgotoLantStreet.

           Inthishappyretreatarecolonisedafewclear-starchers,asprinklingofjourneymenbookbinders,oneortwoprisonagentsfortheInsolventCourt,severalsmallhousekeeperswhoareemployedintheDocks,ahandfulofmantua-makers,andaseasoningofjobbingtailors.Themajorityoftheinhabitantseitherdirecttheirenergiestothelettingoffurnishedapartments,ordevotethemselvestothehealthfulandinvigoratingpursuitofmangling.Thechieffeaturesinthestilllifeofthestreetaregreenshutters,lodging-bills,brassdoor-plates,andbell-handles;theprincipalspecimensofanimatednature,thepot-boy,themuffinyouth,andthebaked-potatoman.Thepopulationismigratory,usuallydisappearingonthevergeofquarter-day,andgenerallybynight.HisMajesty’srevenuesareseldomcollectedinthishappyvalley;therentsaredubious;andthewatercommunicationisveryfrequentlycutoff.

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