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THE SAD END OF THE CONVIVIALITY CLUB
T
HE
first diminution which the Conviviality Club re–
ceived in the number of its members was in the person
of Daniel Crowquill, who, attempting to return to his
house one morning, from the Red Horse Tavern, after carous–
ing cosily until nearly four o'clock, missed his way in a violent
snowstorm and perished in the road. Ananiah Saddletree was
shortly after arrested for debt and lodged in the County jail.
Jonas Simpkins, after a violent quarrel with his wife, felt the
stings of remorse so powerfully at work in his bosom, that he
went into the garret and hung himself. Dr. Merritt was thrown
from his horse on leaving the tavern and had his ankle bone so
shattered that amputation was necessary. Stephen Thompson,
after exhausting his worldly store, commenced a system of petty
pilfering and was sentenced to States prison. But what gave the
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