'My dear sir, ' said Mr Otis, 'I really must insist on your oiling those chains, and have brought you for that purpose a small bottle of the Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator. It is said to be completely efficacious¹ upon one application, and there are several testimonials² to that effect on the wrapper from some of your most eminent native divines. I shall leave it here for you by the bedroom candles, and will be happy to supply you with more should you require it. ' With these words the United States Minister laid the bottle down on a marble table, and, closing his door, retired to rest.