Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-19
Artemus Ward Among the sn,r,..

Artemus Ward, the snowman is ease w. gave part of a letter from him to the p,a;,1 dealer, giving his account of visit to tbe Rar lin Heights, and his opinion of free love . and now we md In the same paper another uni,uo production of his pen, describing an ;ntarvie,v with the spirits. We make an extract ar two.
 VIII here observe that Mrs. Ward is a in. vaiefaoie womun-the partner of my goys & u"o S"a'rer oi my sorrers. In my absunce she waechis my lnterests& things with Eagle Eve ,' when return she welcums me in afectionate ss'l.: lrooly 1t Is with us as it was with MT. " Mrs lngonor in the Plov to whit
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 My haburs lndoosea me to attend Sperre tooul Sircle at Squire Smit!.'s. When arroye found the west room full includin all the old males Tn the vlllige & the longhared fellers a4sed. When went in was saooted with
 near cums the benited man"-" hear cums the unbeleever''-" here cums the horev heded skoffer at truth" etsattery, etsettery Sez I my trends lis troo ina hear and now bring on your Sperrets. The cumpany then drew round the table and the Sircle kommenst to go it, They axed me if thare was anybody in the Sperret land which wood like to talk with, & sed if Bill Thompkins who was onct my part ner in the show bizuis was sober shood like to convarse with him few periods "Is the Sperret of William Tompkins present." sed l Of the long hared chaps and there was three knox on the table. vSez William how goze It: He sed things was rather rough. Sez are yu in the show bzns William. and he said he was.
 He said he X John Bunyun was travelin with a side show, in conneckshun with Shakespeer Jonson & Co.'S consolerdated menagery and | circus. He said old Bun (meanirg Mr. Bun- yun) stirred up the anermals and ground the or gin while he tended the door, Occashunly Mr. Bunyun sung a comic song. The circus was doin middlin well. Bill Shakspeer had made a great hit with "Od Bob Ridlv," and Ben Jonson was delitin the people by his trooly great acks of hossmanship without saddul or brdul. Sez 1, William. kan you pay me that Is dollars you owe me, and he said no, with one of the most tremendous knox I ever ex- perunsed. 1 then called fur my grandfather, and turned that he was meath with fare success in the peenut biznis and liked it very well, al- tho the clint was rather warm
 When the Sircle stopt they asked me what thawt of it. Sez my friends i've been into the show bznis going on 23 years You doubtlis beleeve this Sperret doctrin while think it is little mkt. Just so soon as man became a regular out X out Sperret rapper he leeves orf workn, lets his hare grow all over his face & | comm ensis spungn his Twin out of other peple. He eats all the dickshunaries he can find and goze round chock full of big words, scarein the wimmin folks and little children 6 destoying the peace of mind of every famerlee he enters. He don't do nobody no good & is cuss to so- clety and pirt on other peple's corn beef bar rils. Admttn all yu say abowt the doctrn to be troo must say the regar professional sperret rapperS-them as make biznis on it--are abowt the most ornery set of cusses l ever countered in my life. So saying put on my surtoot & |" ent home. Repectably Youres, ARTEMUs WARD.