M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-15
JOY in tho House Of Ward.

" luIOIm yu IndI lme III SldIe U
Bills and trust these lines will find VI
enjoyin the same blessins. p line re
guvenatid. I've found the Immortal
waters of youth, so to speek, & am as
timber and as frisky ms a 3 yer Ole
steer, & in the futur them boys which
sez, "go up old bawled he'd" to me
will dc SO at the Perril of their haz
zard individoolly. line powerful hap,
.py. Heaps ofjoy has descndid upon
fne to onct & | feel like a bran new
man. Sometimes | arsk myself sis il
not dream Z" & suthin within my
sell sez sit are;" bat when look at
them sweet little critters | know it is
a reallerty-2 reallerty's | may sa-
d | feel gay. There's considerable
human natur in man after all.
| retured from the Gunner Kan.
pane with my unparaleld show of wax
works and livin wild Beests of Pray
in the early part of this month. The
people Of Baldinsville met me cordul-
! ly and | immejitly commens restin
myself with my iamerly. The other
mite while ! was down to the tavurn
tostin my shins agin the bar room
fire an amuzin the krowd with sum Of
my adven turs, who shood cum in bare
heded terrible excited but Bill Stokes,
who sez, SEE he, "Old Ward, thare's
crate doins up TO your house,
Sez |, William, how go?
Sez he, "Bust my gizzurd, but it's
CRATE doins," an then larled as if heed
kill hisself.
Sez |, risin an putin on an austeer
look, "WiIliam woodent be fool if
| had common cents"
But be kept on larfin till he war
black in the face, until he fell over on
to the bunk WHARF the hostler sleeps,
and in a still, small voice, scd -
"Twins !" assure yu gents that the
grass didn't grow under my feet on
my way home, & | was follered by an
enthusiastic throng of my teller sit
terzuns, who hurrared for ole Ward
at the top Of their voises. found
the house chock full Of people. Thare
was Mis- Square Baxter and her three
grown up darters, lawyer Perkunses
wife, Taberthy Ripley, yung Ebon
Persums, Dcaken Simmons toks, the
Skoolmarsteer, Doctor Jordin, etset-
terry etSettery. Mrs. Ward was in.
the west room, which jines the kitchin,
Mrs. Square Baxter was mixin Suthin
in dipper before tie kitchin fire, and
a small army OF female wimmin wore
rushin wildly round the house with
bottles OF campfire, peases Of Aannil,
DC. | never seed sich a hubbub in
my born dase. | could stay in the
west room onlya mint, so strung up
was my teeins, so rushed ont and |
seased my dubbil barrili gun.
What upon airth ails the man -
says Taberthy Ripley. 'Sakes alive,
what are you doin 2 and she grabd me
by my coat tails. What's the mat
ter with your she continued,
Twins, marin = says |, twins =
i know it, sez she coverin her face
with her apun.
WAL says |, that's what's the mat
ter with me-
Wall pat down that air gun, you
pesky old fool, sed she.
No marm,' sez |, this is Nashun.
al day. The glory Of this here day
ISN'T confined to Baldinsville by a darn
site. On yonder woodshed,' ) sed |,
lrawen myself up 10 my full bite and |
3pekin in acten voise, will | fire
Nashunal Salootl sayin which tared
myself from her grasp and ru8ht to the
.op of the shed WHARF blazcd away
until Square Baxter's hired man and
ny son Artemus Juneyer cum and
ook me down by name lorse.
On returnin to the Kitchin ! found
luite a lot of people seated be4 the
ire a talkin the event over. They
made room for me an sot down.
Quite episode, sed Doctor Jordin
itin his pipe with a red hot cole.
Yes Sed I, g eppiSodes waing
about 10 pounds jintly.'
"A perfect coop de tat said tLe
'kulmaster.
'Epluribus unum, in proprietor per-
sed |, thinking Ide let him
know | understud furrin langwidges
IS we'll as he did, if | wasent a skule-
master.
Its a momentuous event. sed yung
Chen Parsuns, who has been 9 terms
o the acsdamy.
i never herd OWNS called by that
lame atore, 'sed l, but l spose its all
lite.
we shall soon have Wards enuff,'
ed the editer OF the Baldinsvile Bu-
vIe Of Liberty, who wus lookln over
bundle OF Xchange papurs in the
'ornur, TO apply to the legislator for
City Charter =
Good fur yu, old man = sel |, Civ