The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22
Letter from the Itinerant Snowman

GRSrz,-Ime in q sad 4 sentermentul
Mood ternite. ! thawt at let Ide kourt the
Muse L. did 90 try to do, but the Muse refuz-
ed TO be kOurtid Il 90 methincs iii let nv
thawts express themselves in Proze L
speaking Of kourtin remines me of how
wood & one Mrs. A. Ward, which l dessay
will interest the recders Of your valerble
paper Twas earn still mite in Joon, when
all natur was husht & nary Zeffer disturbed
the screen silence. l sot with the objeck OF
nv harts eGeckshuns on the tense of her
farther's pastur. had experiunsed hank
erin after her for sum time but darsent pro-
elaine my pashun. Wall, We sot there on
the Tense, q swinging our feet two d frow 4
blushin as red ~ the Baldinsville skool house
when it was fust painted l. lookin very cim-
pie, make no doubt My left arm was &C.
kepied in ballunsin myself on the tense while
nv rite was wounded atfeckshunitly round
her waste.
See 1, 'Suzanner thinks very muchly Of
yu," l. side deeply.
SEE she, How you do run on"
SEE l. II wish there was winders to my
sole soz yu Good see sum of my feelings"
pawsed heer, but as she made no reply
continued in the follerin strane:
''Or Good yer know the sleeplls mites l
pars on yure ackount, how vittles had seased
to be attractive to me g. how my Inns is
shrunk up, yu woodunt dowt me not by no
means. Case on this wastin form L. these
sunkun ize," cride, jumpin up & shud hav
continnered sum time longer prObly, but un-
fortnitly lost my ballunse and fell over
into the pastur ker smash, teerin my close
and ssveerly damagin myself ginerally.-
Suzanner sprung to my assistance Il dragged
me 4th in bubble quick time. Then DRAWN
herself up to her full hite she sed:
81 wont listun to your infurnal noncents
eny longer Just yu say rite strate out
what yu air drivin at. If yu mean gittin
hitched, line in"
considered that aire enuff fur all practi-
cal purpusses & we went to the parsun' at
onct d was immeditely made l. I've parst
memorable mite, but Mrs A. Ward has bin
troo 40 steal By bein virtoous I've one a
repartashun fur honisty which few show
& by attendin strickly to biznis I've amarst a
hsnsum competunsy, d my show is exalted
by few d. exceled by none, embracin as it
doz wonderful colleckshun of Twin wild
Reests and Snaix, endis variety Of
wax 6ggers of life sise g. the only trained
Kangeru in Ameriky-the most amazin lit
tie cuss ever introduced to discriminatin
publik.
l. why am / sad methincks l heer yu
ask, Jentle reader. Becawz feel that the
Show Bisniz, which I've stroven to ornyment,
10 being usurpt by Poplar Lecturs, as they
cir kalled, tho in my pinion they are poplar
humbugs. Eastern individuals, mostly
from Bosting, who git hard up, embark in
the lecturin bisniz. Thay EARN themselves
with hi soundin frazis, frizz!e up their hair,
git trusted for SCOT Of black close Il cum
out West to lectur at SO dollars pop They
amt over stockt with branes, but they hav
brass enuff to make sufficient kittles to bile
ell the sope that will be required by the
ensewin sixteen ginerashuns. Peple flock to
hear them in krowds The men go becawz
its poplar Il the wimin folks 60 to see what
other wimin folks hav on. When it's over
the lecturer goxe and regales hisself with
gin and sugar, while the peple say whats
charming lectuR that air was" etsettery, ct
settery, when 3 out Of 10 of um don't hav no
more ides Of what the lecturer sed than my
kangaru has Of the sevunth speer Of hevun
Thares more infurmashun to be got out of
well conducted noosepaper-price scents
than thers il out Of ten poplar lecturs at Is
or so dollars . pop, a. the kase may be.
These Same peple, bare in mine, stick up
their nosis q moral wax 6ggers 4 sagashus
besstA They cay these things 10 low Gents
& gresves my hart in my old age, when line
IN THE Sheer and yellow lssf' Ito cote frum
nv Irish frsnd Mr. McBsth( to see that the |
Show bisnis i pritsy much plade out. How
,omever I shall chance it again in the |
SPRING line nsgoshiatin with the larst
Joory in Hiram Cole kass d If kin getthem |
Twin euriositys ! think | shall
make payin season Of il
Very Respectfully, Yours,
ARTEMUs WARD.