East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-01
From the Cleveland pandealer
Joy in the House Of Ward.

in the same blessins. Ime reguvenatid
I've found the immortal waters Of yooth,
so to speek, & am as timber and frisky as
yer old steer, & in the futur them
boys which sez "go up old bawld he'd" to
me, will do so at the Peril of their haz-
zard Individually. line powerful happy.
Heaps of JOY has dcsendid upon me to
Onet & | weel like bran new man.
Sumtimcs / arsl1 myself "is it not a
dreamY" & suthin within myself sez "it
air." but when look at them sweet lit
tie critters | know it is rcalerty-2
reallerty's / may sa--& feel gay
There's considerbul human natur in a
man, alter all.
| returnd from the Summer Campane
withmy unparaleld show of wax works and
livin wild Bcests of Pray in the erly part
of this munth. The people of Baldns-
vile met me cordully and j immejitly
commenst restin myself with my famerly.
The other mite while was down to the
tavurn tostin my shins agin the bar room
FIRE g. amuzin the irowd with sum of my
adventurs, who shood cum in bare needed
81 terrible excited but BILL Stokes, who
sez, sez he. "Old WARD, there's CRATE
doins up to your house!"
Sez /, CIVILIAN, how SOP"
Scz he, "Bust my gizzurd, but it's crate
do ms" & then he larfed as if heed kill
hisself
Sez ], risin and putin on austeer
look, "WILLIAM ] woodunt be fool if |
had common cents"
But he kept on larfn till he was black
in the face, when he fell over on to the
bunk WHARF the hostler sleeps and in a
still small voise sed, "Twinsw / ashure
yu gents that the grass didn't grow un-
der my feet on my way home, & was
follered by enthusiastic throng of my
feller sitterzuns, who hurrard for Old
Ward at the top of there voises. i
found the house chock full of people
1hare was Mis- Square Baxter and her
three grown up darters, lawyer Per-
kinses wife, Taberthy Ripley, young Eben
Parsuns, Deakun Simmuns, folks, the
Skoolmastcr, Doctor Jordin, etsettery,
etscttery. Mis-. Ward was in the west
room, which jnes the kitchin. Mis-
Square Baxter was mixin suthin an dip
per before the ktchin fire, & small
army of female wimin were rushin wildly
round the house with bottles of camarc,
peaces of llannil, &c. / never seed sich
a hubbub in my natral born dase. i
Good stay in the west room only mint,
so strung up was my feeins, so | rusbt
out and ceased my dubbel barrild gun.
"What upon airth ales the MANI" seq
Taberthy Ripley "Sakes alive, what
air you doin?" & she grabd me by the
coat tales, "What's the matter with
yu?" she continnerd.
"Twins, marm," sez /, twins"
81 know it," sez she coverin her Ease
with her apun.
"Wall," sez /, chats what's the mat
ter with mel"
"Wall put down thas air gun, yu pes
ky old fool" scd she.
no, marm," sez /, "this is Nashunal
: day The glory of this here day isn't
, confined to Baldnsville by a darn site.-
On yonder woodshed," sed |, drawin my.
r self up to my full hitc and speakn in a
, show actin voise, "will fire a Nashuna
: salootl' ssyin which / tared myself from
her grasp and rusht to the top of the shed
r WHARF I blazcd away until Square Bax
ter's hired man and my son Artemus
t Juneycr cum and took me down by name
t forse.
On returnn to the Kitchin | found
5 quite a lot of people seated bel the fire
talliin the event over. They made
| room for me s. i sot down. "Quite q
: cppisode," sed Doctor JoRDIN, litin his
/ pipe with red hot coal
| eyes, sed I, "2 cppisodcs, waing abou,
f Is pounds jintly."
: "A perfeck coop dc tat" scd tho
$ slloolmaster.
"E pluribus unum, in proprietor per
sony" scd /, thinking Idc let him know
: understood furrin langwidges as well as
| he did if | wasn't skoolmaster.
. at is momcntious event." sed young
r EDEN PARsUNs, who has been 2 quar-
: ters to the Alademy.
i ~ never heard twins called by tha
J, name afore," sed I, "but | spose its al
t rite"
n awe shall soon have WARDS enuff,'
y sed the editor of the Baldinsville Bayl
i Of LiJerty who was lookin over bund.,
+ OF exchange papers in the corner, at,
: apply TO the legislator for City Char
{ ter !'
s "Good for yu, old man y sed ], "gi'
1 that air conspickins place in the mex
n Bgqle.p
i "How redicllilus," sed pretty SusA'
l. FLErcnER, GOVERN her face with he
# xuittin work & larfn like all possest.
S ''Wall for my part" scd JANE MARI
: PEAsLEY, who is the crosscst old made il
: the world, al think yu all act like pacl
,e Of fools"
Scz |, "Mis PrAsLEy, air yu parent?
Sez she, "No, ] amt"
If Sez J, "Mis PEAsLEy, you never wi
% be-"
l. She left.
i We sot there tallSin & lariin until 9th
o switchin nour Of mite when grave yard
yawng & Josts troop 4th," as old BIZ
SAKEPsrIRE artlee observes in his dram
ID of JoHs SHEpPARD, esq or the Mors
le House Breaker, when we broke ~ 4
t,- disbursed.
l. Muther 4 children is doin well; & q