Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-19
Free Lovers.

The sect of the order. or rather of the dis order of Mrs. Branch, are fair subjects of ridi. cule, if not of legal prosecution. The denun- ciations of the press and clergy are certainly not amiss but we have seen nothing that shows up the absurdty and utter ridiculousness of free love pretensions, half so well as hetero. graphic letter in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, purportlng to be written by an itinerant show man, who called one day upon the communists ~6f Berlin Heights Here is an extract which gives the pith of the epistle:-
 ,.:Hear am at Berlin Hites amung the Free Lovers. 1 arrove hear last Toosdav tS bitterly doo cuss the Day ever sot foot in this retched Ease hearn tell of these Free Lnvirs for sum time X thawt ide cum and see what kind ot trltters they was. I pitcht my tent in helf near the Luv kure, as they kalI it & un- foldld my bannir to the Breese. Bimebv the p9le kommensed fur to pour into my show & begun for to kongratterlate myself on doinc stayln bisnss. But they whre ornerv lookin set must say. The mems fases was all kuv- erfd with hair & thay looked harf starved to d&h. The wimmin was wus nor the men, They wore trowsis, short gownds and straw hats with fadid green ribbns onto them. & they all kerrid bloc kotton umhrellers in their hands. Bimebv perfeckly orful lookin fe. melle presentid herselfto the dore Her gownd was skanderusly short & her trowsis was shameful to behold. Sez she Ar. kind it be? yee, tls troo is troo.' Sez i, 15 sents. marm. Se4 she, & so i've und yu at larst-at larst, at last Sez, l yes yu has found me at arst & You wood hay found me at ftlst if vu had 6 ho 0, O
 ], T think air, hut if you aowt it VII may ad Aess Mrs. A. Ward, Baldinsville, Iniiannv. postige pade. X she will dowtliss giv YOU the required infurmashun.' Sez she. then vu air what the wurla cawls marrid?' I sed. sves maym air The ksentric female then orabJ me, by the arm X sez she in a wild vose. you air'm'ne, o yu air min~,' 'Scaeely., sez as i 1ltesed myselffrum her inn grasp She agane cI6tched me by the arm & sed .vu air my af fnerty.' Sez i, what upon arth is thatr- 'Qost thow not know?' sNo marm, sez i dostunt' Sez she, Listen, man. & ile tell ve Fur years i've yearned for thee knowd tbow vast Tn the wurld sumwhares altho Anowd not thy name or phase of resdunce. My bar f sed he wood cum & took currige He has cum-he IS hear-yu air him-yu air my aff;- : nety! 0 tls two much--two mutcb,, X, sha bust out cryin. Yes, sez l. si think if ;s  darn site two mutch.' Hast thow not vearned fur neH she yelled, ringn her hands like fe. male play actor. Sez i mot yearn., Ri this time grate krwod of free lovirs had kol. lesid around us X they all kommensed fur to holler shame,' brute 'beast' etsetterv. ct. settery. was jest as mad as a Martch hair Sez ], yu pack of ornery critters 90 way frum me x talk this retched woomun along with vu. My naime is Artemus Ward. and inc in tba show blsnis. pay my bils & mind my own 'favs 1me a married man & my childrun all look like me if I am snowman. don't on in fur settin the laws of my country at defiance l aint iD favur of privatearin or nothin else il. legal thing yure affinerty business is eussed nonsense. besides bein outraiusly wicked. I pered 4th my indignation in this way until gut out of breth when stopt. I took down my tent & shall leeve town this evenn"-Bos. ton Pest. A WARD.