Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
Artemas Wards Grafton.

Artemas Ward," the quaint western humorlst, published his fourth of July ora. ton in the Cleveland Plaindealer, with the following preface;
 SuRs:-I send herewith synopsis of the skedyule of my orashun on the 4th of July, at " etherSheld, Connecticut. Pleas correct the spellin and punlltooate it in pro- per stlle. l spoke two hours, & was nine ty-Nlx minutes paSsin a given pint There was between two hundred persons present, who with open mouths and closed eyes lis- tened to me with strick attenshun.
 The oration itself is perfect gem, and one of the best things that :" Arenas has yet gotten oh." We suboin an extract or two. After the usual apostrophe to the godles. of liberty, he says:
 l haint time to notis the growth of Anne rilly from the ime when the MavHower cum over in the Pilgrim and browt Plymouth rork with them, but every skool boy nose our kareer hao been tremeniis You will excuse me if don't prasc the erlv settlers of the kolonies. People which hung iii otc old Wim.n lu. witcha, burnt nolo, in Quaker, tongues ,and con.igucI their ieIfer- critters to .he trrilni! ani DI'c.v on the shghtesl Plovora~hun, may have been very nirc folks in their way, but mast confess don admire their ~tiIe anl will d.op them all. sposc they ment well. and So in tne novel and techin langwi1go of the nuSepaPcr,, peas to their ashi~." Thare was no dlskount, however, on them brave men who it, bled, and died in the Amcri- can revolution. We needn't be afraid of setting them to steep. Like my show, they will stand heap of pla>e.
 l see match to admire in New England. our gal, in particular air abowt as snug blIt peaces of Caliker as ever saw. They alr fully equal to the com fed gals of Ohio and lnjianny, and will make the bestcst klnd of wives. It sets my buzzum on fire to look at em.
 De zsii, my sole, be still
 you, Hart, stop cuttin' up,
 Which atlectn lines is either from ulv ,uu of Govner Morrill,, of Maine, or Doctor Watts, and l disremember which. l like your skool houses, your meetin' houses, your enterprise, gump>hun, etc., but your tavotit bevrige l despiae alude to New Englan rum, 1t is wuse nor the kind of whisky of lniiannv, which eats threw stun jugs and will turn the stomach of the most shiltle, hog.
 l seium seek consolashun in the flowing bole, but tother day wuirid down sum of your rum. The tu>t glass induced me to swear like intooratcd trooper On takin the scckund glass was seized with desire to brake wmlcrs, and after imbibin the third glass l llnockt small b0v down. pickt his pocket of a New York Ledgcr and wildly commenced readin of Svlvanus Kobbs last tail. l verly do believe that if ile hisid in another glass I should hay bin desperit enutf to attack the Mount Yer. non papers
 ltS drcful stu1-a sort of lickwid Iitenin got ID under the personal supervishn of the dcvil-tears mcn's inarls all to peaces and makes their noses blossum as the Iob- ster. Shun it as you wood a wild hvenny with fire brand tied to his tale, X while you are abowt it you will do first rate thing fu yourself and everybody abowt YOU by shunnin all kinds of intsxicatin likers. You don't need em no morn cat needs ? tales saying nothing abowt the trouble anl Suiferin they cawSe, But unless your inarls are cast iron avoid New Englan's lavorite bcvrige
 My friends Ime dun. tear myself away from you with tears in my eyes and plea sant odor of onynus abowt my close In the langwidge of Mister Catterline to the Rumuns go but perhaps shall cum back agin. Adoo peple of Wethersfeld. Be virtoous X you'll be happy