Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-02
Ward, the Snowman, his Joy.

Ward, the Snowman, MS Joy
GArtemas Ward, the great animal ex-
hibitor, has returned from his summer
campaign, and thus narrates the proceed
ings on his reception of the news that
there was an addition Of two TO his your z
family
| found the house chock full of people.
Tharc was Mis- Square Baxter and her
three grown up dar,ers, lawyer Perkinscs
wife, Tabcrthy Ripley, yung Eben Par
sons, Deakcu Simmunses foxes, the Skoo.-
master, Doctor Jordin, etsettery, etsettery
Mis- Ward was in the west room, which
jines the kitchen. Mis- Square Baxter
was mixin suthin up in d!ppcr before the
kitchen 6,e, and a small army of female
wimin were rushin wildly around the
house with bottles Of campfire, peascs Of
Hanuii, &c. | never seed such hubbub
in my born dase. | Good stay in the west
room only mint, so strung up were my
feelins, SO rush, out and scascd my doub
lie barrild gun.
"What upon earth ais the man p says
Taberthy Ripley. "Sakes alive, what air
you doin p and she grabbed me by my
kote tales. "What's the matter with yu!"
she con'innered.
Twins, marm," scz |, "twins !"
81 know it." scz she, GOVERN her face
with her aprun.
oval" sez l, "that's what's the matter
with me"'
oval, put down that air gun, yu pesky
old fool" sed she.
"No, marm," soz l, ";his is Nashun'
al day. The glory of this here day isn't
confined to Baldinsville by durn site.
On youdcr woodshed," sed |, drawen my
self up and spekin in q shOw-actin' volse,
"will | fire a Nashunal saloot.. ~ sayin
which tared myself from her grasp and
rusht to the top of the she'd WHARF blazed
away until Square Baxter's hired man and
my son Artemas Juueycr cum aud took
me down by name forse.
Ga returnin' to the kitchen, l found
quite lot of people seated bel the fire,
talkin the event over. They made room
for me and sot down.
"Qute episode" sed Doctor Jordn,
litin his pipe with red hot cole.
"Yes," sed |, "2 eppisOdes, waing a
Is pounds jintly."
"a perfeck coop de tat" sed the skulc.
master.
"E pluribus unum, in proprietor perso-
ny" sed |, thiukin Ide let him know un-
derstand furrin langwidges about as well
as he did, if wasent skulemaster.
"Its a momentuous event." sed yupg
Eben Parsons, who has been . quarters to
the akademy.
81 never herd twins called BY that name
afore,' sed I, shut suppose its all rite"
ave shall soon have Wards enuf, sec
the edito, of the Baldinsville Bny'e @
Liberty, who was loOkin over bundle o
Xchangc papers in the corner, "to aPpl.
to the Legislator for City Charter"
"Good for yu," sed |, "give that air
conspicuous place in the next Bugle."
Show redicklus said pretty Susal
Fletcher, GOVERN her face with her knitti
wurk aud lar6n like all posscst
"Wal, for my part" sed Jane Mari
Peasley, who is the crossest old made i
the world, 81 think you all akt like pac
of fules."
SczI, "Mis Peasley, are you parient?
Sez she, "No, | ante"
Sec l., "Mis Peasley, you never will be.
She left.
We sot thare larin and talkin until 9th
swichin hour Of mite when grave yard
yawpg and Josts trupe 4th, as old Bi
Shakespire aptiee obsarves in his dramy
John Sheppard, esq or the Moral Hou:
Breaker, when We broke up and disbursed
Muther and children is a doing wel
AS Resolushuus is the order of the day,
feel obleeged if yule insert the follerin ::
Whereas, . eppisodes has happened I
to the undersind's house, which is Twin
and Whereas like this stile, sade Twi
beIn Of the mail perswashun, and bo
boys there4 BE 1t
Resolved, That to them nabers who
The fare thing by said Eppisodes my han
felt thanks is doc.
Resolved, that do mos. heartily thar
Engine ko. No. II, who, under the i,
Preshun from the fuss at my house on tn
hausp'eicus mite that thare was konf
e'A.hun goiu on, cum galyieBtly to {,
sP'' Cat Kindly re.Eanei from skrer.in