The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-18
ArtenaMs Ward, the Snowman, De'
livers a Fourth Of July Grafton.
THE Cleveland PIaindealer has the follow


/ The Cleveland Plaindealer has the follow
/ ing
/ [Suas.-I send herewith a synopsis OF
the .kedule Of my orashun on the 4th OF july
at Weathers field. Please correct the spell
in i puDkrooess in proper slile- L spoke
! two hours & was 50 minutes Passin q given
pint. Thar was between 200 persons pres
ent, who with open mouths and closed eyes
listened to me with strict attenshunI
Feler Ci,tersuns-I hav bin onered with
/ an invite to orate bed you on this crate and
gallorious day. The feelins which feel on
this occashun is more easier imagined than
described. Wethers6eld is justly distin-
| guished for her onyuns and and her pater-
tism the Wurlj over. and TO be requested 10
paws and address you on this, my fust per-
ieshernal tower TO New Englan. rayther takes
me down and fills my sole with various kinds
Of emoshuns. l cum before you with no hily
manured intelleck. You git no f1oury lang
widse on; of me. Ime plane man-a ex-
ibiter Of startin curiositys, Twin wild Beests
& sich like, d. what l shall say will be rite
srate out and to the pint.
Ime no pollytishun, I have no enemys
to reward or friends to spunge line I'm
ion man. l luv this Union from the Bottom
of my Hart. 1 luv every hoop pole in Maine
and every sheep ranch in Texas. The COW
pastures Of New Hampshire is as dear no A.
Ward as the rice plantashuns Of Mississippy.
There is mean critturs in both of them air
States and there is likewise good men and
troo. 1t don't look very pretty fur lot OF IN
fammertary inderviduals who never lifud
their hands in defence of Ameriky or did the
| fust thing towards skewerin our independence
to git their backs up and sware they'll dis
solve the Union.
| Two much good Blud was split in courtin
and marryin that hily respectable female the
Goddess Of Liberty. to git divorce from her
at this late day The old gal has behaved
herself two we'll to be cas-. off now at the
request Of parsul OF ade Drained he-wim.
min, who never did nobody no good and
never will agin. line soray the picters of the
Goddess never give her no shoes or stocklns,
but the band Of stars around her he'd must
continner to shine briter and briter SO long as
this Erth resolves round on her own axle
tree line for the Union now and forever,
aud may the hand of the fust onery cuss
whittier who attempts to bust her up.
Feller Cittersuns-I hain't time TO notis
the growth Of Amerky frum the time when
the Mayf1yers cum over In the Pilgrim and
brawt Plymuth Rock with them, but every
skool boy nose our kareer has bin treinenjis.
L
settlers Of the Kolonies. People hung i'd
lotto old wimmin fur witches, burnt holes in
Quakers tongues aud consned their feller
critters TO the tredmill and pillery on the Sill
test provocashun may hev bin very nice folks
in their way, but | must confess don't ad-
mire their stie and will drop them all. l
spose they ment we'll, and SO, in the novll
and tuchin langwidge of the nusepaperst
! peas to their ashes Thare was no diskoun.
however, on them brave men who fit, bled
and died in American Revolushun.
We needn't be afraid OF settin em I'M tUSa
prase. U. Washington abowt the best
man that this world ever sot eyes on. and
hope them noble ladies (may their shsdders
his ole humsted will hurry up their cakes, as
if they don't it is hily proberble the present
owner will dig up his great nsmesakes bones,
and put them in glass cage. and go into
partnership with some enterprisin Snowman.
l think the shivalrus man is adequate for any
thing in the money making line.
To resoom-G. Washin yton was a clear
heded, warm harted. brave and stdy goin
man. He never sLoPr OVER! The prevail
in weakness OF most publick men is to SLOP
OVER! Put them words in large letters.
A. w. They git filled up and slop. They
rush Things They travel too much on high
presher principle. They git into the first
popular hobby hoss which trots along, not
carin a sent whether the beesl is even goin,
clear sited and sound or spawned, blind and
bawky. OF course they git throwed even
locally if not sooner. When they see the
multitood goin it blind. they 60 PelMel with
it instd of excitin themselves to set it right.
They cant see that the crowd which is
now bearing them trumpantly on its shoul-
1av dlStI Its and acf fbarv,
intu the hoss pond of Oblivyum without the
slitest hestashun. Washington never Slopt
/ Over. That wasn't Georges stile. He low
ed his country dearly. He wasn't after the
spiles. He was human angil in 3 cor
nered hat g. knee britches & we shant see
his like rite away. NV friends We cant
all be Washingtons. but we kin all DE patri-
OTIS & behave ourselves in a human aud a
Christian maner When we see a brother
goin down hill to Ruin let us not give him
a push. but let US seize rite hold OF his coat
tail and drag him back to Morality
Be shure and vote at least once at all cleo
shuns. Buckle on yer Armer and go to the
Poles See to it that yer nabor is there
See that the krippes provided with car
riages- Go to the poles and stay all day
Bewair of the lies which the Opposishun will
be sartin to git up fur perlitical effect on the
eve OF titchsuuE 10 tue pores. 10 the
poles & when you git there vote Jest as you
darn phase This is privilege We all per-
sess and i. Is one of the booties of this
great and free land.
l see much to admire in New Englan-
Your gals in particular are about as snug blt
peaces of Calker as ever saw They are
equal to the corn fed gals of Ohio and Iniian-
ny and will MAKE the bestest kind Of wives.
1t sets my Buzzum on fire to look at EN-
Be still my sole be STILL
&you Hart stop cutting up
Which affecktin lines is either from the pen
of Jeemes Eldur, lick Julienne, or Doctur
Volts. l disremember which.
1 ike your skool houses. your meetin hon
ses. your enterprise, gGmpshun. &c but yer
favorite Bevridge l dispise. allude TO New