, 1860-10-08

CLEVELAND, eept- q, 1850.
M1sTkR EpErER: seez mi quill to inform tie
pubiik thru The medeum Of your kolumB of the
grand add,shua hare gest maid to my great
metropolisicsn Rho biznes mud DARN Slak rope
uud GIN rHs'ic SarEus. Last mite had In In
.erTu with st.vun 4. Daglas, the reuound po:
ht'ka1 ambidi1ser, and proprietor aud Cheef
kloun ia the CRATE populer sovereignty sho.
Mister Duglas il generaly kald the little giant
from his haven pnrfortncd the CRATE feet Of
wAlkin the whole length Of Mason and Dixon
close line with the died skot dicisshun in one
hand and his whols popular suverenty sho in
the uther; and hl!so pultin up tho mammuth
ire ka'd the mis.nrie kompzouze, which was
frat planted in 1857 By Tomas Jefferson aud
uthers, and set out agin in 1890. Mister Dug
las puld up this tte and tho korstitutioa with
t*nd p'ast them Under his feet.
But was going on 10 So that be baz biz
trurelin thru the extern snd suthe.n states PER
be takes um in w:th Lis pop1er snverenty game
ls no: s!o. He holds CUT big big bill to the
people and sez, there's popier suverenty-
there's the gta!e prinalpul- At first they thlrk
they sea it; but when tha look little sharper
it vanisEes ike du On the otientle kornsialk
when the 1oonda sca r1es in the east On thu
deIin hot day in the middel Of JUL; it cant bn
found nowhere. TEE folks sometimes Get mad
acd korrer HIM in tite .lsse, but he il tsrasl
smaut ard caa kraui thru mighty little hole.
Bu. tbs sa he did crate trik-at xunplase be
ate IN OK and 20 QUO klams.
As soon rs l herd Of lis arrive in toun went
to pa hin vi. fouad BIN in h:a sho room
formal; and afz l. haven't ye got that pees
larat yeti Sez hc, yie-but thers sum of the
aoktr1n that the pepfe don't bleeve, ard l
have to alter it occasionally to sut The plase,
Ssz !, how doc you like the sbo bisaesss Sez
he, it don't pa. Sss !, mi sho is dooin st,vin
bixaess. He groned Knd tere started in liz
and Eez be, thowt shood make good deal
ont Of ny poplor suverenty; but SEE he, it has
split the bnll shot the pepls begin to sea thru
il, and tha 50 it Is humhux. S al, what nre
you going 10 do With it, Sez be, as soon us
hav yused up mi posters ind advertisements
AhAl ilro it overheard
S5z II, Douglas ~ba,tle ye TAKE fur ger popler
auve' entys Sez he its sci it cheep. I told him
l d,ddt.t 70 how too manage his triks, but 1
weed 50 into partnership with him in the sho
buslness- Ssx be, its bargain. then ait
him whot he thowt tf taxing along suu, darkies
to sing songs and dams the hornp:pe. S,z lie, I
wunt hav emmy thing to doc With The niger
bisaes c.iD-it don't pa. He said he went into
tue niger b!zues in 1854 and had been goin
down hill ever sins; he sed it hsd nurly 1oond
him. The little ginut then puEiormed m tho
elack rope, n7d kind pp greess pole and spoke
his pees On the top. One Of Abe Lincoln's tales
was next browt iu and Douglas was set On md
rode out thru the back dore. Douglas is about
S fret hi ind thuuderin CRATE man for wun Of
his eze. maid trenoicgicsl examination Of
him. uee i. a man Of tremendous pour. His
kays are huge. His bump Of humbuggiug is
as big as gcoaeg:. Conteenshusness Is ka7ed
il. Heed make first rate c.ier in the sho biz
mes, LIS bump Of teilin y arms amt tmal1.
Uugles and have kcmp1eted our program
fna our I'LL sho. We call II the pu yunioa sho,
and greest pole eurkue, together with u.her
| a!srmiu aod DARN teets.
Dug1as will perform the gra:d, d7bble L sin.
| gel handed game Of pup!tf suverenty. This
| game can b. xceu best with tie ~ shet Bat
must klose. We are goin westward ho ia few
| d.x:. 4ur1 IN hast,
ARrEHus WARD, in.
pee cs Dug1as sez give poples suvtrerty q
| good bio in the paper.