The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-01-06
Joy in the House of Ward.

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& trust these lines will find yu injoyin
the same blessins. line reguvenatid.-
I've found the immortal waters of yooth,
so to speek, & i'm as Timber and frisky as
a 2 yer old steer, & in the futur them boys
which sez :" go up old bawld he'd to me,
will do so at Peril of their hazard indi-
vidooally. Ime powerful happy. Heaps
of Joy has descended upon me to onct Il
| feel like bran new man. Sumtimes ]
ask myself sis it not dream?" & sun
thin within myself "it air :" but when
| look at them sweet little critters know
it is reallerty-2 reallaty's ma sa--&
feel gay. There's considerbul human
natur in man arter all.
l returned from the Summer Campane
with my unparaleld show of wax works
and living wild Beests of Pray in the erly
part of this mupth. The people of Bal
dinsville met me cordially and / imme-
jitly commonst 5ssting myself with my
farmerly. The other mite while | was
down to the tavurn tostin my shins agin
the bar room fire & &amuzin the krowd with
sum of my adventure, who shood cum in
bare heded Il terrible excited but Bill
Stokes, who sez, sez he, "Old Ward,
there's crate doins up to your house."
Sez William, how ?"
Sez he, Bust my gizzard, but its crate
doins," & then larfed as if heed kill hisself
Sez !, risin and putin on austeer
look, civilian, I woodruff be fool if /
had common cents"
But he kept on larfn till he was black
in the face, when he fell over on to the
bunk where the hostler sleeps and in a
still small voise sed, Twins" ! ashure
yu gents that the grass didn't grow under
my feet on my way home, & ! was foller-
ed by O enthusiastic throng of my feller
sitterzuns, who hurrard for Old Ward at
the top Of their voises. l found the
house chock full of people. There was
Mis- Square Baxter and her three grown
up darters, lawyer Perkinses wife, Taber-
thy Ripley, young Eben Parsuns, Deakon
Simmuns folks, the Skoolmaster Doctor
Jordin, etsettery. Mrs. Ward was in the
west room, which jines the Kitchen
Mrs. Square Baxter was mixin suthin in
dipper before the kitchin fire. 4 a small
army of female wimin were rushin Wild
ly round the house with bottles of cam
fire, peaces of flann;l etc. | mover seed
sich hubbub in my natral born dase. |
! Good stay in the west room only mint,
so strung up was my feelins, so rusht
out and ceased my dubbe. barrild gun.
"What upon airth ales the man ?" sez
Taberthy Ripley. "Sakes alive what air
WI doin?" & she grabd me by the coat
tales. "Wat's the matter with yu ?" she
contnnerd.
Twins, marm," sez ], "twins |"
81 know it, SEE she, coverin her Ease
with her apun.
"wall, sez I, "that's what's the mat
ter with mel"
"Wall, put down that air gun, yu pesky
old fool" sed she.
"No, marn," sez |, "this is a Nash.
unal day. The glory of this here day
isn't confined to Baldonsvillc by darn
site. On yonderwood-shed, !" sed |, draw
in myself up to my full hite and speakin
in u show actin voise, "will fire Nash.
unal Saloot!" sayin which | tared myself
from her grasp and rusht to the top of the
shed, WHARF | blazed away until Square
Bayter's hired man and my son Artemus
Juneyer cum and took me down by name
forse.
On returnin to the kitchen / found
quite lot of people set bel the fire, a
talkin the event over. They made room
for me, & sot down. "Quite episode. "
sed Doctor Jordin, ltin his pipe with q
red hot coal.
YES" sed I, go eppisodes, waying
about IS pounds jintly."
A perieck coop de ta," sed the school
mater.
.'E pluribus unum, in proprietor per-
sony" sed |, thinking lde let him know
understood furrin langwidges as well as
he did, if | was mt a skoolmaster.
at is momentous event." sed yung
Eben Parsuns, who had been 2 quarters
TO the AkaQemy
~ never heard twins called by that
name afore," said l., "but l suppose its
all rite"
"We shall soon have Wards enuff,"
sed the Editor OF the Baldinsville Bugle
of Liberty, who was lookin orer bundle
of exchange papers in the corner, "to ap.
ply to the legislator for City Charter.
"Good for yu, old man" sed /, "give
that air conspius place in the next
Bugle."
"How rediclus," scd pretty Susan
Fletcher Govern her face with her knit
tin work and larfn like all possest.
wall, for my part" sed Jane Maris
Peasley, who is the crossest old made in
the world, 4" think yu all like pack o.
fools"
sez !, "Mis Peasley, air yu parent?'
Sez she, " no | aint!"
Sez |, mis- Peasley, you neverwill be. ,
, She left.
We sot there tallSin & larfn until til,
switchin hour of mite when graveyard
yawng & Josts troops 4th," as old Bill
Shakspire aptlee observes in his dramy o
, John Sheppard. esq or the Moral Hous'
!, Breaker when we broke up d disbursed.
: Muther & children is don well ant
r as Rcsolushuns is the order of the day
f will feel obleeged if youle insurt the fol
: lerin-
: Whereas, Two Eppisodes has happeneC
: up to the undersined's house, which i
Twins; & Whereas, like this stile, sad
Twins bein of the male perswashun
both boys; there BE it
! Resoired, That to them nabers who dit
the fare thing by sade Eppisodings m.
: hart felt thanks is doc.
,, Resolved, That most heartily thanl
Enjne Ko. No. IL who, under the i'm
preshun from the fuss at my house oil
that hauspishus mite that there was
!, konhagrashun goin on, kun galyiantl,
to the spot. but kindly refrained from
squirtin. ..r
Resoiosd, That frum the Bottum of m,
!, Sole do thank the Baldinsville bras
band fur givir up the idea of Sarahnadil
i me. both on that great mite & sinse.
v Resolved, That my thanks is doc sew
a eral members of the Baldinsvile meetin
house, who for 8 whole dase hain't kal
P me sinful skoffer or intreeted me /
e mend my wicked vase and jine sad
Q metin-house to onct.
Resoiped, That my buzzom teens will
meny kind emoshuns lords the follerin ir
: dividoouls, to whit namelee-Mis Squar
o Baxter, who generously refoosed to tax
d a sent Of bottle Of camfire; layer Pc