Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-10-26
Interview of Artemus Ward, Jr, With
Mr., Douglas.


MISTER EpErrR:--I scez mi quil 70 in-
form the pubhk. thru the ,ncdeum Of yur
kolums Of the grand addishun hav gest
maid mi grqte metropoltician sho bznes
and DARN Slak rope and GIN nss.ic Surkus.
Last mite had an intervp whh Stevan A.
Duglas, the renound poiiiiikal ambidixter
and proprietor and Cheef Kloun in the CRATE
poplar suverenry she. Mister Duglas y.
generally ksld the little giant from his hayin
performed the CRATE feet of wakin the whole
length Of Mason and Dixon close line with
the dred sko, decisshpn in one hand, and his
whole papaiar suvercnty sho in the Iaier
and also pullin up the mammuth tire kald
,he missoorie kompromise, which was fsss
planted in 1887 by Tomas Ge4fcrsun and
uthers, and set cut agin in 1920. Mister
Duglas puld up rbisfr and the copsfit1
ton with it and plast them under his feet.
But ] waz goin on to say that he haz
bin iraElin thru the estern and spthern stats
pertormin his trilss and speckin his pees.
The wa he takes um in with his ropler sqv-
eren,y game is not slo. He holdsout big bill
to the peple, and seq, there's popler suverepty
there the CRATE prinsipul. At FIRST tha
think iha sea il but when tha look little
sharper it vanishes like the du on the orsen,
tie kornstalk when the noonda son rizes in
the east en- thundesin hot da in the mid.
del of Juli it kant be found no where. The
folks sometimes get mad and korner in a
tite phase, but he is tarnal spaul and can
krawl thru a nightly little hole. But tha
sa he did one CRATE tris--al wup plase he
ait an OK and 10000 klams.
As soon as / herd of his arrive 10 toun I
went to pa him witt, found him ia his
sho room speekin his pees. / thawt /
wouldn't be very formal, and sez /, haven't
ye got that pees larnt yet See he, yis--
but Tiers sum Of the doktrin that the peple
don't bleev, and have to alter it occasbun-
ally 10 suite the phase, See !, how doc you
Ike the sho biznes? See he, it don't pa
See |, mi sho is booin stavin biznes. He
groned and a tere started in biz i, and sea
he, thowt shood max a good deal out Of
mi popler suverenty; but sez he, it has split
the hull sho; the pePel begin to see thru it.
and tha ,sa it is d humbug. Sell, what are
you goin "a doc with it7 Sez he. as soon
as 1 hav yused up mi posters and advertise
ments | shall thro it overborde.
Sez l. Duslas, whattle ye take fer yer
pepler suseEentyP Sea he, lie sci it cheep.
| told him diddens no how TO manage bis
triks; but ! wood go into partnership with
him in the sho biznes. Sez he, it's bargin
then AIT him what he thowt of takin along
sum dakies 2 sing songs and dams the horns
pipe. Sez he, | wunt hav ennything to doc
with the niger biznes agin; 1t don't pa
He sed be went into the nigger biznes in
4 1884 and had bin goin down bal ever sins !
he sed it had nurly rooind him. The littla
giant then performed on the sak rope and
kGmed the greest pole and spok his pees On
the top. One of Abe Lincoln's rales was
next browt in, and Duelas was set on and
rode out threw the back dore. Duglas is
abowt feet hi, and tlunderin CRATE man
for wan of his size. / maid frenological
examinashun of him. Hee is man Of tre-
mendus pour. Hiz kares are huge. Hiz
bump st husabugging is a big as COOS eg-
Conse-enshusnes is kayed in He'd make
a first rate crer in the sho biznes; his
bump of telhn yarns aint smaul.
Duglas and bay kompled our program
for our nu sho. We call it the nu yunion
, sho, and greest pole surkus together with
uther alarmin and DARN feets.
Duglas vii purform the grand bubble and
singel handed game of popler suverenty.--
This game kan be seen best with the ize
J sbet. But must klose. We are goin west
ward ho in fu daze. Yurs in haste,
ARrEMus WARD, Jr.
pee es. Dusas sez give popler suver-
: enty good bio in the paper.