Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-10-06
Artemus Ward sees the Prince OF
Wales.

as he sot on the Pizarro Of the hotel in
Sarnia, & elbowed myself threw a
crowd Of wilnin, children, soiers, & in
iins that was Lanc;n round the tavern.
I was drawin neer to the Prince, when
a read faSed man in lIiIlinotery close
crabd holt Of me and axcd me where !
vas COIN all 50 bold?
..I'o see Albert Edard the Prince
of " ales,'' sez T: who be YOU?
! IL sed he was Karnal of the Sev-
enty Fust REGIMENT, Her 7-a;esty's
troops. told him hoped the Seven
t. Oneslcrs was in GOOD health, ana
vas passin bi him when he ceased hoit
Of me- acin, & scd IN tone of indic-
ncnt cirDrisc:
cThat? Jmnoss;hle, + ka0vot
be BIarst me Ellize, sir, 1ia T under
stan w to sav that you was aetooalIv
r3lu inter the present, Of his FoyaI
Tn;y~ ~
s>Th2+,s wbaf's fhn matter with mo y
T,o,,',na
,.Hrt bIars+ NV Hire sir T., onnrnso.
1cute3 It's orl1I sir Notb;n ike it
/ ha;,,,t La1n4uaI s;nx 1ho G.n pnw1rr
p,ut or EnI, rnr,,s Owdasl1s ,ner,
who a;r ~ !"
s,>jr y soz T DRAWN myself m and
nn,1;n IN . defiant air s.Tmo . An,orv-
can si;,przcn. Nv name is WARD
In,n , hnsbau3 e the father Of twins
wL;rL Tn,n honnv - st3ta +hov lool,
tl;r.n mo ~ ,'nriiaShnn Irnn > nvh;hit-
a.. of wov vi,rLx g s;,.h ;,
e.Gnnd Co1 > voIIad thn k,,r,aI sstho
;do. ~ o>.b;1;t3s ~ ,,a,, 4;[ro.o,.s o,a;,,
;,,to 40 ,,,.as,nts # po,.a7+,st 4,La
2r;,;sh ! ion nlav woIl r,s}. With ra,re
at thn thavt y,
SooT t.Cnoo1.;, of tbo p.;+;.h To,
ry,rn i T7o f;I,o - ,,ol,o 49,, hor,r;,, n,;tl
vI1 ti,. that Lnns+ f,r . {arr ,Tao.,s tn
3I5 - ,,,, Shoue r d;a,,+ ,,,oo- ,,o41l
!, Nv " tI;s M ',.as oni' | on+;r 't, arf ~, -
lrooi, En+ .o,, o,.+or hoy hoy Saa, +ho Oh
Znrno) ;n,3n nm and howl ITa artoo.
.1I,, fnnto1 # Ibo T,ou,fb
s.This rarn,, ho rnal:, hn shox+;J
..No no it's a horrid DREAM Sir Won
air NOT = bro,n },nin-von hov no ox-
;s+o,,t,, ,.,,,,a :, ,,,,rti, ,,,'
s.1v.n,, so1 .,nll hoss rrIo God
ma . ,~,Ii,o,. n,,I..,,,G,r+ahlo af,.+b of ~,
ann"l, ,n,- ;r,nr5s - 1L.+ ,,-c-, ~, y
| ,v. 1~,.a, r. eff > I;ttIo r;}oa "| ~. ~.hon ~,
h. ,.@lInl ,,7 MI, hn n'~l,aa ~.
,.,,f,, h,rI e,,Lo yZ,,r,,af now, co,,,.
1,onst shnv.1;,, FIR ~ Srv.'+v Onos-
fprs Al tr~f tbawr ia ~fsv aa1 br-
.r,,, Uar1a,. - Prit;sh OI11rain *
x;rh 9 coarse mite a;t nv name ~ and
he i GOOD adyrrf;semcrt far NV Show
but il I occurred to me that Il any Of the
Seventy OneStcrs should baDDcn to In
scrt = barronct into NV st1nn>jo}z It
MIGHT be unpleasant, and was on the
pint Of runnin orr. when the Prince
himself cum I'D and asked me what
the matter was. Sez I, "Albert Fl-
ard is that III 30 & he syniIt s. sed It
was Spz r Albert Fdar1 hears nv
koerl ,nm to nav INV rcsnocEs 10
the frtnr Kin~ Of In~Iond ME- XIV
nal Of the Seventy Oncsters hear, is
rnfhor small nnrta+ors Int of conrsn
Won oio,t to LIan7o {n, +r,at To mrs
On IS r1anv ares os +ho he war tho Rn1.
Nv Bov with the GLASS cvc',,
>sNevor mind y sed Albert Fdard
Cine clad tn Sc vor Mr., Ward at eli
aveDtSn 6 he Ink nv hand so nIesunt
IKE G. larfcd So sweet that 7 fell in
| love- With him atonct He handed me
> SOAR and we sot down on the nizar-
=, sna co,o,nnos+ snool,;r, 1;.yh+ chnor-
t;,1
..von >, sozT AIhnrt Fdard low,S
tho o1d folL : -
..FJer Va;ostv 3 4bn Prince is we'll ;,