East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-26
Artcmus Wards Fourth Of July
OrnfiOn.


test is among the best Of his productions.
He sends it to the Cleveland Pldndealer |:
[SURs IL send herewith synopsis of
the skedule of my orashun on the 4th of
July at Weathers6eld. Pleas correct the
spellin and punktooate in proper stile.
| spoke two hours, & was 60 minutes pas
sina given pint. There was between 200
hundred persons present, who with open
mouths and closed eyes listened to me
with attenshun.
Feller Cittersuns--I have been onored
with an invite to crate bel you on this
CRATE and gellerous day. The fcelins
which | feel on this occashun is more
easier imagined than described. Wealth
ersfield is Justly distinguished for her
onyuns and her pattertism the Wurld
over, and to be requested to paws and
address you on this, my fust perfesher-
nal tower to New Englan, rayther takes
me down and fills my soul with various
kinds of emoshuns. | cum before you
with no hily manured intelleck. You git
no foury langwide out Of me. line
plain mana exhibitor of startlin curios-
itys, livin wild Beests and sch like, &
what | shall say will be rite out strate
and to the pint
line no pollytishun, | have no enemys
to reward or trends to spunge. Inc
Union man. luv this Union from the
Bottom of my Hart. l luv every hoop
pole in Maine and every sheep ranch in
Texas. The COW pastures of New Ham
pshire is as dear to a. Ward as the rice
plantashuns of Missssippy. There is
mean critters in both of them air States,
and there is likewise good men and troo.
1t don't look very pretty for a lot of in
dividuals who never lifted their hands in
defence of Ameriky or did the fust thing
towards skewerin our independence to
git their backs up and sware they'll
dissolve the Union.
Two much good Blud was split in
courtin and marryin in that highly re-
spectacle female the Goddess Of Liberty,
to git divorce from hur at this late day.
The old gal has behaved herself too well
to cast her off now; at the request of a
parsul of adde.braned he-wimin, who
never did nobody no good and never will
again. lme sorry the picters of the
Goddess never give her no shoes or stock
ins, but the band of stars around her head
must continner to shine britter and brtcr
so long as this Erth resolves round on
her axle tree. Ime for the Union now
and forever, and may the hand of the fust
On x,th,f ha, .be a., 10. h,,c
her up. "The weather was very hot, &
a man at this pint of the orashun fell
down sunstroke. i told the aujience that
considerin the large number of powerful
gals present, was more afraid of a 'Daw-
ter stroke" This coke was impromptoo
and emazed the aujience very highly"
Feller Ciitersuns-I hain't time to
notis the growth of Ameriky frum the
time when the Mayhyers cum over in the
Pilgrim and brawt Plymmuth Rock with
them, but every skool boy nose our ca
recr has been tremenjis. You will ex-
cuse me if / don't praise the early set
tiers ofthe Kolonies. People which hung
idiotic old wimin fur witches, burnt holes
in Quaker's tongues and consined their
fellow critters to the tread mill and pill
cry on the slightest provocashun may
have been very nice folks in their way,
but / must confess | don't admire their
stile and will drop them ALL spose they
meant well, and in the novel and tuchin
langwidge of the nusepapers, "peas to
their ashes" Thare was no diskount,
however, on them brave men who fit, bled
and died in the American Revolushun.
We needn't be afraid of setten en- up.
two steep. Like my Show, they will
stand a heep of praise. GssWashington
was abowt the best man this world ever
sat eyes on, and | hope them noble ladies
(may their shadders never grow less!)
who are tryin to purchis his old humstead
will hurry up their cakes, as if they don't
it is hllly proberble the present owner
will dig up his great namesalse's bones,
and put them in a glass cage, and 90
into partnership with sum enterprisin
Snowman. think the shivalrus man is
adequate for anything in the money max
ing line. ~
Toreason-G. Washington was clear
hcded, warm hearted, brave and stidy
goin man. He never slopt orer! The
prevailin weakness of most publick men
is to SLOP OVER Put them words
in large letters.--A. W. They git filed
up aud slop. They Rush things. They
travel too much on high pressure princi-
pie. They git onto the fust popular hob
by hoss which trots along, not carrin a
sent whether the beest is even goin, clear
stted and sound or spawned, blind and
bawky. OF course they git throwed
eventoolly ifnot sooner. When they see
the multitood going it blind they 90 Pei
Mel with it instead Of exertin themselves
to set il right.
They cant see that the crowd which is
now bearing them triumphantly on its
shoulders will soon diskiver its error and
cast them into the hoss pond of oblivyun
without the slitest hesitashun. Washing
tonncver Slopt Over. That wasn't Georges
stile. He loved his country dearly. He
wasn't after the spiles. He was human
angil in korncred hat s. knee britches
& we shan't see his like right away My
friends we cant all be Washington's but
we can all be patriots & behave ourselves
in human and Christian manner
When we see brother goin down hill
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