The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-10-03

him to onct. He haudid me q segar &
we sot down on the pizarro and commenst
smokin right cheerful.
AVAIL" sez /, Albert Edard, how's the
old folksS"
"Her Majisty 4 the Prince are we'll"
he sed.
"Duz the old mai" take his Lager Beer
reglar?' inkwired.
The Prince larfed & intimatid that the
old man didn't let many kags of that bev-
ridge spile in the SELLER in the coarse of
yere. We sot & tawked there some time
abowt matters and things & bimeby ak.
him how he liked bein Prince as fur as he
had got.
ITO speek plain, Mister Ward" he sed,
II don't much like it. line sick of all
this bowin and scrapin & crawlin & hur-
rawin over boy like me- I would rath>
er go threw the country quietly & enjoy
myselfin my own way, with the other
boys, & not be made Show of to be CARP
ed at by everybody. When the people
cheer me feel pleesed, fur I know thay
meen it, but il these onehoss ofishuls
Good know how see threw all their
moves & understan exactly what thay air
after, & knowed how I lars at them in pri-
vate, thayd stop kissin my hands and
fawnin over me as they now do. But You
know, Mister Ward, I can't help bein a
Prince, & must do all kin to fit my
self for the persishun must sumtime 90.
kepy"
"That's troo." sez l. sickness l. the
Doctors will carry the Queen orr one of
these dase, sure's yer bosr."
The time hevin arove fur me to take my
departer I rose up and sed "Albert Ed>
ard, must 60, but previs to doin SO, I
will obsarve that you SCOT me. Yure q
good feller, Albert Edard, 4 tho line agin
Princes as a gin-al thing. must say !
like the cut of yure Glib. When you git
to be King try and be as good q man as
|yure muther has been. Be just and be
Jenerus. espeshully to showmen. who hev
alters been aboosed sinse the dase of Noah
who was the fust man to 60 into the Me-
najery bizness, & if the daily papers of his
time air to be bleeved Noah's colleckshun
of livin wild beests beel enything eversee
sins, tho make bold to dowt ef his suaiks
was ahead of mine. Albert Edard adoo p
I tux his hand which. he shuck warmly, &
givin him q perpetooal free pars to my
Show, & also parses to take home for the
Queen 4 Old Albert. put on my hat 4
walked away.
"Mrs. Ward" I solilerquized, as
walkt away, Mrs. Ward, Of you Good SET
yure husbsn now, jest as he proudly emer.
ills from the presents Of the futur King o.
Ingland you'd be sorry you kalled him a
Beest just bekaws he cum home tired
mite and wanted to 60 to bed without ia.
king orf his boots. You'd be sorry for
tryin to deprive your husband of the prise
less Boon of liberty, Betsy Jane !"
just then met long persession o
men with gownds onto them. The lead
er was on hoss.bsck, 4 ridin up to me h'
sed, "Air you Orange r.
See ], "which :"
"Air you Orangeman p he repeetit
sturnly.
II used to peddls lemins,' sed I, "bu
I never dealt in oranges. They are ap
to spile on yure hans. What pertickle
Loonatick ASYLUM hev yu b yure friends
escaped from, ef may be so bold ?"-
Jist then q suddent thawt struck me 1
I sed. "Oh, yuse the fellers who air wor
ryin the Prince 80 & givin the Juke o
Noocastle cosld svets at mite, by your in
fernul catawawlins, air yer? Wall, tax
the advise Of . Amerykin sitterzen
take orf them gownds Il don't try to gi
up relijus fte which is 20 times WI
nor prize fte, over Albert Edard, VIII
wants to reseeve You all on ekall footiu
not keerin tinker's kuss what meeti
house yu sleep in Sundays. Go home
mind yure bizness 4 not make noosen
ses of ourselves" With these observa
shuns left 'em.
! shall leave British sile 4thwith.
! Very respectively yures,
A. WARD.