The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-02-22
Scenes in the Life of a Snowman.
BY ARTEMUS WARD.

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A Snowman meets with strange sites
He sees human natur as she are, unmask.
ed & without no close on, & he must be
stoopider nor ded kab hoss if he duz-
zent stock his 6ranes with several kinds
Of nollege. ' 's,'s'
The undersigned won't Boste. Ime q
American sitterzum. l 60 in Cor the
fast salin, snugbilt & fulI.mand skeuner
United States, which runs herself she
duz, & on whose decks man is an good
as anuther man, & frequently moore SO if
he conducks hisself strate. To use O
Sbakespeerian Erase, Ime naitv g. to the
mannere torn, Il don't want to put on airs
cimply becaws I've met with CRATE suck
sess in the show perfeshun (which I've
bin into goin on % yeres.) Ny wurihy
projennytors was unable to Civ me cussy.
cal eddycashun, g. all nose pickt up
GAS sailed, as saled,,"
to kote from Captain r. Kidd, the seller
brated pirut. But thank Hevn my sire
and stress gave nae good name, & pint
with feelins of pride & pleshure 10 the
fack that nun of our family was ever in
Congriss or on the New York, perlice, or
Arms house Guvner.
The ensoouin seems in my checkerd
karreer is respectfully submitted:-
wIMIN's RITES. $40 9tsn71
I pitcht my tent in a small town in
Injianny one day last seeson, g. while
was standin at the dore takin mummy, q
| deppytashun of ladies came up & sed they
was members of the Buncumvill Female
Moral Reform & Wimin's Rites Associa.
shun, and thay axed me if thay Good &c
in without payin. H'. u
Not exackly,' ses I. but you, can pay
without goin in '
DO you know who we air7' sed one o.
the wimin, tall & feroshua lookin crittul
with blew kotton umbreller under hel
arm, do you know who we air. sur?' %
my impresshun is,' sed I, from 6
kursery vew, that you air females. II
=. we air, sur sed the feroshus woman
we belong to Sosiety which bleeve'
wimin has rites-whisch bleeves in raisil
her to her proper speer-whitch bleeve,
she is indowd with as mutch intelleck a.
man which bleeves she is trampild OF
& aboosed-& which will resist heus4tl
& forever the lncroachments of proud
domineerin man. -it.t..r...
/ Durin her discourse, the excentric fe
male grabd me by the coat-kollar & va
swingin her umbreller wildly over NJ
\ led. Lae sGi 70 .-1.44aoira eQi aolig.a
/ 4 hope, marm,' sez I, estartin back
that your intenshuns is honerable? line
lon. man, hear in strange place. Be
cides, I've wife to hum.' ''''-.-s-
Yes cride the female, & shes slave
Doth she never dream of freedom-dot
she never think of THROWN off the yok
of tyranny, & thiukin & speakin & yoti
, for herself? Doth she never think of thes
, here things?' yai .y.o.sg 4oit. i
}, Not bein natral born FOOL sed l, b
this time a little riled, Il kin safely sa
that she dothunt.'
!, oh, whot-whot!' screamed the &c
male, swingin her umbreller in the ali
.oh, whot is the price that woman pay
| for her experienced ......-.-s.
i don't know, marrn,' seq !, the pric
to my Show is Is cents pur individooul
& can t our Sosiety go in free?' aske
f the female. - .sH{ ai - saes
!, Not if I know it, sed I. 81; gare
'Crooil, crooil manl she cride, & bu.
into tears.
!, Won't you let my darter in!' sed al
, uther of the exsentric wimin, takin n
afeekshunitly by the hand. oh, pleas
: let my darter in? Shees . sweet gushi
child of natur!'
, Let her gush!' roared I, as mad as
> Good stick at their tarnel noncents; 4,
, her gush?' 90 ,asis14-a -e5Ga
! Whereupou they all sprung back wit
the Simultaneous observation that /. was
| Beest. ..-. -.
MY female friends sed I, .be4 ye
l leeve, I've few remarks to remark; v
them well. The female woman is l of Il