Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-26
Letter from irtemus Ward. Jr.-Ialer,isa with
D0ugias-Grgnd Fusion SHOW.

puGSiaS- -tfanu fu>!On SHOW.
CLEVELAND, Sept. %, 1860.
MISTER EDETER-I seez my qul too
inform the pubhk thru the medeum of
your koums Of the grand add.shun have
gcst maid too mi CRATE metripolitician sho
biznes, and DARN Slack rope aud GIN mas
tic Surkus Last mite, had an intervu
with Stevuu A. Duslas, the reuound poi'
ikal ambidixter and proprietor Cheef
Kloun in the crate popular sorereDty sho.
Mister Duglas is generally kald the little
giant, from his heven performed the CRATE
fee, of walkin the whole length of Mason
and Dixon close line with dred skot dicis-
shuu 10 one hand, and his whole popular
suverenty sho in the u,her and also pull
lin up a mammuth tire ksld the missoorie
kompromize, which was first planted in
1857 by Thomus Jefferson and u,hers,
and Sc, out agin in 1920 Mister Duglas
puld up this tire, and the constitution with
it, and plast them under his feat
But waz going to say that he haz
bin travelin thru the estern and suthern
states performin his triks and speakin his
pees. The wa be takes um in, with his
popler suverenty game, is not slo. He
holds out big bill to the peple, and sez,
There's pOpler suverenty-,heres the CRATE
priusipul. At first, they think they sea
it; but when tha look little sharper, it
yauishes like du on the orieutle kornstalk
when the noonda son rizes in the east on
q thunderin hot da in the middle of JUL !;
it kant be found, no where. The folks
sometimes get mad, and korner him in a
tite plase, but he is tarnal smaul, and kan
kraul thru a mighty little hole. But
they sa be did one CRATE trik-at wun
plase be ate an OK and 20 900 klams.
As soon as herd Of his arrive in toun,
/ went to pa him witt. found him in
his sho room, speakin his pees; thowt
wouldn't be very formal, aud, sez |, Hav-
en't ye got that pees larnt yet? Sez he,
Eis-bu! there's sum of the doxtriu that
the people don't bleev, and have too al
ter it occasionally to suite the plase Sez
|, Mi sho is DOOM q stavin bizness. He
groned, and a tere started in his i; and sez
be, thowt | sboOd make good deal out
of my popler surernty; but, sez he, it has
split the hull sho, the people begin to see
thru it, and tha sa it is humbug. Sez
/, What are you going to do with it !?
SEE he, as soon as | hav yused up mi pos
tiers and advertisements, shal ,hro it
overbord.
Sec |, Douglas, what,le ye take for yer
poper suvernty? Sez be, lie sci it cheep.
l told him diddent no how to manage
bis trlks, but wood 60 into partnership
with him in the sho bizness. SEE he, It's
a bargain. then axt him what be thowt
of takin along sum darkies to sing songs
and dams the horupipe. Sec he, | wunt
have ennything to doc with the Niger
bizness agin-it don't pa. He said be
went into the niger bizuess in 1854, aud
had bin goin down bill ever sins he sed it
had nurly rooined him.
The little giant then purformed on a
slak rope, and kind up greest pole and
spoke his pees on the top. One Of Abe
Liucolu's rales vas next browt in, and
Douglas was set on and rode out thru the
ba,k dore Douglas IL about ) feet bi and
n thunderin crate man for wun Of his size.
maid Psychological examination Of him.
Hee is man of tremendus pour. Hlz
bump Of tumtugging is as big as goos eG.
Conseeenshusness is kaved in. Heed
made first rate crier in the sho bizness;
his bump of tellir yarns ain, small
Douglas aud have kompleted our pro-
gram for our nu sho. We call it the M
Yuuion Sho and Greest Pole Surkus, to-
gether with uther alarmin and DARN feets.
Douglas will perform the grand dubble
& single handed game of popler suverenty.
This game can be seen best with the ize
she, But | must klose. We are goin
westward ho in few daze
Yours in hast,
ARTEMUs WARD, JR.
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