Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-29
Number q.
Joy in the house of Ward.

1 the lmmorkal waters of voo+L soto-.roaL '& am as timber & frisEv as , ycar olJ steer, & in the fGtur them bovs ,yb;ch CO.,, ''go up old bowld hed'' to me vii do sn at the peril of their hazard jpdiv;doos-r.. lme powerful happy Heaps of joy has de- 1 slnded upon me to onct * | feel like !. | bran new man. Sumtines l ask myself 'iS 1t not dream?' & suthin within my self sez it air" but when look at them sweet little critters i know 1t is a reaherty- Y reailerty's l may sa-& 1 feel gay. There's conSideraUul human natur in nax, arter all.
 returned from the Summer Campane with my unparalled show of wax works and Twin wild beests of pray in the erly part of this munth. The people eff Baldinsville met me cordully. l immciitly commenst reStm myself with my family The other nlte while 1 was down to the tavern tostin my shins against the bar-roomfire * amuz- in the l1rowd with sum of my adventurns, who shood cum in bare heded X terrible ex- cited but Bill Stokes, who scz, sez he "Old | Ward, there's grate doins up to your l house."
 Sez l, "William, how so?''
 Soz he. Bust my gizzard, but it's grate 1 doins,' & then he iarfed as if heed kill him self
 Sez l, risin and putin on austeer look. "N llllam, 1 woodunt be fool, if had common cents."
 But he kept on larfn till he was black in the face, when he fell over into the bunk whare the hoster sleeps, and, in still small voice, sed' "Iwins!" 1 ashure yu, gents, that the grass didn't grow under my feet on my way home, & teller citterzuns, who hurrard for Old Ward at the top of there voseS found the house chock full of people. There was Mis- Square Baxter and ger three grown up darters, lawyer Perkin- ses wife, Taberthy Ripley, young Eben l Parsuns, Deakun Simmuns folks, the chool-master, Doctor ,Jordin, etsetterv, ct settery. Mis- Ward was in the west room, which tines the kitchin Mis- Square Bax- ter was mlXin suthin in dipper before the ketchln fire, & small army of female wi min were ruShin wildly round the house with bottles of camhre, peaces of hannils, &c. l never seed sich hubbub in my nat eral born dase. I cood stay in the west room only mint, so strung up was my feelins, so l rusht out and ceased my double barrild gun.
 What upon airth ales the mau?' scz Taberthy Ripley. Stakes alive, what air you doin?" & she grabd me ly the cote tales. ''What's the matter with yu?" she continnerd
 'Twins, marm," sez I, "Twins,'
 ''l know 1t, sez she coveln her face with her apun.
 'Wall," sez I, ''that's what's the mat ter with mel"
 ''Wall put down that air gun, yu poskv old fool" sed she
 No marm," sez I, ''this is g Nashunal day. The glory of this here day isn't confined to BaldiusviIle Iy a darn site. On wonder wood 7hod, '" sed I drawin my self up to my full lite and speakin in show actin voise, twill fire Nashunal saloOt." sayin which tared myself from her grasp and rusht to the top of the shed where Jlazed away until Square Baxtel's hired man and my son Arthemus June,cI cum and took me down ly m1nc foIse.
 On retunn to the kitchin found quite lot of people seated he+ the fire, and talk in the event over. They made room for me h ! sot down
 Quite episode" sed Doctor Jordin, litin his pipe with rel hot coal.
 "Ycs," scd l, s'2 episodes, waing about Is pounds jintly."
 "A perfect coop de tati ; sed the school master.
 "E pluribus unum, in proprietor per sony,' sed l, thinking Ide let him know l understood turin langwidges as well as he did if wasn't school-master.
 
 ''lt Is momentus event. sed voung Eben Parsuns, who had been quarters to the Akademv.
 'l never heard twins called by that name afore," scd l. ''but 1 spose it's all rite.''
 "Ne shall soon have Wards enuff," sed the editor of the Baldinsville Bugle of Lib erty, who was lookin over bundle of ex- change papers in the corner, ''to apply to the legislator for City Charter!''
 Good for yu, old man." sed |, "give that air a conspickius place in the next Bu- gle"
 How redidHus," sed pretty Susan Fletcher coverin her face with her knittin work, & larfin like all possest.
 Wall for my part" sed Jane Maria PeaSly Y, who is the crossest old maid in the world 'I think yu all act like pack of fools"
 Sez I, ''Mis Peasley, air yu parent?"
 Sez she, ''No aint."
 Sez l, Nils Peasly, yu never will be-"
 She left
 We sot there talkin & larfn until 'the switchin hour of nite when gravevards yawng & gosts troop 4th," as old Bill Shakespire aptlee obsarves in his dramy of John Sheppard, esq, or the Moral House Breaker, when we broke up & disbursed.
 Muther & children is doin well; tV Res olushuns is the order of the day will feel obeegcd ifyule insurt the follerin-
 Whereas, two Episodes has happined up to the undcrsined's house, which is Twins; & Whereas 1 like this stile, ssds Twins bein of male perswashun & both boys there4 Be 1t
 ResOtced, that to them nabers who did the fare thing by sade Eppisodes my hart felt thanks is doc.
 Resolved, that l do most hartily thank Enine ko. No. IT who, under the imp-csh- un frtm the fuss at my house on that haus- pishus mite that there was konAagrashun goin on, kum gal lyiantly to the sqot but kindly retraincd rum squirtin.
 ReSolued, that rum the bottum of my Sole do l thank the BaldinsvilIe brass band for givin up the idce of,Sarahnadin me, both on that grate nite tG sinsc.
 Resoiyed. that nay thanks is doc several membars of the Baldinsyille mectin house who fur whole dase haint called me sin ful skoffer or intreeted me to mend nv wicked vase and jine sade meetin house to onct.
 Resolred, that my buzzum teens with menny kind emoshuns lords the follern in- dividoouls, to whitname Iee-Mis Square Baxter. who jenerusly refoozed to take sent fur bottle of camfire; lawyer Perkin- ses wife who Tit sum versis on the Eppi- sodes; the editor of the Baldinsvile Bugle of Liberty who nobly assisted me on wol lupln my Kangaroo which sagushuns little l cuss seriously: dist,rLnd the LnnisnGns hx