Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-11-03
LETTER FROM ARTEMUs WARD, dr.
INTERVIEW WITH MIR. DOUGLAS
GRAND FUSION SHOW.
CLEVELAND, Sept. %, 1850.

SLhVELAND, sept ~, 1861.
MISTER EDETER - seez mi quill too in
form the publik thru the medeum of your
kolums the grand addishun | hav oest
maid too mi CRATE metropoIitician sho biz
mes, and DARN Slak rope and GIN nastic
Surkus Last mite had an intervu with
Steyun A. Duglas, the renound polittikal
iambidixter and proprietor and Chief Kloun
in the CRATE popular soverenty sho. Mis-
ter Duglas is generally kald the little giant
from his haven performed the CRATE feet OF
wakin the whole length Of Mason and Dix
on close line with the dred skot dicisshun
in one hand, and his whole popular suyer-
lenty sho in the luther; and also pullin up
the mammuth tire cald the missoore kom-
lpromize, which was first planted in 1897
10y Tomas Jefferson and uthers, ana set
out agin in 1920. Miste1 DueIas pa.d up
this tire and the constitution with it and plast
them under bis feat.
But | was going on to sa that he haz
bin travelin thru the estern and suthern
states pelfornin his triks and speakin his
PEGS. The wahe takes um in with bis pop
Ter suyerenty game is not slo. He holds
out a big bill to the pepIe and SEE, there's
popler suverenty-theres the CRATE prinsi-
lpul. At first they think they SEA it; but
when tina look n little charper it yanishes
like du on the orientle kornstlk when
the noonda son rizes in the east on thun-
derin hot da in the middel Of JUL; it kant
be found no where. The folks sometimes
get mad end korner him in tite phase,
but he Is tarnal sInaut and can kraul thru a
mighty little hole. But they sahe did one
CRATE trik-at wunplase he ate an OK and
10000 klans.
As soon as herd Of his arrive in toun |
went topa him witt found him in his
sho room speakin his pees; thowt |
wouldn't be very formal and SEE |, haven't
Iye got that PEGS larnt yet! SEX he, yis--
but theirs sum of the doktrin that the pe-
pie don't bleey, and have too alter it oc-
cazhunally to suite the phase. SEE |, how
doc you like the sho biznes2 SEE he, it
don't pa SEE /, mi sho is deem a stayin
biznes. He groned and tere started in
his i; and sez he, | thowt | shood make a
good deal out of my popler suverenty; but
SEE he, it has split the hull sho; the peple
begin TO sea thru it, and tina sa it is a hum
bug. SEE |, what are you going TO do
with it SEE he, as soon as hay yused
up my posters and advertisements | shal
thro 1t overheard.
SEE /, Douglas whattle We take for yer
popler suverenty? SEE he lie sci it cheap.
/ told him dlddent no how too mannige
biz triks, but wood go iutoo partnership
with him in the shoe Oizness. Sez he, its
i bargain. / then axt hin whot he thowt
of takin along sum darkies to cling songs
and dantz tine horupipe. SEE he, | wunt
hay emmy thing to doc with the niggur biz
mes agin-it don't pa. He sed be went in
to the nigger biznes in 1854 and bin goin
doun hi ever sints; he sed it had nurly roo
ind him. The little gent then puriormed
on the slak roap, and kind up greest pol
and speak his pease ON the top. Wun Of
Alb Lincon's rales was next braut in aud
Duglas was set on and road owt thru the
back dore. Duglas IL about feat hi and
a laundering CRATE man for wun Of hiz size.
| maid chronological examination Of
him. He is man of tremenjus pour
hiz kavs are huge. Hiz bump Of hum
buying is as big as COOS e.. Consensus
ness IS kaved IN. Heed maik fustlait
crier in the show bizness; biz bumb of tel
ling yarns Amt smawl.
Douglas and | have kompletid our pro-
gram for owr nu sho. We kaul it the nu
yunion sho, and grcest pole surkus, togeth-
ur with luther alarming and daring teets.
Douglas will perform the grand, duoble d
single handed gain of popler suyerenty.-
This gain can be sean best with the izeI
shet. But | must kloze. We are goinI
westward in a few daze.
Yores in haist,
ARrEMUS WARD, JR.
pee Is Duglas SEE civ popler suyerenty a
good bio in the papur