The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-07-18
The war Fever In BaidInsville.
BY ARrEMus WARD.

~ AhlEMNb Nhhbs
Az soon as ia rccooperated my physikil
sysicru, ! went over 10 the village. The
pcasantIy was glad to eco me- The school,
master SCI it was chocriu 20 see that gigar-
tic iniccck among 'e,n onct moro Thet's
what be called the. like the schoomaster,
and 0llcro send him tobackcr when I'm of
ur t.ovclin cappare Besides he u
very sensible man. Such men must be en-
COurugod.
They don't git ncws very fast in Baldins.
vile, u no thin but llUnk road runs in thero
twice week, oud thuto very much out Of
repair 80 my nabers wasn't much posted
ny in regard to wars Squire Baxter sed
ned voted ,he d.nicratic ticket for goip on
forty year, and the war was dam black
republican lie. 10. Stackpo!e, who klla
hogs for the SQuirc, aud has got powerful
mus lo IN his aims, sed he'd bet So he could
lick the Cgi9.s in a fair stond-up fight, if no
wouldn't draw q kuilc on him. So ii went
sum was for war and sum was for peace.
/ The sChounlastor, however, scd the Slave
/ 0lgarkv must cover al the feet OF the North
erc year had flown by, or pass over his
dead corpse. "Esto perpetual" he added,
And sine qua non also!" sed |, steruly,
wishing to make an impression onto the vii
layers. "Requiecatinpace,' eed the school
master, Too troo, too troo," | answered.
tits scanG0lous ioct!"
The newspapers got along at last, chock
full of war, and the patriotic fever fairly
bust out in Baldinsville, Squire Baxter
sed hc didn't b'lievc in Coercion not one Of
en-, aud could provo by iile of EaqleS of
Liberty in his garrit that it was all a Wing
lie, got up to raise the price of whisky and
destroy our other liberties. But tho old
Squire got putty riley when he heard how
the rehols was cuttin up, and he sed he
reckoucd he should skour up his old muskit
and do a little square iitiu Tor the Old Flag,
which had alters bin on the ticket lied vot-
ed, and he was too old to Bolt now. The
Squire is all right nj heart, butit takes him
: longer TO fill his venerable biler with steam
than it used to when he was young and frs-
ky. AS previously informed YOU | am
Captin of the Badinsville Company. l ris
= gradually but maicstically from drummer's
Secretary to my present position, But
, found the ranks wasn't full by no means, and
| commenced for to recrout, Havin notist a
general desire on the part Of young men
| who are into the Crisis 10 wear oppyets |
5 determined t. have my company composed
l exclusively Of officers every body to rank as
Brigalocr Gnral. The tollcrn was among
tic various questions which put to re-
= cyoCts
Do you knaw a luask battery from hunk
10 of giugcrbreudY
y Do You know cppylit from piece Of
+ chalk?
t If trust with q real gun, how many men
4 OF your own company do you speck you can
: manage to kill during the war?
i HNv you ever heard Of Ginral Price, of
d Missouri and can you avoid similar accidents
k in case Of battle?
+ llav you over had the measles, and if so,
+ how mauy!
g How air you nowP
Il Show me your tongue, Sc, &c. Some Of
n the questions was s@rcastcal.
{ The company filed up rapid, ard last Sun
= day we went 10 the ncetn house in full uni
y form. had q scris time g,tt.n into my mil
- itary harness, as it was biit for me many
~ years ago but finally cat inside of it,tho'
~ 1t fit mc putty clost. Ilowsever, ouct into
il, / looked tinc--in fact aw-inspirin. DO
II you know me, Mrs. Ward :" sed l. walkin
y into the kitchin,
y, Know you, you old fool Of course
o do"
% saw at once that she did,
" | started for the mCctin house, and I'm
Z afraid | tried to walk too strate, for cum
' very near ialhn over backward, and in at
temptiu TO recover myself, my sword got
=" mixed up with my legs, and fell in amongst
> a choice collection Of young ladies' who was
5 standin near the church door 4 seein the so
- ger boys come up. My cockt hat fell off
= and sumhow my coat tales gOt twisted rounc
~ my neck The young ladies' put their hand
" kerchcr6 to their mouths and remarked, "T'
- he" while my ancient female single friend
~ Sary Peaslcy, bust out in loud larf, Shl
- exercised her mouth so vilently that hcl
=" new false teeth fell ont on t. the ground.
w Miss Pcasley" scd l. gettin up. and dust
. in myself You must be more careful witt
20 them store teeth OF your'n, or yop'l have Il
:, L' gum it aS;u!
~, Mothiuks had her,
10 I'd bin 20 wo.. hard all the week, and
90 felt rather snoopy I'm afraid did ge
- hall asleep, lor Oh hcar,u the minister ask
u. why was man made to mourn?' sed :"
y give it up" Luyiu a vague idee that it wa
90 a conundrum. ltwas a unfortunate remark
" for the whole aeetn house looktat me wit
49, mingled surprise and indignation l wa
=" ,'r about risn TO pint of order. when il aud
W denly occurred to me where ] was, and
Nv kept my seat, blushn like the red red ros
-, so to speak,
.! The next morning rose with the larl
- Il don't sleep with the lark, tho. A goak.
y" My little dawtcr was eXecootin hallid.
~ accompanyin herself with the hand orgir
90 and she wishtmo to linger and hear her sing
eo lIarli hear angel sinGin, angel now
G4 onto the wing
US Let him fly, my child sed l, a buckli
IHS on my armer, 81 must forth To my Biz"
',,LL Wo air progyessin putty we'll with on
la drjll AS all air conimandn oltissers, ther
" amt no jclusy and as we are all eXceedi
'' smart, il amt worth while TO Try to outstrt
70, each other. The idee Of a company con
yS posed exclusively of Commander-in-Chief
yes orrigernated, l spose skarcely need say, i
ier tl.eso Rranc Considered as a idee, ilatte
'ei myself it Is putty hefty. We've got all th
DS tacktjcks at our tongues ends, but what W
y" partcly excel in is restn muSkits. We ca
rest musllits with anybody,
Ia Our corpse will do its dooty. We go
CT the aid of Columby--we fight for the stars
81 Wen be chopped into sassige meat befoI
nv we'll exhibit our coat tales to the foe.
d, "WcIl 6gh, till there's nothing left OF u
y but our little toes, and oven they shall del
'de autly wiggleI Ever of thee" A. WAkD,
+to no -Vanity Far.
w. 'FIee yEeafEar s;s the S3Nal,