Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-26

visions. Accept my b!esain and this
hunk of gingerbread" T Sed. She thankt
me muchly and tript galy away
There's considerable human mater in
man, and I'm fraid | shall alters Civ aid
to the enemy if he Gums to me in the
shape of a nice young gal.
At the next station I didn't get OFF
SO easy. | was dragged out of the cars
and rolled in the mud for several min
its, for the purpose of 'takin the con-
sect out Of me. as Secesher kiudly
stated
was let up finally, when powerful
large Secosher came up and embraced
me, and to show that he had no hard
feelins-a agin me, he put his nose into my
mouth, | returned the compliment by
placing my stummick suddenly agin his
right foot, when he kindly made a spit
toon of his able bodied face. Actooated
by desire to see whether the Secesher
had bin vaxinated | then fastened my
teeth into his left coat-sleeve and tore it
to the shoulder
We then vi!ently bunted our heads
together for few minits, danced around
a little, and sot down in mud puddle.
We riz to our feet agin & by sudden
L adroit movement I placed my left eye
agin the Secesher's fist. We then
rushed into each others arms and fell
under two hoss wagon. | was very
much exhausted and didn't care about
gettin up aein, but the man said he
| reckoned I'd better, and | conclooded [
would, He pulled ne up but l hadn't
bin on my feet more'n two seconds
when the ground few up and hit me in
the he'd. The crowd sed it was high
old sport, but I couldn't zakly see where
the laftuIe come in. I riz and he en-
hraced agin. We careered madly to a
steep bank, when | got the upper hand
of ray antaggernist and threw him into
the rayeen. He fell about forty feet,
striking grindstone pretty hard. I
understood he was injured. I hayen't t
heard from the grindstone.
! A man in cockt hat cum up and sed
he felt rs tho apology was doc me-
There was mistake. The crowd had
taken me fer another man. [ told him
not to mention it, axed him if his wife
and little ones was SOS to he about
sud got on board the train, which had
stopped at that station "20 minits for
re fresh ments. I got all l wanted. 1t
was the heartiest neal ever ct.
| | was rid On rale the next d y, a
bunch Of blaziu 6rc crackers bein tied
| to my coat tales. 1t Was fine SPECIFY.
cal in a dramatic mint of view but |
didn't enjoy it. | had other adyenteers
of startlin kind, hut why continner:-
Why lasserate the Public Boozum with
these here things? Suhysit to say I got
across Masan 4 Dixie's line safe at last.
[ made tracks for my humstead, but she
with whom I'm harnist with for life,
failed to recognize, in the emashiated
bein who stood before her, the gushin
youth Of forty y-six summers who had
I left her onl y a few months afore. But
went into the pantry, and brought out
certain black bottle Raisin it to my
lips, [ sed, Heres to you old gall" l
did it SO natrai that she knowed NE at
once. "Those form! Them voice.
That natral stile Of doin thingsl 'Tis
he!" she cried, and rushed into my arms
1t was too much for her d she fell into
d swoon. [ cum very near swounding
myself.
No more to-day from yours for the
/ Preparation cf the Union, and the
bringing of the Goddess of Liberty out
Of her present bad fix
ARTEMUs WARD.