East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-07-18
From Vanity Fair
The War Fever in Baldinsviiie.
DY ARrEMAs WARD.

AS soon as I'd recooperated my physl-
Kill system, went over iuto the village.
The peasantry was glad to see me. Tho
schoolmaster sed it was cheerin TO see
that gigantick intelleck among 'em onct
more. That's what he called me. l like
the schoomaster, and alters send him to-
hacker when I'm off on travelin cam
pane. Besides, he is very sensible man.
Such men must be encouraged.
They don't git news very fast in Bal
dinsville, as nothin but a plank road runs
in there twice q week, and that's very
much out of repair. So my nabers wasn't
much posted up in regard to the wars
Squire Baxter sed he'd voted the dmi-
cratic ticket for goin OH forty years, and
the war was dam black republican lie.
10. Stackpole, who kills hogs for the
Squire, aud has got a powerful muscle
into his arms, sed he'd bet 50 he could
lick the Crisis in fair stand-up fight, if
he wouldn't draw knife on him. So it
went-sum was for war, aud sum was
for peace The schoolmaster, however,
sed the Slave Oligarky must cover at
the feet of the North ere year had How
ed by, or pass over his dead corpse.---
"Esto perpetua ? he added, "And sine
quo non alsol' sed |, sternly, wishing to
make an impression onto there villagers.
"Requiesc scat in pacep sed the schoolmast.
er. "Too troo, too troo," l answered,
''it's scanderlus fact y
The newspapers got along at last,
chuck full of war, and the patriotic fever
fairly burst out in Baldinsville. Squire
Baxter sed he didn't believe iu Coercion,
not one of 'em, aud could prove by file
of Eagles of Liberty in his garrit, that it
was all Wing lie got up to raise the
price of whiskey and destroy our other
liberties. But the old Squire got putty
riley when he heard how the rebels was
cuttin up, and he sed he reckcnd he
should skour up his old muskit and do a
little square titin for the Old Flag, which
had alters bin OH the ticket he'd voted,
and he was too old to Bolt now. The
Squire is all right at heart, but it takes
longer for him to ill his venerable Biler
with steam than it used to when he was
young and irisky. AS preyisly Inform
ed you, | am Captin of the Baldinsvllle
Company. | riz gradooally but ma jestic-
ly from drummer's Secretary to my pres
ent position. But L found the ranks
wasn't full by no means, and commenced
for to rccroot. Havin notist a gincra
desire on the part vf young men who are
into the Crisis to wear eppylits, | deter
mined to have my company composed
exclusively of oiiissers, everybody to
rank as Brigadeer-Gineral. The follerin
was among the varis questions which l
put to recroots.
DO you know masked battery from
hunk of gingerbread?
DO you know aeppyht from piece Of
chalk?
If l trust you with zeal gun, how
nanny men OF your own company do you
speck you can manage to kill daring the
war? 1aE
Hav you ever heard of General Price
OF Missouri, and can you avoid simler ac-
cldents in your case OF battle?
Hav you ever had the measels, and if
so, how many? ~ go.
How air you now?
Show me your tongue, &C., SC. Sum
Of the questions was sarcusstical.
The Company filed up rapid, and last
Sunday we went to the meetin house In
full uniform. l had seris time gittin
into my military harness, as it was bilt
for me many years ago; but finally got
inside OF it, tho it fitted me putty clost
Howsever, onct into it, lookt hne-in
fact, aw-inspirin. Do you know me,
Mrs Ward ?" said /, waikin into the
kitchin. 'Cv ef r,f e.fti. f.,
"Know you, you old fool? OF course
| do I'D
| saw at onct that she DID.
4 started for the mcetin house, and l'ln
fraid tried TO walk too strate, Tor cum
very near fallin over backards; and in at
tcmptin TO recover myself, my sword got
mixed up with my legs, and l fell in
among a choice collection ofyoung ladies,
who was standin near the church door
seein the sojer boys come up. My cockt
hat fell off, and sumhow my coattales
got twisted round my neck. The young
ladies put their handkerchers to their
mouths and remarked: "Te he" while
my ankient female single friend, Sary
Peasely, burst out into loud larf. She
exercised her mouth so vilently that her
new false teeth fell out onto tho ground.
"Miss Peasely." sed |, gittin up and
dustin myself, lyon must be more careful
with them store teeth of your'n, or you'll
hav to gum it agin!" a~- ..
Methinks | had her. aan la
I'd bin to MsszE. I'm 'fraid | did git
half asleep, for on hearin in the minister
ask. "Why was man made to mourn ?
| sed, al Civ it up havin a vague idee
that il was conundrum. 1t was on.
fortinit remark, for the whole meetin
house lookt at me with mingled surprise
and Indignation. 1 was about risin to a
pint of order, when it suddenly occurred
to me where l was, and i kept my seat,
blushin like the red, red rose, SO to speak.
The next mornin l rose with the lark.
IN. B..--I don't sleep with the lark, tho
A goak).
Ny little dawter was execootin ballids,
aocompanvin herself with the hand origin,