Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-06-12
2YDun,orol>s g Afaoing,
ArtemaS Ward in the SoNth--iIiS
Trials and Adventures.

lnAo ohu
| had narrer scape from the sonny
South. The swings and arrcrs of out.
ralus fortin," alluded to by Hamlick,
warn't nothing in comparison to my tru-
bles. came pesky near swcarin sum
proEane oaths more'n onct, but hope |
didn't do it, for Eve rromist she whose
uomc shall he namelcss Except that her
initials is Betsy .l.,j that I'll jino the
Mectin House at BaIdinsviilc jest as SOON
MS can :.rrapc money cnun together So
| call afford to be riusS in good slilc, like
my wcllhy naberS But if Pm conIisti-
Gated a.in I'm traid ! shall continncr on
in my present hcnitcd state for sum time.
fiygcr,rl cnns,icyuSly in many thrlilin
scenes in my tower ir"ni Mnn;g"mry TO
,nv hAl.ns,r,. and "sl >"vri occasions |
thought "li.c CRATE konic paper" wouldn't
never b. uricIird iio !norr with my lu-
bricationS. Artcr bddin adoo TO .lrirr
son ID. | started for the dcpo. SAW 4
Niger s;;till ON Il fence payin on a
banjo. My Atrikin Brother" sed l..
co,in from Il Track ! onct red, "ynu be-
long to very intcrcStin race. Your
masters is goin To w;lr exclusively OIL
Your account
YES. boss" he replied, and he went
on piayin' tho banjo, lartin ali over and
opcnin his mouth wide cnutl' to drive III
ali old fashioned > wheeled chaise.
The train OF cars in which was to
trust my waierblc !iIc WAS the scales;
rickytie>s lupkin lot Of consarlls that |
ever saw III wheels alore. "What time
docs this string Of second hand collins
l.ave4;' inquired Of the depot master.
lie scd dircckly, and went in 4 sot
down halnt more'n fairly squatted
aiore Il dark lookiu' man with swinistcr
expression onto his countenance entered
the cars. and loukin' very sharp at me:
h. asked what was my principles
"Svcesh = anscrd. :: I'm Il Dissolu-
ter. I'm in favor OF Jeff. Davis, Boure-
gard, pickens. Capt. Kidd, Blooheard,
Aunroc I;dards, the devil, Mrs. Cunning
ham. and all the rest of 'em.
You're in favor of the war 2
"Ccr;hnelv. BY all means. l'm favor
oi his war and also OF the next war. I've
been in favor OF tie next for over sixteen
years.;
War to the knive.'' sed the man.
"Blud, Fargo, biad! = scd |, tho them
words ism, origgernal with me. Them
words was rit by Shakespeare. who is dcd.
His Maut!e fell onto the author of The
Seven Sisters who's goin to have q
Spring nvercoat made ont of it.
We 90, under way At ar<t, an pr"
cerdcd ~, nrrr irrrlry at about the rate O!
speed which is gin.;llly obsarved by pro
pyrly conducted funeral professions. A
hanslm yung gal. with Il red mlsketcr
bar on tn" back part OF her he'd. and sassy
little black hat tipt over her t"rrerd, sol
in the seat with me. She wore little
Scse<h flag piu,d onto her hat, and she
w:.S goin 10 her troo love. who had lincd
the Southern army. and so bold and so
CAV. Su she told lnr. She was chilly
anl Offered her my blanket.
:. Father lirin - ayed.
" ies SER"
SCOT any l'nclcs p
a heap. Uncle Thomas is ded, tho. ;;
"P,acc to nclc Tmnas's ashes, sand
success 20 him. | will be your Uncle
Thomas Lean on me. my pretty Sc
ceshcr. and ingcr in BIissiul repose!
She slept as sccoorIy as i'll her own hou,
sen, and didn't disturb the So!Ium stiffness
of the night with AIRY shore.
At the first station Il troop of So!er<
entered the cars and inquired if Old
Wax Works. Was ON board. That wa>
the diSrrspecliv Stilc in which they re-
trred to m.. 'sBecawz if Old Wax
Wurks is on hortl." seq a man with face
l;k. q dolhe.hrcstcd lobster. "wearc 60
inr to hang Old Wan Works;
Mv illustrions and patriotic Bum
,,ers - sez |. gittin mp and takin orr my
shsppo. if YOU aliude to \. Ward, its
,,y pIcasin dooty to inform you that he's
dad. He saw the error of his ways al
) .nnir< pas, = Yesterday, an'l stabbed
l:issclI with stuffed Slcdstake, divl!In III
FIVE beautiful tabloos to slew mooslc:
Ills last words was My pcrtesllerna!
career is over! jerk no more.
And who be you!.
:.I'm !, s,oodent in Senator Bcniamirs
law ofiiss. I'm going up North to steal
sum Spoons ard things for the Southern
Ar!ny.
This was satisfactory, and the intos>i.
sicated troopers went ort. At the next
station. the pretty little sccesher awoke
and scd she must git out there. bid her
a kind adoo and Civ her sum pervislons.
s:Acccpt my blessin' and this hunk OF
gingerbread !" scd. She thankt me
nnachly and tript galy away. There's
considerable human mater in 4 man. and
I'm traid shall alters Civ aid and comfort
to the enemy if he Gums to Inc in the
shape Of = nice young gal.
At the next station didn't get orr so
easy. WAS dragged out of the cars and
rolled in the mud for several minits for
the purpnss of '.takin' the conseet out of
lnc." rs Il Seccshcr kindly stated.
was let up finally, when a powerful
large Srccsher came up and embraced
me. aud TO show that he had no hard feel,
ms agin me, put his nose into my mouth.
returned the compliment by placing
my stummick suddenly agin his right
foot. when he kindly made spittoon of
his able bodied face. Actooatcd by u
desire to see whether the Secesher had
been yaxnale,l, then fastened my teeth
onto his left cuat.Slecve and tore it to the
silnnlder We then vilently hunted our
heads together for few minutes, danced
around Il little, and sot down in mud
puddle. We riz to our feet agin q by a
sudden 4 adroit movement placed MY
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