New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-01
Arten.us ward oa VISIT TO Abe L,neoin.


vile axed me to run for the Legislator. Seq r.
ay fsn9s 49, doss ssd think i'd IA soop e bs mt
spoke in the most orfulest tones, b they knsw'd
, wasn't to be trifed with. They sluncked out Of
q site to onet.
Thers45 hevin no politics. / made bold 10 visit
!, Old Abe at his humstid in Springfield. ffound tiis
old Teller in his parler, surrounded By p perfecE
swarm of orifee seekers Known he had been
h capting Of fatboat the roaring Mississippy,I
IL thought I'd address him in sailor lingo, 80 sez ],
cold Abe, ahoy Let out yer main auls, reef hum
hi qFaass aFng nv gss pfG Is sas
is mariner landwidge. / know, beeaWz I've seen
= sailor plays acted out by them New York theater
o feliersI Old Abe lookt up quite cross and SEE:
q a3end in yer petishun By & by. can't possibly
& look at it now. Indeed cant. ~ onpoaaipie'
I'M. Lnken, what do you spectT air2s sed I.
"An orifice seeker, to be sure,m said he.
tn in your life You haint got oriee I'd take under
I'm m A. Ward Wax ggeEs Is
y friendly visit the President 49, 49,
: states. If 50 yon wants 70 see he, sag s as
: | not, say So q In orf Ike g jug handle. Y
. MI. Ward, sit down. am glad to ses -au,
Rep1ss in Ab.ahann's Bdssurn 4, sed one n r.,
'rice seekess his idee being to get OFF COAX at
nv M Sxpfn 7. ssz a. i, y. ,,, ~ 7
there Buzzu theren &c nifty Door nusa II e sar
4 some O. youH' whereupon Old Abe buttone5 III III
weskit ca 'ar up and blasht Like mading Of sweet
! IT, Just this pint of the Conversation anntfey
warm Of or 'ce seekers aroTe Il eafa piiaa MI
III. parIor. s. I'M wanted post orGces sum wanted
colIt ,ctorsbips 1nm wanted Turin missions. and
iii "a ufed s,zyth IN. thought Old Ala yFnnid ~
csa1y. IL hatTmt more than time to shake ha5as
WIZ 'sl1 befSrs q, other tremenjia crowd cun
porei onto the prens 7es; Hi5 hG4se ana dooryard
h9w PsFesy ov nst inter- pes T ssskeT
Abe. one man from OH, y who had seven inches
of whskey into him, 1istook mg for old.Ahe
and a ID me g a9 arf faoer Of TIE
An91Si man with gold lleaea qe d Ied nose
told Old Abe ne was .aeehiad Ton q. the
Pride of the Boundss Wess w
SEE Square, yoR wouldn't tan 2 7, sInaI post
otis if you could get it, would you + ..-,,,
Aiez he, g patrit is abuv them thin Sci SIR Y
There's aputty big crop of patrits LEES season,
aia,t there sqaarc?' sec when anoth, q crowd Fl
ofls seekers nored in. The honse, door ard barn
and woodshed Vas now all full ana whens anotheg
crowd cum told AsEn not to go away ger went Oh
room as the hog pen Mas Jet empty 0ne patti
from small town in MEssly gan, Wsnf on e z ate
house, got into the chimney eng SUI down N we
parler where Old Abe was erls NJ heeEs alls
hungry pack Of offs seekers rol s i .ls ~
alive without the benefit Of clergy. hs mint le
reached the fire place he iumrt np brns W. ao1s
out Of his eyes, and yeed G Don't maAse saI
4 ointment at the Spunkyie post offs TIL gddsss
read my papers. All the respectful men ii town
is signers to that there doekgment e
i Good Cody cried old Abe, they cum uneR
| me from the skze-down the chmpeys ard from
| the bowels of the yearth!h He hadn't mofe'n got
them words out OF MS Gel1hiE month before
ofice-seekers from Wisconsin, in endeVerin to crawl
atween his legs for the purpose of applyin for the
tollgateship at Mlwawky, upset the President
eeek, and he would hey gone spraWiin into the 4
fire if hadn't caught him in these arms. But
hadn't more'n stood him up strate, fore another
man cum crashing down the chimney his head
strikn vilentiy agin the nards and prostratin
my vountoous form onto the floor Mfr. Linlfin, I,
SHOUTED the infatooated being, my papersis signed
BY every clergyman in our town, and likewise the
Seq I, "yeu egres ASST gttin up and bruahin
the dust from my eyes, "rll sign your papers with
this bunch of bones, if you don't be q little more
| keerful how you make my bread-basket d depotin
| the futur. How do you like that air parumery Ei
seq T. shuving my fist under his nose, then,,s the
h kind Of P papers !, I'LL Civ you Thes the papers
" ButI workt hard for the ticket; / toiled nile s.
day. The patrt should be rewarded"
"Virtoo," sed !, holding the infatooated man by
the shirt collar, tfvirtoo, sir, is its own reward.
Look at mel; He did look at me, and dualed be4
my gaze. The fact Isl | continued, lookin
round upon the hungry crowd. g there is#scareely
offs for every lie lamp carrid round during this
| campane. | wish thare was. | wish tLare was
furrin missions to be filed on varis lonely islans
where eppydemies rage necessarily, and if was in
Old Abe's place, I'D send every mothers son to
them. What air you here fora continnered,
warmin up considerable, can't You give Abe d
home till the sile! Go to peddlin tinware; go to
chopin wood; go to bilin sope stuff sassngers;
black boots; git clerkship on sum respectable
manure cart; 90 round as ORIGINAL Swiss bell ring
ers hecum ORIGINAL and only Cambel Minstrels;
go to lecturn at fifty dcllers mite mhark in the
pganut dismiss: write for the Ledger; saw off
your legs and 60 round givn concerts, with tuchn
/ appeal to charitable pubck printed on your
! handblls; anything fur honest livin but don't
come round here driyn Old Abe crazy by your
oatrains cuttings up! Go home Stand not upon
! the order of gon, but go to onct!"
:" It in five minits from this time,'' SEE I, pulln
out my new sixteen dollar huptin cased watch and
brandishin it before their eyes, q Ef in five mnts
| from this time single one Of you remains these
here premises, I'll go out to my cage near by, and
You, = you'll think Old soeriro has cum again and
no mistake!n You ought to hevseen them scamp
or, Mr. Fair Theyrun orr as tho Satan hisself was
arter them with red hot ten pronged pitchfork.
In five mnits the premises was clear.
"How kin ever repay you, Mr.. Ward, for your
kindness 2" sed Old Abe, advancin and shakin me
warmly by the hand. " How kin l everrepay you
by givin the whole country good sound ad-
niuistraton, By poern lie upon the troubled
waters, North and South By persooin d patriotic,
firm and just course, and then il any State wants to
secede, let 'em sesesh!''
How bout my Cabnit Mlrstre, Ward ," sed
Abe.
1 GILL it up with showmen! Showmen is devoid
Of politics. They han't got darn principle
They know how to cater to the pubic. They
Know what the public wants, North and South.
i Showmen, sir, is honest men, Ef you doubt their
Literary ability, look at their posters, and small
4 bills Ef you want Cabint as is Gabnit, fill it
4 up with showmen, but don't call me. The moral
A wax-figger perfeshun mustn't be permitted to go
down willie there's drop &c blood in these vains-
| A. LInkn, wish you well! I'll Powers or Wal.
cult was % pick out model for beautiful man.
scarcely think they'd seulp you; but eff you do the
fair thing by your country, you'll make as putty an
angel as any of US, or any other man! A. Linkfn,
use the talents which nature has put into you ju-
dishusly and firmly, end all will be well! A. Lin
kin, adoo." He shook me cordyully by the hand;
we exchanged pictures, we could gaze upon
each Others liniments when fur away from one
another-he at the hellum OF the ship of State, and
| at the helium of the show Observation-Disclosures
only 10 cents. ARTE1lUs WARD.
A milk peddler, finding that his business was not
just what it should be, resolved to tack about and
sell mill, instead of milk and water, as lie had for
merly done and thus test the soundness Of the old
maxim about the policy of honesty. A day or two
after he had effected the aforesaid change, he was
told by one of his customers, matronly lady of
some experience in life, that he need bring no
A more milk to her. In great surprise, he asked her
the reason why. Because" said she. g the arIi-
Gle you sold me yesterday the strangest stuff
ever saw 1t had not stood three hours when it
lad q nasty yellow scum on it! must have the