The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-13
Artemus ward in ,he sonth.rn

Erase.
Listen to my tail, and be silent that We
may here.
I've beeu among the S.s, shers, earn
in my daily p, cSh by my legitimit perfeshun
and hevn't had 10 'ime 10 weeld my faci'c
quill for the 20 tat Komick Paper" il
you'll allow me to kote from your tro 9TH
full advertisement
My success was ska'y, and | likewise
lad n nArrcr scape of my life. Ii what
l've bin threw is Southern hospitality"
bout which we have h arm so mu III, then
| feel bound to obsarve tha; they made
too much of me. They were altogether
too lavish of their a;tenshuns.
| went among the Scseshers with no
(celns Of annerno ity, went in my
pclteshefnal clpaci Y. l was acIooatcd
10y one of the most LOftiest desires which
can swell the human Boosum, viz to
give the people their moneys worth by
shown them Sag1shus Beests and Wax
Statoo's, which venter to- say are onsur
pas, by any other statoots anywher,s.-
will not call that man who z my stat
oots are humbu IS n lir and hoss thief,
him with ole of my skornCu (rowns.
But to proceed with my tail, In my
travis threw the Sonny $ lu,h heard a
heap Of talk about S Slseshn aud Dustin UP
the Union, but did't think it amounted
to nothin. The po ilic;ars in all the vii
lagos was swearln that Old Abe (some-
times called the prshGyrie flower) should.
Mt never be ncggerat,d. They also made
fools OF themselves in various ways, but
as they was used to that didn't lit it
, wary me much, and the 5 arS and S ripes
continnered for to wave over my little
tent. Moor over, was n Son of Malty,
, AM member Of several other temper
= ance societies, and my wife she WAS q
Dawter of Malty, an | spo'ed tfese fax
) would stcoor me the info M and pertec.
= ton of all the fust famer'ias. Alas
Y was dispinted. Safe artcr $ ate seseshed
;, and il growed hotter for the undersigned
Things come to climbmacks in sma|
town in Alabamy, where | was prem 'orlIy
: ordered to haul down the stars and stripes
= A deppytashun of red faced men cum W
q to the door of my tent ware | was standlr
4 takin money [ the afternoon exhibition had
commenst, an my Italyu o"ganist wa'
Il ierkin his soul strrin chimes.) 1--WE All
It cum, Sr," said milingtNry man in
n cockt hat, "upon hi and holy mi>huu
, The Southern Eagle is scteemiu threwou
this sunny laui, proudly and d~hontl.
screaming, Sir -
l. "Whats the ma er with him ?" say
10 | "don't his yiItes set well on his STUN
)f mick 20
4. That eagle, sir, will contnner t
scream all over ,hls bright and lremenju
land !"
y Wall, let HIM scream. II your eagle
e can amuse himself by screamin, let hin
e went p The men annoyed me, for wa
!. bizzy maxim change.
, 1--WE are cum, sir, u on a matter o
- dooty'--
'e "You' re right, captin; it's every man
ir dooty to visit my show" sed l.
D. We are cum
!, And that's the reason you are here,
;" stz |, larfn one of my silvery larf5.
III ,hawt if he wanted 60 COAX I'd give hir
p some of my spmklin eppy5rams.
d. ''Sir, you're inserlent. The plai
N question is, will you haul down the sta
sparg'ed banner, and hist the S)uther
flag ?"
H. {" Nary hist ?" Those was my reply
a. " Your wax works and beests is the
he confsticat( d, u YOU are arrested rs
spy !"
SCI, "My fragrant roses of the Solt'
ern cline aud blooming daffJdlls, what
H. the price of whskey in this town, an
On how many cubic feet of that seduct'
a Gooid can you Individually ho'd ?"
a. They made no reply to that, bat sal
my wax fg5ers was confsticated. | axe
CT them if that was gineraIIy the sule anon
he thieves in that country, to which they ais
H. made no reply, but sed was arrested I
n a spy, and must go to Montgomery
10 iuns. They was By this time jined by
" large crowd of other Sou hern pltrt
eu who commenst hollerin, "l1ang the balC
,e, headed aberlitionist, and bust up his in
i'll moral exhibition % | was ceased az
ial lied to a stump, and the crowd went f
!. my tent-that water proof pavilion, whel
nS in instruction and amoo cement had bee
er so muchy combined, at / 5 cents per hes
'e- and tore it al TO pieces. Meanwhil
le, dirty faced boys was THROWN stuns ar
on empty beer b1ltles at my massiy brow,
takin other improper liberties with N
he person. Resistance was usel's Tor a "
u riety of reasons, as readily obsarved.
lia The Ssseshers confSticated my statoo
of by smashin them TO attums. They thu
:, went to my money box and confsticatC
A'' all the loose change therein contained.
* They then went and bust in my cage
'ig letln all the animilcs loose, a small b.
,rt healthy tiger among the rest. This tig
Uo has an exlentric way of tearin dogs
pieces, and | alters sposed from his gil
G eral corduck that he'd have NJ hesita hr
in selvin human beins in the same way
M lie could git at them. Excuse me if
. was cro9il, but larfed boysterrusly whC
lst | saw that tiger spring in among the p
pie. " Go it, my sweet cuss y inwarr
" exclaimed. l forgiv you for bitin {
my left thum with all my heart r
en- 'em up like bully tiger who's Lare hi
is been invaded by Seseshurs !"
int can't say Tor certain that the tiger S
of risly injured any OF them, but as he Wi
re- seen few days after, sum miles dista
re- with large and well selected as or'me
Of of seats OF uoTsis ia his mouth, aud
Eat he lookt as tho he'd bin hsvin sum vile
40 ! .,,a,.o;.a 7 raythsr 0uSss he did w