Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-16
lQlOrtester 4aiIg Spg.
ARTEMUs WARD AMONG THE SPIRITS.

From Vanity Fair.
My naburs is mourn hart crazy on the new
tangled idear about Sperrets. Sperretooul Sir
Giles is held nitely & or 2 long hared teeIs
has settled here and gone into the sperret biz
ms exclusively atemt was made to git
Mrs. ~. Ward to embark into the Spprret biz.
MS but tine atemt failed. | of the long haired
telers told her she was ethereal creetur &
wood maze sweet mejium, whareupou she
atact him with mop handle & drove him out
vt the house, l will hear obsarve that Mrs
Ward is lnvllerabe wOmun-the partner of
my goys 4 the sharer Of my sorrers. In my
absunse she watchis my interests & things
with Eagle Eyes & when / return she wei
Gums me in aiectionate stile. Trooly it is with
us as it was Mr.. & Mrs. Ingomer in the Play,
10 whit
2soes with but single thawt
sOes which beet as /
My naburs injooced me to attend a Sperre
tooul SircIe at Squire Smiths When l ar
rove found the east room chock full mclud-
ing all the old maids IN the village & the long
haired fellerS a4sed When | went in | was
salootid with "hear Gums the benited man
hear Gums the horey .heded unbeleeyer"-
shear Gums the skoffer at trooth," etsettery,
etsettcry.
Seq l, my frens, it's troo Pm hear, & now
bring on your Spcriets"
VI Tue lOlH ldlcl lellefS TlE up anu sea ne
would state few remarks. He sed man was
ciilter of intelleck & was movin on to
Cole Sum men had bigger mtellecks than
other men had and tlay wood git into the Cole
the sOouerest. Sum men was beests & would
never git into the Cole at all. He sed the
Firth was materel but man was immateriel
and hens man was different from the Firth
The Firth, contnnerd the speaker, resolves
round on its own aXeltree onct IN q hours, but
as man haint gut no aXeltre he cant resolve.
He sed the ethereal essunce OF the coordinate
branchis of superhuman uatur BEGUN metly-
mortusSed as man progrest in harmonal coc.
eXistunce eventually anty humanized their
selves turned iato reglar sperretueliers.
This was versitferusly applauded by the
cumpany, and as l make it a pint to get alolg
as plesently as possible, | sung out, "bully Tor
you, old boy.
The cumpany then drew round the table and
the Sirce komenst to go it, Thay aXed me
if thare was anybody in the Sperret land which
wood like to convarse with. | sed if Bill
Tomkins, who was Onct my partner in the
show biznis, was sober, j shood like 10 con.
varse with him a few periods.
is the Sperret of William Tomkins pres
ent 2" sed of the long hared chaps, and there
was three knox on the table.
SEE l, "Wiam, how goze it, Old Sweet
ness %
pretty ruff old boss, he replide
That was pleasant way we had of address
in each other when lie was in tie flesh.
"Air You in The show biznis, William 2"
SEE l.
He sed he was. He sed he & John Bunyan
was travelin with side show in connection
with Shakspeer Jonson & Co.'s Circus lie
sed Old Bun (meanin Mr.. Bunyan) stird up
the animils & ground the organ while he ten.
did door. Occasionally Mr. Bunyan sung a
comic song. The circus was dom mlddlin
W ell Bill Shakspeer had made great hit
18th old Bob Ridley, and Ben Jonson was de
litin the people with his Tooy crate ak CT
horsemansltip without sadduI or bridal. Thay
was rehersin Dixey's Land & expected it
would knock the pepIe
SEE |, William, my luvly friend can you
pay me that 10 dollars you owe me ?" lie sed
no with one OF the most tremenjis knox l ever
eXperiunsed.
The Sircle sed he had gone. 'Air you
gone, William 2" l aXed.
"Rather, he repide, and | knowd it was
no use 10 pursoo the subjeck turder
then called for my farther.
CLOVIS things, daddy!"
'Middlin, my son, mddlin."
CANT you prowd of your orfurn boy!"
"Scacely."
"Wby not. PARENT 90
"Becawz you have gone to writin for the
newspapers, my son Bimeby you'll lose all
your character for trooth and verraSserty.
When l hept you into the sho% bznis | told
you to dignity that there perieshun. Lllera,
toor is low"
He also statid that he was dou middlin well
in tie planut biznis & liked it putty WELL tho
the Clint was rayther warm.
When the Sircle stopt they axed me what !
thawt OF it.
Spz "nV trends I'ya hin into tho show