New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-01

TaUiRs-ned az white as d sheet.
fullest tones d they kHaw'd
~. 'ffesfdeh'' .9l8with. TheF sluncked out Of
.I4politics i made bold ID yisit
sov., II stid in Springfield. J fcHzd the
torn. aarIer, surrounded by perfeek
{,,sso. eekers. KNOWN he had been
ff ,ronn. soat on the roaring Mssissppy,I
/ Tc5ess him in sailor lingo, 90 sez !,
MESSENGER aniFad Let out yer main suls, reef hum
the for5aste throw yer b pq99P hs Y as,n
mariner andwidge. know necawz u hYs sasn
felers.l Old Abe lookt up quite cross eng sez
A.. aSend in yer petishun by 4 by. can't possibly
gotysook at it now, Indeed can't W. onposaipie,
H.. abfr. Linken, what do you spectI air2n sed q
III AN orice seeker, to be sure, 4 said he.
4ss Wall, SIR aed = you's never more mistaken
s Yea ha. st efce a saks aaaiE
8. my profeshnn. I'm the father Of twins, and they
III nfook IKE me-boh Of hem. II cum to pay
. iendIy visit to the Presidens '.
tates. If 50 you wants 70 Zee he, aay gosif
III Tut, say 50, & I'id orr like q iaa handle. I'M
ii, ~ Mr.. Ward, sit down. | am glad 10 see -olf,
bsRepass IN Abraham,s Baasam, ssd one Of M
seekess, his idee being to get orr COAX 1t
u ~ Wall SEE ], tfef af you feers repose II that
Hi there Buzzum thereill be NIFTY poor nussin for
L some o. youn' whereupon Old Abe buttoned lis
JyesEit a. far up and hlusht like maidnr of sweet
! 49, Just this pint of the conversation another
arr ~ ~ flee seekers aroye cum nIsn ;ato
III, ,parlor. I'M wanted post oriGees, sum wanted
s s 70 nfed a, IN. thought Old Abe would 20
IN III hatssre more than time to shake hands
VIE ,e1n before a, other tremegjs crowd cum
,'t-i,, X, ~ sI,s -. 7es. His house and doprVard
s nv ,srfecl ~ flowed with ozice seekers
ali cIa1arnss ~ on I'm mejit interview with Old
Abe. one man from OH !, who had seven inches
of corn whiskey into him bsgri III Ea lef ad abe
Wegti'i TIinks VIM wants an orifce putty bad.
An9taghlan With gola hedsh WE a ssd n s
told Old Abe he was 9 @aeekiT'd ss'as y the
A sez sqnaTe. yo wouldn't tan sar pest
\ offs if you could get il, would you Z v, ;.t,,
As,Sea he g patrit is abng them thina w slfi
putty pig crop patrits Tbs s ssazol
ain,f thsFa sqaare' sez !, when anoth. y crowd or
of5s seekers bored IN. The house, door ard, baIr
and woodshed now a al i, a wlsI Dse 81
roon as the hop nen 9sSsas yet empty ans pasfs
from from; small town in Michigan, went On tep ne
house, got into the chimney stla ~ e na "a nv
hungry PACK Of offs seekers from chasnl him ,p
alive without the beueit Of clergy. s 10 Hill HI, III
reached the fire place be umpt uP brus sss s sv
ointment at the Spunkyille post offs I'LL yoa 81
read my papers. All the respectful men IN townHs
is signers TO that there doekgment5 e
"Good Godtn cried old Abe, tt they cum npoE d
ME from the skize--down the enimneys, aHd from
the bowels of the yearth!H He hadn't more'n gnt
them words out Of his delkit mouth before two fat
ofceseekers from Wisconsin, in endegerin TO crawl
atween his legs for the purpose of applyn for the
! tollgateshp at Milwawky, upsot the President
eleek and he would hev gone sprawin into the
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
2 st1ikin me yiently agn the nards and prostrattn
9 nv voluptoons form onto the floor I" Mr.. Linkin.
I SHOUTED the infatooated being Iny papersis signed
by every clergyman in our town. and likewise the
skOolmaster "
! SEE !, syeu egrejis ASST gittin up and brashin
the dust from my eyes, " I'll sign your papers with
, this bunch of bones, il you don't be a little more
keerfui how you make my bread basket depot in
the futur. How do you like that air perfnmesy ~
SEE l. shuving my fist under his nose, !" theTns the
kind Of papers i'll Civ you! Them's the papers
4 q But worit hard for the ticket; Ttoiled mite &c
day. The patrit should be rewarded"
"Virtoo, sedI holding the infatooated man by
the shirt collar, 1'viftoo, sir, IS its own REWARD
Look at me :" &c did look at me, and quaed bed
my gaze. The fact IS" continued, look,n
round upon the hungry crowd, :" there is scarcely
La offs for every lie lamp carrid round during this
campane. I wish thare WIS. wish thare was
furrin missions to be filled on yaris lonely isians
where eppydemics rage necessarily, and if was in
Old Abe's place. ID send every !, mothers son 70
them. What air you here for2i' continnered,
8warmin up considerable, /" can't you give Abe q
fninnits peace? Go home, you miserable man, go
home & till the se! Go to peGdlin tinWaTe; SO 10
chopin wood; go to bilin sope stuff sassngers;
black boots gita clerkship on sum respectable
manure Cart go round as orisenal Swiss bell ring
rs: becum origena and only Cambel Minstrels;
o to ecturin at fifty doliers mite; imhark in the
eanut dismiss: write for the Ledger; saw off
~ your legs and go round glVin concerts with tucn
ii appeal to a charitable pubiicil printed your
eI handbills; anything fur honest lifin but don't
q faome round here drivin Old Abe crazy by your
osrsas cuttings up Go - home stand not upon
"If in five minits from this time" SEE pullin
ut my now sixteen dollar hnntin cased watch, and
ranaishiu it before their eyes, q IF in five minits
ON this time single one of you remains on these
are premises, I'll go out to my cage near by, and
tiny Boy Constructoe loose ~ if he gifts amung
5u you'll think Old Soiferino has cum again and
mistaken You ought to hey seen them scamp
MIR. Fair. They run orr as tho Satan hissef was
ter them with red hot leu pronged pitchfork-
Ere mints the premises was clear.
{tsHoW kin ever repay you, Mr.. Ward, for your
adness ~ sed Old Abe. advanein and shakin me
lrmly by the hand. :" How kin eyerrepay you,
By grin the whole country good sound adj
s+1inistration. By poerin lie upon the troubled
q yaters, North and South By persoona patriotic,
e firm and Just course, and then il any state wants TO
a. secede, let lem sesesh!n
d d chow bout my Cabnit Ministre, Ward?n sed
- Abe.
of politics. They hain't got q darn prlnciple
n They know how to cater to the public. They
know what the public wants, North and South
~. Showmen sir, is honest men, of you doubt their
;s literary ability look their posters, and see small
Ia bits Ell you want Cabint as is Cabnit, fill it
"a up with showmen, but don't call on me. The moral
III wax iigger perfeshun mnsa't be permitted to so
down Willie there's drop of blood in these valns
,al A. Linkn, wish you we'll !! Ef Powers or Wal,
of cult 20 pick out amodei for q beautiful man;
on scarcely think they'd seup you but ef you do the
It'll fair thing by your country you'l make as putty an
an angel as any of us, or any other man! A. Lnkin,
zee use the talents which nature has put into you lu-
he dishusIy and firmly, end all will be we'll A. Lin
he kin, adoo.n He shook me cordyully by the hand
or we exchanged pictures, so We could gaze upon
icb each Others liniments when far away from one
90 anotherhe at the heum OF the ship Of State, and
me at the hellum Of the show bizaiss-admlttanee
he only Is cents ARrEsiUs WARD.
er
of milk peddler, finding that his business was mo-
for just what IL shoula oe, resoSea " tao on.
sell Y,nk instead Of milk and water, as he had for
,tic mory done and thus test the soundness OF the ole
hat maxim about Inc poIcy OF honesty. Wy " wv
on after ne mad enecteo the Aiotesld eiae' nc " :
told by one of his customers, matronly lady 9
some experience in life, that he need bring nj
more milk e her. In great surprise, he asked he
che the reason why ''Because,n said She the arsi
Gle yea sold me yesterday was the strangest stun
cc; ever saw It had not stood three hours when j
mrs had i nasty yellow scum on it! must have th
her real sI-blae article that have always been &c
g in customed to have.