Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-04-01
w, ID. WALLACH.
The Memorable Voyage Of the "Polly Ann,
Story of the Tenn pestusus Canal.

The Memorable Voyage Of the "Pelly Ann,
Story Of the Tempestusus Canal.
This is Artemus Wards last story, which
those who can are welcome to admire
In oyerhaulin one of my old trunks the
tother day, / found the follerin' jerpel of w
age on the starnch canawl bote Polly Ann.
which happened to the subscriber when W as
young man Tin the Brite Lexington of yootb.
when thar amt no sich word as fale) on the
Wabash Canswl:
Mopdy, 2 p. m.-Got under wa Hoses not
remarkable frisky at fust. Had to biId Ares
under EN- before they d start. Startid at larst
very suddent, causin the bote for to lurch vi
lently, and knOckin ne OFF from my pins
lSaler frase) Several passengers on bored.
Parst th-eu deliteful country. Honist farmers
was to wc-k sowin corn and other produce in
the fields. Surblime scenery Large red
bathin heEfeet.
Turned in at is minits parst eleving.
Toosday--Riz at an went up On the poop
deck. Took groan PERSONS dose of Ticker
with member of the Injiany legislator which
he urbanely insisted on allowin me to paw for,
Bote teari9 threu the briny waters at the rate
of Nots hour, when the boy on the leadin
hoss shoutid-
Sale hoe 10
''Whar away ?" hollered the capting, clear
in his glass "a emty black bottle, with the bot
tum nockt out) and bringing it to. his Eagle
eye.
~. !. 5sS Bout fore rods to the 'sar1ud, lsamsd
jesse" screeched the oapting "what
vessels that air." -.
The Kickin Warier, of Terry Hawt, and
be darned to youu'
II, !, sir" hollered our capting "Reef
your aft hoss, splice your main jib boom, and
hail your chambermaid! What's up in Terry
Hawt3'
You know Bill spikes9'' sed the oapting
of the Warier.
Wall, reckin. He kin eat more fride pork
nor any man OF his heft on the Wabash. He's
a ornament to his sex,''
We'll, +" continued the capting of the Kickin
WarIer, Wilyim got little owly the tother
day, and got to prancin around town on that
old white mare of hisin, and bein in playful
mood, he rid up in front of the courts
Nhar old Judge Perkins was a holdin Court,
and let drive his rife at him. The built didn't
hit the Judge at sll; it only jez whizzed parst
his left ear, lodgin in the wall behind him;
but what 'ye spose the old despot did, WHY,
he sctoaly fined Bill ten dollars for coptempt
OF Court What do you think of that axed
the caphng OF the Warier, as he parst a long
black bottle over to our capting
The county is indeed in danger, ;" sed our
capting, raisin the bottle to his iips The yes
sells parted. No other incidents that day
Retired to my chased coach at 5 minuts parst
10.
(Wensdyl Riz arly. Wind BLOWN n. W
T. Heyy sea on and ship rollin wildly in con-
sekents of peppur-corn havin bin fastened to
the forrerd hoss' tale. "Heave two" roared
the capting to the man at the rudder, as the
Polly Civ friteful toss was sick and sorry
cum. - Heave two, repeated the capting.
went below Il Heave twO,'' I hearn him
boiler agin, and stickin my he'd out of the ca
bin winder, her
The HOSES becum dosile eventooally, and
felt better. The sun bust out in all his gplen
der, disregardless of expense, and lively Eatur
put in her best licks. We parst the beautiful
village OF Llmy, which lookt sweet indeed,
with its meet white cottages, institoots of larn-
IN and other evijences of ciyilizashun. mcleod
In party of ball needed cullered men who
was playin card monty on the stoop of the
Red Eagle tarvern. All. all was food for nv a
poetic sole. 1 went below to breakfast, but
vittles had lost thar charms Take sum of
this, sed the capting, shown a bottle lords
my plate. "Its whisky A few quarts alters
sets me right when my stummick gifts out of
order It's excellent tonic"' declined the
seductive fOoid.
fThursdyD Didn't rest we'll last mite on ac-
count of urrore made by the capting, who
stOpt the bote to 90 ashore and smash in the
winders of grocery. He was bro't back on a
shutter by bis crue, with his he'd dun up in
red hsnkercher, his eyes bein swelled up or
ful and his nose very much out of lint The
passenger all riz up In their births, pushin the
Ieu curunS ASIDE d 1ookln out to see what the
matter was.
"Why do you alloy your pashuns to run ava
with you IN this onseemly stile, my misguided
frend." sed q sollum lookin man in a red fan
mel nite cap; why do you sink yourself to
Wall, the fack is" sed the eapting, risin
hisself on the shutter, GIVE bin little preioo
diced agin that grosery for sum time But L
made 1t lively for the boys, Deacon. Bet yer
life. He larfed a short, wild larf, and called
for bis jug. Sippin few pints he smiled
2 gently upon the pas engers, sed "Bless you,
. bless you, and fell into sweet sleep.
Eventually we reached our ierpey's end
This was In the days Of Old Long Sign, bel the
iron hoss was fOled. This was BEL steembotes
was goin roun Dustin their bilers sendin peo-
: pie higher nor kite. Them was happy days
when people was intelligent and wax figgers
and ilvln wild beests wasn't scofed at
sc dasc of me boyhood
I'm dreamin on ye now!,'