Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-06
"A WAN aTEET1N0.

Aud entered into mine. -il i.HH
fg "A WAR MEETING. lia
RY ARTEAUs WARD. a
Our complaint just now is warmeetin's.
They've bin haVin' 'em bad in varis parts
Of our cheerful Republic, aud naturally we
caught 'em here in Baldinsville. They
broke out all over us. They're better
attended than the Eclipse was.
L remember how people poured into
our town last Spring to see the Eclipse.
They labored into impression that they
couldn't SEQ it to home, and so they came
up to our place. cleared a very hand
some amount Of money by exhibitin' the
Eclipse to 'em, In an Open-top tent But
the crowdsi is bigger now. Posey County
is aroused. may say, indeed that the
pra-hay:ories OF lnjianny is Ontire.
Our big meetin' came off the other
night, and our old friend of the BHqIe
was elected Cheerman. 70 heaii r
The BitgIe- Horn of Li6ertY is one of
Baldinsville's most eminentest institOO-
tiOns. Tho Advertisements are well writ
ten, and the deaths and marriages are
conducted with signal ability. The editor,
Mr. SlinkeFs, is a polish'd, skarcastic
writer. Folks in these parts will not
soon forgit how he used mp the EIqqLe of
FreedOW. aifamily journal published at
Suootyille, near here. The controversy
was about plank road ''The r0ad may
be, as our cotempOrary says, humbuG:
but our aunt isn't bald.heded, and ice
hayen'tgot a one-eye1 sister Sal. Wonder
if. the Editor of the. Eagle of Freedom
secs it2" This used up the Eagle of Free
dom Teller, because his aunt's head does
present askin'd d appearance, and his sister
Sarah is very much one-eyed. For
genteel home thrust, Mr.. SlinkerS has
few eknls. He is q man of great pluck
likewise. lie has fierce nUstril, and J.
b'lieve upon my soul, that if it wasn't
absOlootly necessary for him to remain
here and annUunce in his paper, from
week to week, THAT 'our GOv'ment is
about to tako Wig 'rous measures to nut
down the rebelliOn"-I b'lieVe, upon my
soul. this illustris man would enlist as a
Brigadier Gin'rul, and git his Bounty. q
W. s-H '' - -s % Hl hel
/ was fixin' myself up to attend the
great war meetin', when my daughter
entered with young man who was evijen--
tly from the city. and who wore long hair,
and had a wild expression into his eye,
In one hand he carried a portfolio, and
his other paw claspt a bunch of small
brushes. My daughter introduced him as
Mr.. Sweibisr. the distinguished landscape
painter from PhiladelPby. rt al -
lie is a artist, papa. Here is one Of
his masterpieces young mother gain
admirin'ly upon her first-bOrn," I" and my
daughter showed me a really pretty pitter.
done in lie. !.Is it not beautiful, papa Z.
He throws so much soul into his work.
does hel does herr said I-'i.well. ]
reckon i'd better hire him to whitewash
our fence. 1t needs it What viii YOU
charge, sir" continued, ''tO'throw some
soul into my fence ?"i 5s.di .g1sH liia
My daughter went ont ofithe room in
very short meeter, takip' the artist with
her, and from the emphatical manner in
which the door slRm'd concluded she
was sumnnt disgusted at my remarks.
She clOsed the door, l may say, in italics.
1 went into. the closet and InFfed all alone
by myselfe for over half an hour. larfed
SO yi'lently that the preserve jars ratified
like a calvary Ofisser's sword and things.
which it aroused my Betsy, who came and
opened the door pretty suddent. She
seized me by the few lonely hairs that
still linger sadly upon my bare-footed he'd.
ouH via Hl5BSu mo ut4L " Il1H- cluSeL, lucluen-
tally obsarving that she didn't exactly
see why she should be compelled, at her
advanced stage of life, to open ASYLUM
for sooperanOoate didiots. .sis ,-7H Hol4a
i isMys wife is one of tbs best wimin on
this continent, althO' she, isn't always rs
gentle as a lamb, with mint sauce, No,
not always 20 = ''.f = ~ 90. ~ 20
! dffH ia,I fyll ~ -. flE ~ HAfizuHu1l
| But to return to the meetin'. II was
largely attended. The E1itor of the Bugls
arose and got up aud said the fact co6ldlno
longer bs disguised tAatEe. were involved