The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-10-29
The Draft at saldinsvilIe.
Az ARrEMus WARD.
II I'm drafted / shall resign.

PEELED 10 resign the position in iavor OF sur
mere worthy person. Modesty is what all
me. That's what keeps me under.
E meanter.say, shall hav to resign il Tn
drafted everywheres I've been inrcId.
must now furinstuns, be inroled in upwar'
Of 200 different towns; 1frd kept on trav
elm should have eventooally becum Brig
EIDE, in which case could hav held a meetin
and elected myself Brigadeer gireral quit
unanimiss. hadn't no idea there was 81
many Of me before. But, serisly, conclu
ded to stop exhibitin'. AMI make tracks 70
Baldinsville. 'ei f--l
i My only daughter threw herself onto mi
boosum, and said, at is my fayther! thanl
the gods!'
She reads the Ledger.
"Tip us yer bunch ofGves, old Gakeri'' sale
Arter.us, Dr. He reads the Clipper.
Ny wife was to the sowin' circle. knew
she and the wimmen felix's was havin' q
pleasant time slanderin, the females OF othe,
sowin' circles, (which likewise met that ar.
ter noon, and was doubtless enjoyin their
selves ekally well in slanderin' the fusi
named circle } an didn't seni for her. /
alus like to see people enjoy themselves.
My son Orgustus was play:n' onto foot
Orgustus is etheral euss. The twins was
buldin' corn houses in corner OF the kitch>
cA. s 1o a
It'll cost so'ne postage stamps to raise this
family and yet it'ud go hard with the old
man to lose any lambs OF the flock.
An old batchelor is poor cfittsr. He
may have heard the skylark or whats near
ly the same thing) Miss. Kellogg and Carlotty
Patti sing, he may have he,rn Ole Bull fid-
die, and all the Dodworths toot. am yet he
don't know nothn' about rtdsic--the real,
genuine thing-the music Of the laughter OF
happy, wellfed children! And you may
ak their father home to dinner, feelin VERY
sure there'll be no spoons missin' when he
goes away. Sich fathers never drop tin 1--WE
cent pieces into the contribution box, nor
palm shoe. pegs off onto blind bosses for
oats nor skedadde to British sile' when their
country's in danger-nor do anything which
is really mean. / don't mean to intimate
that the old bachelor is up to little games
Of this sort, not at all, but repest, he's a
poor critter. He don't live here, he only
stays. lie ought to 'pologize on behalf Of
his parents, for bein' here at all. The hap
py married man dies in good stile at home,
surrounded by his weeping vile and children.
The old bachelor don't die at all--he scrt Of
rots away, like pollywog's tail.
My townsmeh were sort o. demoralized.
There was evident to evade the draft as I
observed with sorror, and patriotism was
below Par-and Mar too. "a jew desprit. }
| hadn no sooner sot down upon the piazza
OF the tavorn than saw sixteen hossman,
riden, four aErest, wenden' their way up the
street,
whats them? Is it casa.ry9'
"That," said the landlord, sis the stage.
Sixteen able bodied citizens have lately bot
the stage line tween here and Scootsburg. 2.
That's them. They're stasedrivers. Stage
drivers are exempt!'
I saw that each stage driver carried lett
ter in his left hand.
"The mail is heavy to day." said the land,
lord. Centrally they don't have rnore'n
hall dozen letters tween 'em. To- day
they've got one apiece' Bile my lights and
| liver!" .U
"And the passengersH a \
"There amt any, skacely hcw days."
said the landlord, "and what few there is,
very much prefer to walk the roads is so
rough?' ra' t a.a.a
''And how is it with you?" I iuq uired Of
the editor Of the Bugle Horn OF Liberty, who
sot near me. a s.- t
II can't Co." he said, shakin' his head in
wise way. Ordinarily | should delight
to wade In gore, but nay bleedin' country
bids me stay at home. It is imperitive that
remain here for the purpose OF announcin'
from week to week that our Government Is
about 10 take rigorous measures to put dotoa
therebe1ion." eg s, 4
Istrolled into the village ooster saloon,
where found DR.. Schwazan, leadin' citi.
zen, in state Of mind which showed that
he'd ben histin' in MORN his snare Of pizen.
"Hello, old Beeswax," he belered, 'How's
yer grandmam? When you goin' to feed
your stuffed animils?" .'"
"What's the matter with the eminent
phisicanp' l pleasantly inquired.
"This," he said. "thisyis what's the mat
ter. I'm a hibitooal drunkard! I'm .ex-
empt!" 4f Tssa @ - ,
"Jes' So" a aa is"1
"Do you see them beans, old man?'' and
he pinted to plate before him. "Do you
see emp As ln.ss
II do. They are cheerful fruit when
used .empritly."
well said he, ~ air't eat anything since
last week. eat beans now because cat beans
then. / never mix my vittles!"
! "lrs quite proper that you should eat a
little suthiu' ohce in WHILE" said. It's
a good idee to occasionally instruct the STUN
mick that it mustn't depend exclusively on
| leLar FIVE ,tt c,,sto no rHn % ,.5 stor 4,
"A blessir." Ne erisd, i'blessiu' onto the
he'd Of the man what Invented beans. A
blessin' onto his hed!" ,.,g
| "WhEh his name is Gibson! He's f1rst
family oi Boston, said I. .t7a aa ga.s
a6g OH . -L-- las sva'eH te.
This is . specimen Of how things was 60