Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-03
Fnn DRAFF IN BALDINsYmLn.
By YARTENUs wAaD.


Deeply grateful for the unexpected honor
thus conferred upon me, 1 shall feel COM
peld to resign thelposition IN favor of some
more worthy persons. ModestY is what
ails me-, That's what kept me under.
meanter-say, shall haV TO resign II
I'm drafted eVeryWheres I've been inroid -
l must now, fur instnns, be inrold ia up,
walds of 200 different towns. n II I'd kept
on travelin' should have eVentooally be-
cum a brigade, in which cass I could hav
held a meetin and elected myself Brigadeer
Ginral quite unanimiss. / hadn't no idea
there was so many OF me, before. But se-
risly, concluded TO stop e1hibitin aud
make tracks for BaldinsTiIle. lsltil %
My only daughter threw herself onto my
boosuE, and said, at is me, faytherl I
thank the gods 1" ad
She reads the Ledger. ,er.
"rip US yer bunch Of fEes, old faIcer %
said Artemus. Jr. he reads the Clipper.
Ny wife was TO the soWinleircle. 1 knew
she and the wimen folks was havin' a
pleasant time slanderin' the females of the
Other soTin' circle, (which likewise met
that AFTERNOON, aud twas doubtless enjoy
ing themselves ekalIy well in slanderin' the
fust named cirele,) an didn't send for
her. allus like to see people enjoy their
selvea. M
My townsmen was sort o. demoralized.-
There was a evident desine TO ewade the
daft, as obsarVed with soTrer, aud pa
tritism was below Par-and Mar, too. IA
jew desprit- hadn't no sooner sat down
on the piaEzy of the tRvOun than l saw l6
solitary hOssmen, ridin'four abreast, Wend-
in their Way.up the street. .iT
"Wharsthem Is it caSalFy2" gf sa
"That." said the landlord, dis the stage.
Sixteen able bodied citizens has lately bot
the stage line tween here and ScoOtsburg
Thafs them. They're stage drivers. Stage
drivers Is exemptl" b. Sd
l saw that each siage-driver carried a
letter in his left hand. 5.,1 14gr
.'The mail Is heavy, to-day" said the
landlord. "Gin'rally they don't have mOrs'n
halt a dozen letters tween 'em. To day
they've got one piecel Bile my Iighls
and liver ~ m Ton - 80
"And the passengers ~ 'raa .sa=h
"There ain't any skaeeIy, now days. y
said the landlord, ''and what few there is.
very much prefer to walk, the roads is so
rough.n lF fsl - rs1o5 fUfa
"And how is it.with-you2" inquired
Of the editor Of the BEgIe Horn Of Liberty,
who sotnear me- traiI X r3ira 10
II caa't CO." he sed, shakin' his. head In
. wise way. Ordinarily should delight
70 wade in gore, bat my bleedin' country
bids me stay at home. Il is comparatively
necessary that ] should remain here, for
the purPus Of announcin', from week to
week. that our GoVeInmeRt is about to take
vigorous meGsuTes 70 pug doVR tie re6slliOH.
| SIS Hzo ~ ~ t.fE- ssf-ftlg GO
1 strolled into the village oystsr-saloou,
where found DE-. SchWazey, leading cit
izen, in state Of mind which showed that
he'd bin histin in more'n his share Of poi
son. ssstsu az .ot c5
"Hello, old BeesEax ~ be belIerd hoW's
your grandmamsf When you goin' to feed
your stuffed animals7" s5sE -1a-
"What's the matter with the eminent
physician Z" pleasantly inquired. .
| ''This," he said: this is what's the mat
ter. I'm 3 habitooal draukaFd I'm 9K-
emptp ae57aaes 81 80 E
This is specimen Of bow things Ral
goin' in my place of residences. hu7 Il
A few was true blue. The schoolmasteT
vas among 'em, He greeted me warmly
He said was welkim TO those shores. lie
said had a, massiV mind. II was gratiGy-
in be said,t 70 see that great inielleek
stalkin' In their midst onet more. have
before had occasion to notice this school
master. BE Is evidentlya a young mHn. Oi
/ far more than ordinary talents.
| The schOolmaster proposed We should XII
up mas meetius The meetint was large
ly attended. We held It in the open air
round n roarin' bonfire. ~
The schOolmaster WAS the first orator
he's pretty good on the speak. He also
writes well, his eomposition beia' seldom
marred by ingrAmmatieisms. He said sthi.
inactiSitI surprised him. aWhat do ynu
expect will como Of this kind Of ldoin's p
''Hoorah for Nihtlpa !. Interrupted -
'.Fellow-eitizens, let's give three eheers for
Nibil, the, man who fit.P ~ n5l
The sehoolm4ster turned a litlls red, bui
repeated-"RihiI ff.p l,..is : + = =.
"ExAesly. :" said ';NihIl ft. BE WASN'T
q strs ogy feller." ssi tl .saoisJ
"oar venerable fri'nd," said tn, school