The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-11-07
Tiffiu aereklp Tribune
rhe Dran Ia Baldnsvil,c.
ny ARrEMUs WARD.
Hrm drafted I'll resign.

IL Im drafted I'LL resign.
Deeply grateful iorthc unexpected hon
or thus conferred upon me, shall feel
comp cid to resign my position in favor
OF some more worthy person. Modrsiy
is what ails me. That's what's kept
me under.
mcant.ter say, shall have to resign
If l'm drafted everywhere I've bin inrold.
| must now, for instuns, be inrold in up-
ards of two hundred different towns.-'
Ii I'D kept on travcln', sho'd hav ev-
cntooally becum a brigade in which
case | could have called a meeting,
! elected my self Drigudier-G Giuer-al
quite unanimous. | hadn't no idce
that there was SO many of me aiorc,---
But, serisiy. concluded to stop cxhi.
bitin, and make tracks for DaldinsvlIc
My only daughter thru herself onto
my boosom and said
1T is me faythcr! | thank the gods. Z"
She reads the Ledger.
" Tip us your bunch of fiycs, old fakcr,"
said Artcmus jr.
My wife was TO tho sowing circle. |
new she aud the wimin folks were hav-
in u pleasant time slandcring the lc-
males of the other sowing circle, (Which
likewise met that afternoon, and was
enjoying themselves ckally well in slam
derin the lust-numcd circle, an | ddnt
send for her. | allus like to see people
enjoy thcms Ives.
My townsmen were sort o'dcmoraliz.
ie'. There was an evident desire TO
ewGdc the Draf, and patriotism was be-
low Pur--and Mar, too. "a jew dcsprit.)
| hadn't no sooner sat down on the piuz-
zy of the tavern than saw sixteen soli-
tury hossman riding four abreast, wen
ding their way up the street.
"What's them Is it cavalry - |
asked.
"That," said the landlord, is the stage.
s xtccn ablc-bodicd citizens has lately
bot the st0gc-lne tween here aud
Scootsburg. That's them. They're
stagc-drivcrs. Stage drivers is exempt"
| saw that each stage driver carried a
letter in his left hand.
1.-THE mail is hcvy to-day" said the
landlord. Ginrally they don't have
more'n hal-adozend letters tween en-
To-day they've got Que n piece ! Bile
my lights and liver!
Amt the passengers :"
l here ant any, skaccly, now-a
days" said the lanloId, " and what
i few there is very much prefer to walk
the road is so rough" --f
"And how Is il with you :" | inqur-
cd of the editor of the Buglc Horn OF
Liberty, who sot near me.
a" can't CO." said he, shaking his
he'd in wise way. Ordinarily | shud
dclite to wade in gore, but my blecdn
Hill, afY at Ia, "a I.
imperativcly necessary that should re-
muin here for the purpose of announc-
in from week to week that our Gov
ernment is about to lake vigoru us
measures TO rut down the rebellion"
strol cd into the villago oyster sn-
loon, whore | i,urd DR.. Schwiz V, a
leadin citizen, in state of mind shoin
that he'd bin histin a little more'n his
share Of pizin.
Hello, old Bccswax," he bellercd,
shows your grandmams When are
you gOin to feed your stuffed animals Z"
"What's the matter with the eminent
physician2" pleasantly inquired.
This" he said " this is what the
matter Pm habitooal drunkard. Pm
exempt"
| 'P' ~ ~" ',"E' "o9
gong OH IN my place OF res esdence.
"a Iew was true oiew' ihe school
master was among them' he greeted
me warmly. He said was welkim to
these shores. He said had u mossiv
mind. II was gratifying, he said, 10 see
that CRATE intcleck stalkin in their midst
onct more. / hav before had occasion
to notice this school master. He is evi-
uentIy ayoung man oil more than ordinI-
/ ry talents.
fhe shcoolmaster proposed we should
git up mass meetih' The meetln was
largely attended.
we held 1t in the open air, round 4
roerin oonhre'
Inc schooimaster was the hrst orator
Hes prctty go, a on the speak lie al
so writes well, his composition bein sell
dom marred by ingFammaticisms. He
said TINS inactivity surprised him, "Wh"t
do you expect VIII come from this Kind
OF dolnS' mini Mt
Hooray for Nihil," l inter- uptcd'--
Fellcr- citizens, let's give three cheers
ior Mini, the man who ht.
inc schooimaster turned a little red
Dot repeated
MIMI Mt -
Exuctiy, sara !, MIMI H. he
WASN'T strategy ,eiier:"
"Our venerable irlend,' SAID the
schoolmaster smiiin pieasantly,"i MT