The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-02
AMONG THE SPIRITS.

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The company then drew round the table
and the Strike kommeust to go it. They
axed me if there was any body in the Sper-
ret land which ] wood like to convarse
with. ! said if Bill 1omkins, who was onct
my partner in the show biziness, was So
Der, ! should like to convarse with him q
few periods.
"Is the Sperrit of William Tonlkins
present ?" sed of the long-hared chaps, and
| there was three knox on the table.
Sez |, "Willam, how goze it, Old Sweet
ness p
"Pretty ruff, old hoss, /" he replide.
That was pleasant way we had of adj
dressin each other when he was in flesh.
"Air you in the show bziniss, William"
sed |.
He sed lie was. He sed he and John
Bunyan was traveliE with side show in
connection with Shakspeer, Jonson & Co.'S
Circus. He sed old Bun (meaning Mr. Bun
YAM stirred up the animals aud ground the
organ while he tended the door. Occaslun-
ally Mr.. Bunyan sung a comic song. The
Circus was doin middlin we'll Bill Shaks-
peer had made CRATE hit with old Bob
Ridley, and Ben Jonson was delitn the
peple with his trooly CRATE AK of hossman-
ship, without saddul or bridal. They were
rehearsin Dixey's Land, S expected it
would knock the pehc .--
Sez |:
William, my luvly friend, can you pay
me that l3 dollars you own me p
lie sed no with one of the most tremenjis
knox | over eXperiunsed.
The Strike said he had gone.
Air you gone, William axed.
"Rayther,' he replide, and | knowd it
was no use to pursoo the subject furder.
| then called for my farther.
"How's things, daddy?' ..
"Middlin, my son, middlin."
'Amt you proud of your orfurn boy?"
"Scracely."
"Becawz you hav gone to written for the
newspapers, my son. Bimeby you'll lose all
your character for truth and verasserty.-
When | helpt you into the show biziniss
told you to dignerfy that there professhun.
Lltleratoor is low"
He also stated that he was doin middlin
well in the peanut biziniss, Il liked it pooty
well, tho the climit was rather warm.
STRONG MINDED FEMALE.
From Detroit go Westward hoe. On
the cars was hc-lookin female, with a
green cotton umberelled in one hand and
handful of Reform tracks in the other. She
sed every woman should have Spear.
Them as didn't demand their Spears, didn't
know what was good for them.
"What is my Spear ?" she aXed, address
in the peple III the cars. "Is it to stay at
home Il darn stockins & be ser-lave of a
domneerin man? Or is it my Spear to
vote & speak & show myself the ekal of
man? Is there sister in these keers thai
hav her proper Spear"
Saying which, the eccentric female whirl-
ed her umbrella round several times, &
fally jabbed me in the weskit with it.
Il hav no objecshun5 to your goin into
the Spear piziness," sez I, you'll please re-
member amt a pickcril. Don't Spear me
agin, if you please.
She sot down. ,. s.#.
A TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
At Ann Arbor bein seized with a sudden
faintness, called for drop of suthin to
drink AS was stirrin the beverage up, a
pale-faccd man in gold spectacles laid his
hand on my shoulder, and sed,
Look not upon wine when it is red "
Sez /, "This amt Wine This is Old
Rye
ut stingeth like Adder and biteth like
Sarpent!" scd the man.
81 guess not sed I, when you put
sugar into it. That's the way alters take
mine"
"Havc you sons grown mp, sir 2" the man
aXed
"Wall," repliede, as | put myself out
side my beverage, my son Artemus junior
is going on l8.'
Amt You afraid if you set this example
b4 him he'll cum to a bad end ?"
Hes cum to waXed end already. He's
| -, Al. I
81 guess we can both on us git along with
ont Your assistance, sir" obsarved, as he
was about to open his mouth again
This is cold world !! sed the man.
"That's so. But you'll get into a warmer
one by and 10y, If you don't mind your own
bizniss better"
| was little riled at the feller. becaws |
never take anythin only when I'm onwell.
| afterwards larned he was a temperance
lecturer, and if he can injuce men to stop
sittin their inares Oh ire with trighttul
ticker which is retailed round the country.
| shall hartily rejoice. Better give men
Prusch AsSid to onct than to pizenem to
deth by degrees.
EXPERIENCE AS AN EDITOR.
In the Ortum of l6-,my frend the editor
of the Baldinvile Bugle, was obliged to
! leave pertesernal dooties " ga X dig Taters,
& he axed me to edit for him doorn his
absence. Accordingly ! ground up his
shears and commenced. 1t didn't take me
great while to slash out copy enuif from the
exchanges for one issoo, and | thawt I'd
ride up to the next town on a little Jaunt,
to rest my Branes, which had bin severely
racllt by my mental efforts (This is sorter
| lronical,) So went over to the Rale Road
otliss and axed the superintendent for a
! pars
"You a p he axed, evijeutly on the
pint of snickerin.
Yes, sir sez /. Don't l look poor
enutf?'
Just about" sed he, "but our road can't
pars you"
Cant, hay p ...
mo, sir, it can't
"Beca1z, so2 t. loollin him full in the face
with Eagle eye, 1T goes so darned slow ii
can't pars anybody"
Methinks had him thar. It's the slowest
Rale Road it the West. With mortified
air he told me to git out of his otiiss, !
pittid him and Went.
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