Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-05-01
A Ward meets Boileau.

other animals, cz for iaitance snaix -
There's crate eel oy snaix in human
nature, as there's also CRATE eel Of hu
man natur in snaix
Speakin ov snaix, reminds me ov a
incident which happened to me the other
day. l woz travelling in the cars, wen
a man cum in with a countenance which
looked ez if it he'd been billed and the
skum not properly tuck of. He was
accompanied by very young man in a
very durty shuto of close. The ycu12
man starred hald at me, whereupon [ sed
in my most insinooatin manner, {. Yurc
sarvint, sur du yu Sc eny thing green
about me ~
g" Neigh, revrent sur" he replied per,
init me to Introduce to yu pratriot.
=" Wheer abouts ?' sez [.
Hur," sez he, pointin to his compan-
yon, " this. Sur, is Mister Balloo,'
&" Air you emmy waze related to Hully
Balloo ?" SEE |. This was spoke sarcas-
ticle, fur hate travelling patriots like
dog-pi.)
Nothing to speak on" sez he, am
simply unable patriot"
How much kin you make week at
it ~ sez he, " it its followed up well ?'
Sur sed he, J am surprised at
sutch leverty. l make wounds by it,
Sur, also strips, likcways imprisingments.
| hay bin incarccnated in fortris Laffey-
ettc sur
+" Iadcde p sez I.
" Yes sur" sez he, 8" l wos incarcent-
cd in that fedral bastilI, bccoz | would
not obay tirannickle guycrmcnt."
Sumpthink like Jno. W. Hampton" :"
sel |, =" won he obdjected to setting his
skulc tax? Its rather simgulcr to fad a
pcasc man who is also patriot. |
should like to heV yure waxdggcr in my
show
i" You hattcr me- saz he
Not tall" seq I. !" Wot oth,r BIZ
ness du YOU fo!ler Wen times is dall ~
am nalitur," SCI he. "tole Mr..
Linkun wot | thort oy him, sur in my
paper, sur. tole him the wor was
unholy wor. That the rebels was fitin
for tAarc burthritcs an the constitutions
Thot j Davis wos 4 CRATE man, and no.
body couldn's stop him. | apelcd tu the
people, sur, | toc them tu arise in
their mite ar magisty, hurl A. LJnkun
from power an adc the South in hur noble
effort to save the Union. Fur this. sur,
| was incarccntratc! in Dungeon
" How did yu git out % sez l. " Wos
yu let loose on the rit of Hocus Pocus y
Neigh sur scd he, " l was deprived
OF my constitooaal rite to that rit, which
was arrested from King John by the
bowll barrens at Rennymecdc, an witch
hez bin wotterel BY the blud oy our sucks
an antsatcrs."
" Bat how did you git out ?" scz l.
The madjesty ov the stait oy Pennsil
yaner," he continnercl, " hez bin vier-
lated in my unable pcrson--the unity
,tait witch s os foundcrcd by W. H.
Penn, in peace-wh.t.h wos purchcst by
him from the nobil red men oy the for
rerst"
Ingins is pizen whcresever found"
sez |. How did you get out p
The Legislator ov my natyve stait,"
he continncrcd, " is resolvin the Lcgisla-
toor oy my natyvc stait is going to
avengc hur vierlatcd suyycrcignty.'
Ny fren,' sez |, putriotic from
kycrb these ilitcs oy inauguration, sub
doc these flours oy rcttcrick, an inform
me, Q, inform me.
let me not burst in isnor.n;z.'
but inform me--how did you git out %
S>z he, very short, :" would not
bough down an take the oath. was
released on my pay roll ov honor"
You awdacious cuss," raid |, a
mitey site mcaner than L;mburg cheese
IS yurc pay roll Of honor Why, sur,
my immortal little monkey is smart kom-
pared to yu. My wax ii5ger of Smith
the wife murderer, wuIl skorn tn war
yure close. Wy sur it air a privilege
to take the othc of legance. l take it
sur in the mornin when rise and breathe
the are Of freedom. | take it wen l lye
down at mite seizure in the protecshum
of my country. l admister the othe to
my flmerly. l tccch it to my innocent
children. Yu a patriot ? Shadlcr of G..
Washington defend US! If the soverig ,ty
ov yurc nat;f stait is lodged in yurc per-
son, in my opinion thares micty little to
keep it from falling tu the ground. Vile
yu air loose sur, onest men hcv no pleas
ures in bein fee When yu air tuckt u2
thea onset men air seizure. My son
Andrew jackson Ward, sur, is corporal
in the army OF the Union. lie mlrtohe'
mex to the man who kerrys the flag
Tae Rebels MA shoot at him, but his
dooty is to hold on his fire till the last
momint lor the defense of that glorious
flag. An vile them igorent rufiins air
leyelin tharc guns At hiz manly brest, yu
sur, and sutch abandunel, cowardly Will
ms as vu, sur, air toliin en- WHARF to aim.
Yu air telling them to stand thare ground
an to fire on the Stars and Stripes witch
nv son may even now be bariag proud
ly in the face OF the foe. If | sarycd vi
rite, sur, | would take yu by the scruit OF
yur worthless neck an the sete ov your
close, kerry you out onto that platform an
drop yu onto the tract, wen the kars Guild
mangle yure rotten flesh, an grind yure
disreppytable bones to powder. SEE he
lookin kind skeert, " The Legislator ov
my natif state"
Cuss the Legislator Of yoar natiff
state" sez l. hav no stitch snaix in
my show. South Cariina adopted the
rattle-suaik as an emblem ov hur sovor.