Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-10-30
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PRIN CE OF WAL ES
Friend WoIeS-You remember me- saw
you in Canada few years ago. remembel
you, tcO, / seldim fOrgit person.
| hearn of your marriage to the Printci
Alexantry, & ment to writ you coDgratoOla
tory letter at the time, but I've bin biTdin 3
barn this summer, & haiu't had no time "a
writ letters to folks. Excoose me.
! Numeris changes has tOoken place since we
met in the body polite. The body polite, in
| fack, is sick. 1 sumetimes think it has got
biles, friend Wales.
In my country we've got a war, while your
| country, in conjunktion with Cap'n Sens of
the Alabarmy, mentaDes a nootral position.
Fam fraid can't write gOaks when 1 sit
about it. Oh, no, guess not
Yes Sir, we've got war, and the troo Pat
riit has to make sacrifsses, you bet.
have alreddy giyed two cousins TO the war
& stand reddy to sacrifs my Wife's brother
ruther'n not see the rebelyin krusht. And if
wuss Gums to wuss, I'll shed ev'ry drop Of blud
my able-bOdied relations has got, 10 prosekoot
the war. think somebody oughter be prose
kOOted, and it may as well be the war as
anybody else, When git goaken fit into
me its no use to try ter stop me.
You hearn about the draft, friend Wales, no
doubt. 1t caused sum squirmin', but it was
fairly conducted. think, for it hit all classes
1t is troo that WendiIl Philips, who is Amer
ican citizen of African scent, 'scaped, but SO
did Vallandigum, who is COnservativ, and who
was recuntly sent South, tho he would have
been sent to the Dry Tortoogus if Abe had
'sposed for mint that the TOrtoogusses wu'd
keep him.
We amt got any daily paper in our town,
but we've got female sewin circle, which an
sers the same purpass, and We wusn't long in.
suspents as to who was drafted. @
One young man who was drawed claimed TO
be exempt because he was the only son of q
widow'd mother. who supported him. A few
able bodied dead men was drafted, but wheth-
er their heirs will have TO pay hundrid del
lars peace for 'em is question for Whit,
who pears to be tinkerin' up this draft biEen-
iss right smart. hope he makes good wa
ges.
think most of the conscrips in this place
will go. A few win go 10 Canady, stoppin on
their way at Concord, N. H., where under
stan there is a Muslum of Harts,
You see I'm sassy, friend Wales, hittin' all
sides; but no offence is meant. You no
amt politician, and never was. vote foi
Mr.. Union-that's the only candidate I've got.
claim, however, TO have a elI-baIanced
mind tho my idees of well-bAlenced mind
differs from the idees of partner 1 once had,
whose name it was Bilson. BilIson and me
orjanized strollin' dramatic company, & we
played the Drunkard, or the Falling Saved. |
with a real drunkard. The play didn't take
particularly, and says Bilson tn me, let's give |
em some immoral dramy. We had a large |
troop on hands, consistin of eight tradgedia6a
and bass drum, but says, No, Bilson and |
then says l. BilIsoB you amt got well-balenc-
ed mind. Says he, yes L have, old hOsShy |
Che was low euss) yes. have. 1 have a
mind, says he, that's balancet in any direction |
the public rekirs That's wot I call we'll |
balanced mind. sold out and bid adoo to
Billson, He is now an outcast in the State of
Vermont. The miser'ble man Onct played |
Hamlet. There Vusn't any orchestry, and
wishing too expire by slow moOsic, he died
playin on claronett himself, interspersed with |
heart-rendin groans, s. such is the world ~
Alars Alarsl how ontbankful we are TO that
Providence which kindly allows us to live and
borrow money ard fail and do biznesS
But to return to our subjeek. With our
present great tri1mphs on the Mississippi, the I
Father OF Waters land them is waters no
Father need feel ashamed of-twig the witt
kism p and the cheerin' look of things in other
places, reckon we shan't want any muslum of
Harris. And what upon earth do the people
of Concord, N. H, want muslum of Harts
for Hain't they got the State House now
& what more do you want
But all this is lurrin to the purpuss of this
note, arter all, My objec in now addressing
you is to Civ you some advice, friend Wales,
about managin your wife, bizness I've had
over thirty years experience in. n.--
You had good weddiD. The papers had
good deal to say about =. wilkins" in connection
Herewith. Not knowing what that air, and
60 frankly tells you, my noble lord doOk of
the throne, 1 can't zacktly say whether we had
'em or not. We was both very much fiustrat-
ed. But never enjoyed myself better in my
life.
Dowtless, your supper ahead of our'n.
As regards eatin' uses Baldinville was alters
shaky. But you can get good meal in New
York & cheap to. You can git bait u mack
ril at Delmonico's or Mr.. Mason Dorys for
six dollars, and billed pertaters throw'd in.
As sed. manige my wife without any
trouble N8en fust commenst tranin' her
institooted series of experiments, aud then.
as didn't work 1 ababding'd. You'd better
do smiler. Your wife may objeck to gittin'
up and buildin' the fire in the morning, but
if you commence with her at once you may be
able to overkum this prejoodis. I regret TO
obsarve that didn't commence arly sauh.
woldnt have you s'pose was ever kicked out
Of bed. Not at ALL simply say, in regard
10 bidin' fires, that 1 didn't commence arly
enuE It was ruthereeld mornin' when l
lust proposed the idel TO Betsy. 1t wasn't
we'll received, and found myself lying on the
floor putty suddent. tho't Ide git up and
build the fire myself.
My wife is 81 years old, and has Allus sus-
tanned good character. She's a good cook.
Her mother lived to vener'ble age, and diei
while in the act of frying slap7jacks fer the
County Commissioners. And may no rood