Juliet signal., 1863-09-22
Arte1mus Ward to lhe Prince
f4 OG Wanaa

CMND WALES.-10u remember me. !
saw you 10 Candy few years ago. re-
member you too. seldom foreit person.
l hearn OF your marriage to the Printces
Alexendry, and ment ter writ you a con.
gratnlatory letter at the time, but I've bin
buildln barn this shntner, and bait't
bad no time to write letters to folks. Ex.
cuse me.
Numetis changes has taken place since
we met 10 body polite. The BODY politic.
in TACK is sick. ! sumtimes think IL has
got biles, friend Wales.
ln ny country we've got a war. while
your country. in conjunktion with Cam
SENS OF the Alabarmy, manetanes a moo.
tral positioi
I'm Faid cant write goaks when cit
about It. Ah no, Guess notI
Yess elf, we've got war, and the troo
Patrlt has 70 make saori6sses, you oct.
haSe already given two cousins to the
war, and etapd reddy to sacrifiss nv
'wife's brother ruthey,n not see the -ebelviu
krusht: Ard If wuss Gums to wnss I'll
shed ev'ry drop Of blud my able bodied re-.
latious has got to prosekoot the var.
think somebody ought to be prosekooted,
and it may as we'll be the war as anybody
else. When git q goakin fit onto me it's
use ter try ter stop me.
You hearn about the draft, friend Wales,
no doubt. 1t caused sum squirm;n', but it
was fairly conducted, think, for it bit all
classes. 1t is troo that Wendill Phillips,
no is q American citizen of African scent,
'scaped, but, but 80 did Vsllandigham who
is Conservative, and resuutly sent South,
tho be would have bin sent TO the Dry
TortoOgus il Abe had 'sposed for a mint
that the Tortooguses would keep him,
We hain't got any daily paper in our
town, but we've got female sewin circle,
ansers the same purpuss, and We wasn':
long in suspents as to who was drafted.
One young man who was drawn claimed
to be exempted because he as the only son
of q widow'd mothe. who supported him.
A few able bodied dead men was drafted,
but whether their beiars will have to pay
3 bundrid dollars peace for EN- is q oues-
tion for Within. who pears to be tinker
ing this draft bizniss right smart. hope
he makes good wages.
But all this is furrin to the purpuss of
this note. after all. My object in now ad.
dressin' you is to give you sum advise,
friend Wales, about nanagin your wife,
biEniss l've had over thirty years expert.
epce in.
You had g good weddin. The pape rs
haV q good deal about wilkins in copnec-
ton tbarewith. Not knowing what that
air and so ! frankly tells you, nv uoble
lord dook Of the throne, can't zackly saw
whether we had 'em or not. We was both
very mu ch frustrated. But never epiov.
ed myself better in my life.
DoWtIess, yeur supper was ahead of
our'D. As regards estin uses, Baldinsville
was alters shaky. But you cau git q good
meal in New York, and cheap too. You
can git half a msckriI at Delmouico's or
Mr.. Mason DorY'e for six dollars, and billed
pertaters throw'd in.
AS sed, i manage my wife without auy
perticler trouble. When fust conmenst
trainin' her institooted a series of exner-
imeDte, and them as didn't work I aban.
dipg'd. You'd better do similar. Your
vile Eay ohjeck to gitten' up and bildin'
the FIRE in the mornniD', but if Won COM
meDce with her at once you may overcum
this prejudias. regret 20 obsarve that /
didn't 7commence arly enuff. wouJdn't
have you 'spose was ever kicked ont of
bed. Not at all simply say, 10 regard
to bildin ires, that didn't coomeDce atl1
enuf 1t was luther cold mornit' when
fust proposed the idea to BETSY. II
wosn't we'll received, and / found mvself
lynn on the hoof pretty sudden. l thought
I'd git mp and bid the IRE myself.
Of course now you'er married YOU can
eat onions. l allus did, and if | know NV
own hart, allurs will. My daugbter.wbo
is goin' on IL and is frIsky, saws tbev's
disgustip. And speakin of nv dsnVhisr
reminds me that quite a number of vonno
men hsve suddenly discovered that I'm a
very entertainin' old fellow, aud thew visit
us frequently, specially on Sunday eve
niDs. One young chap-a lawyer by habit
don't cum as much as be did. Nv wife's
father lives with us. His iutelIec totters a
little, and be saves the papers cantaiJin'
the proceedins Of our State legislator
The old gentleman likes to read ont Iond
and be reads toI'bIe we'll. He eats bssh
freely. which makes bis voice clear. but as
be onforthilly has to spell the most of his
words, may say he reads slow. Wall
whenever this lawyer made bis apnea rance
/ would set the old man aredin the Legis-
lative reports. kept the youno laTver
up one night till IL O'Clock, listeuin to lot
of acts in regard to draw bridge away orf
in the east part Of the State, having sent
my daug bter to bed at half past g. He
hasn't bin there since, and I understan' he
says 20 round sWinlin' the Public.
never attempted to reorganize my wife
but once. shall never attemp again. I'd
bin TO q public dinner. and had allowed
myself to be betrayed into drinkin' several
peoples healtbs; and wisbin' to make them
as robust as possible, / continued drikin'
their hesltbs util my own became affected.
Coosekens was. presented myself at Bet.
sy's bedside late at night with cousid'bIe
ticker cuncealed about my person. / had
sumhow got 1perseshun Of q hosswbip on
my way home and rememberin sum CRANKY
observation of Mrs. Wards in the mornin'
l snapt the swip putty lively, and, q Very
loud voice, said. Betty, you need reor.
ganiEinr have cum, Betsy I coptinur.
ed-I have CONNIE to reorganiEe youP Ha.
ave you per.syed tO-nitel
y
dream'd that night that somebody had
laid hosswhip over me several coosecku.
tiv finest anc when woke up i founa
she had. haiu't drank much of opytbIn0
since, and it l ever have another recrgahi
siD' job on hand shall let IL ont
My wife lie SO years old, aud bas allus
sustained good character. She's a good
cook. Her mother lived to vener'ble ape,
and died while in the act Of frying slap.
jacks for the County Commissioners. And
may no rude hand pluk a -four from ber
tOOm stunl We hain't got any picter Of
the old lady, because ehe'd never stard 70:
ambrotipe, and therefore can's give her
likeness to the world throgh the meeium Of
the illustrated papers; but as she wssn't a
brigadief gin'raL particerly, don't 'spose
they'd publish il any how. 81
It's best to give Q woman considerable
lee.way. But not I'd much. A naber of mine.
Mr.. RoOfus MinkiDs, was once very sick
with the fever, but bis wife moved bis bed
into the door yard while she ives cleanin'
house. told ROofus this wasn't the tbiue.
specially as it il was rainin' violently; but
be said he wanted to Civ bis wife "a little
lee-way.' That was 2 mutch. / told Mrs.
Minkins that her Roofus would die if be
staid ont there into the rain much longer: