The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-01
Artcmus Ward 10 the Priacs Of
Wales.

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me. say YOU in Canady few years
ago, / remember you TOO. ! seldom
forgit a person.
heap Of your marriage TO The
Princes Alexandry. & meut 10 wfit YOU
a congratoolatory letter at the lime,
bot I've bin buildin a barn this sum.
mer, & hain'i had no time 10 write let
/ tiers 10 folks. ESeoos me-
Numers changes has looken place
since we mel 10 the body polite. The
body polite, ia faet, IS sick. | sum
times think il has got bilcs, friend
Wales.
In my country we've got a war,wlliIc
your country, in coniunktion with
Cap'n SENS Of The iiaJo,7ay, name.
a nooirol position
I'm afraid | cant write goaks when
| sit about. Oh no. ! guess not
lc,, Sir, we've got a war, aud the
troo Prrit las TO omake sacrif.ses, you
bet.
| have already given two cousins 10
4 the war, Is stand rcddy to sacriliss
my wilc's brother ruther'n not see the
rebclyn kruisht. Aud if wuss comes
to wuss III she'd ey'ry drop Of blud
my able-bodid relations has got to pros
ekoot the war. think sumbody
oughter be pros, kooled, * il may as
well be The war as any body else.-
When | gil a goakin fit onto me it's
no use 10 try to stop me.
You heurn aJou, tie draft, friend
Wales, no doubt II caused some
squirmin', but it was fairly concuclcd,
| think, for il biz all classes. Ii is troo
that Wendill Phillips, who is a Amer
lean citizen OF African scent, scaped,
but so did Valandiggum, who is Com
ser,aliy, and whp was resunlly sent
South, Tho he would have bin sent 10
the Dry Turlopgus if Abe had 'sposed
for mint that Tie lortoogusses would
keep hin.
We hain'i got any l.,ily paper in our
town, BOT we've got female SEWN
circle, which ans,1o Hat same purpuss,
and We wasn't long in su~pents as 10
who was drafted
q young man who wus drawd
claimed to he eXenp blcau,e he was
the only son Of widow',l mother who
supported him. A icw able-bodid
dead men was drafled, but whether
their heirs will have to pay 3 hundred
dcllars peace for 'em is 4 question
or Within, who pears 70 be t;nkerih'
up this daft biznis fight smart. !
hope he makes good wages.
| think most Of the conserips Of
this place viii 20. A few will 90 to
Canady. stoppiu' on their way at Con-
cord, y. H., where underslan there
is a Muslum Of Harris.
You see I'm sassy, friend Wales,
hiltin al sides bat no oifense is mcnt.
Yon know | ain't a politician, and
never was. ! vote for Mr.. Union
that's the Only candidate I've got. /
claim, howseyer, to have well.bal-
anccG mind tho my idees Of we'll
balanced mind differs from the idees
Of a partner | once had whose name
was Billson. Billson and me oria-
nized a stroilin dramatic company, &
we PLAYED The Drunkard, or The
Failing Saved, with real drpnkard.
The play didn't take particularly, and
says Billson 10 me, Let's Civ EN- sum
immoral dfanmy. We had large
troop onto our hands, consistin' Of
iragedians and n bass drum, but says
/ No, BilIson and then, says !, Billson,
you liain't got well-balanced mind,
| Says he, Yes, | have, old hoss ay (he
was a low cuss) Yes, ! have. have
mind says be, that balances IN any
direction thai the public rekires.--
/ That's wot | calls # well-balneed
mind. ! sold out and bid adoo to Bill
son. lie i DOW an outcast in the
State Of Vermont. The miserble man
once played Hamlet. There wasn't
auy orchesiry, and wishin 10 expire
TO slow music, he diei playin' on a
claronett himself, iuterspersed with
heart-rendin' groaus, a such is the
world Alars !. alars how onlhank
ial we air 10 that Providence which
kindly allows us 10 liye and borro "
money, and fail and DO bizness
But to return 10 our subjeck. With
our resunt CRATE triumps on the Mis-
sissippi, the Father of Waters Gard
Them is waters no Father need feel
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