St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-03
AiTEMUS WARD EN- ROUTE FOR
CALIFORNIA.

AEteMuS VQfu lcCCufcu Ill Inlluuel-
phia last week. The following arc a
few Of his hits ~. - .
lido not como here for the purpose
Of i,,struttiug anybody" I shall not
iyuJrc the little people, little boys or
little girls. like little girls; | like
big girls just as we'll. | do not desire
you to, rel gard these PREDATORY rc,narks
as at all apologize. I was never en-
barrasscd but once in my lite; the cir
cunstauce is secret, profound secret ;
know it will 60 no iulther, there are
so many ladies present. 1t is said the
rolling stone gathers no moss don't
sec what good that would do the rolling
stone I don't see what the rolling
stone wants to gather moss for. AS for
rising with the lark, ] prefer. to rise
with gold Some people say that rocks
arc like stones For my part I prefer
to he rocked to sleep than to be stoned
to death. | intcn.l to go to California
by way Of the sea; should like 70 go
by way of the Mississippi, because the
way is free! Immense applause
At the close Of one Of my bursts of
cloqucnce, ono gentleman was observed
to leave the hall he was very mucl.
",ove1. Eloquencc is ginger bread
you only want one hunk of it at a time
Those people who derilc the present
Ella. would have dcridcd Noah an his
ark; although he offered them dead
head tickets. L might have lecturcd
upon Brigham Young l don't know
much about him, except that he resides
in Utah, and is rather married he has
Il mothcr-in-law, which is a good thing
to have. might haze 1ceta:cd to you
upon astronomy, and mentioned the
stars, AMONG which the most pronlil cut
is the Southern cross, which is mulat-
to. Instead Of featuring On physical
culture, I thought of England for a
lecture. [ think England deserves a
lecture. I thought of music. I'd give
my best head Of hair-and it's a good
head Of hair-allhouSb, as tho soldier
said to his lady .lovc, it's hard to part
-[srcat applause to write well on
that.
\ young and very unmarried kldy
whom once knew, Of about fvrty-two
summers or som,erhcres about there,
used to sing,
My heart is throbhing,''
and / s~ectly said, "Iet it throb." I
might have lccturcd on Africa, There
arc no rioters there, and tn ere is a gen
cral disposition to sec the draft in force
You will permit ME to say a few words
about people who put on airs. | revere
Bunker Hill, and sometimes when
am in Boston [ stop ut the Revcrc
House. | own'a farm in the State of
Maine. | should like to sell it. l
have 4 granjnother.-two srandmoth-
crs-and love them. Indeed, we
ought to like our relations hot, indeed,
our forciyn relations, except Russia
You rcMc1nbcr the remark of New
Jersey magistrate, about four o'clo *
owe afternoon, II am glad habeas cor
pus is s"xp~m7c1 at list. The did,
ought to have tcrn hung years ago"
There is one good thing in speaking
d, SO many good topics in 50 short a
time; you don't dwell long on any Of
them. Like the yellow fever, it don't
dctaih you long. Ambition is a very
good thing in its way. Alexander
wept, as yoe, no doubt, have been in
formed, because lie had no more worlds
to conquer, and if he were alive now, no
doubt, he would weep again and b. ap-
pointed to a lriSadicrship. Poetry
never occurred to nc US subject Of
lecture. If some of our newspaper
shymcrs had been hens, their lays
might been of more profit to the mar
kct. There were two new subjects
which 1 intended to graphic with; but
able minds do not grapple in my tan,i-
ly. Those two subjects arc Slavery
and Temperance. viii you listen to
me for four hours on Slavery and Tenn
perancc? I might lecture on Love,
Ccurtship, Matrimory, &C. There are
unpleasant marriages, and there will be
as long as unpleasant people continue to
to get married. In all marriages there
are squalls.
Of course, i'll all marriages you must
look out for sqaNs. Great laughter. !
TO me absurd people are most refresh
ing. Among these is the old maid who
objected to mansion because it had
not a bow-window to it. The laugh
comes in, ladies and gentlemen, at tho
word boo. am reliably informed that
Boston has most beautiful statuary. l
know it from what | saw in Ro,ne-I
allade to Rome on tho Pennsylvania
railroad, where they stop every ten min
utes for refreshments. Now, with your
permission, VIC will talk about the res
toration Of the Union. I have some
convictions on the subject, obtained in
tho midst of a checkered career. l
don't exactly understand what check
cred career is, but l use the phrase be-
cause it sounds we'll. Those men who
would pull tho Union clock to pieces
will fail, and find their cndcavors shat
tered beneath the lightning stroke Of
the popular will.