Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-06-18
A. Ward Meets Boileau.

70 pVppcf btuuuJ vi mhuk1n0 IN man
but TO understand human Datur psrfickly
requires sum nollege Of the other animals,
ez iur instance snaix There's q crate eel
OF human natur in spaiz
Speakln OF snaix, reminds me oy In.
cident which happened to me the other dav.
L WOE q travelling in the cars, wen a man
cum in with countenance witch looked ez
as IT it had been billed and the skum not
properly tuck of. He was accompanied by
0, very young man in a very dirt7 waller
shute Of close. The young man STARED
hard at me, whereupon | sed, in nv most
insinnooatin' manner, "Your saryint. sur !:
do you se enything green about meP'
II Neigh. reverent SUI" he replied, "per-
NIT me to Introduce to yu patriot"
Wheer abouts," sez |.
1 "Hur,' seq he, pointin' TO his compan.
yon, this sur, is Mister Balioo.
,Air you emmy waze related to Hully
Balloo seq |. (This was spoke sarkasti-
Gle, Tor 1 hate travelling patriots like dog
pie; - =
"Nothin to speak on" said he, II am
simply umbal patriot"
How much kin you make week at it?"
SEE l, 'ifits follered up well?''
Sur said he, II am surprised at such
leverity.. make woonds by it, sur; also
stripes, likeways imprisiningments. | hey
been. incarcerated in Fortris Lafayette,
sur
Indeed" sez 1.
Yer, sur" sed he; 81 wos incarcenated
in that fcdral bastill, becoz would not
abey tirannickle government
''Sumpthink like Jno. w. HAMPTON. -
SEE |; 'wen he objected to settling his skule
taxi gs. .1T :.
Its rayther singuler to find pease man
who is also patriot. / should ike to hey
yure waxfgger in my show"
You fatter me-" SEE he.
mot a tall, seq l. '.Wot other buzness
do you follcr wen times is dull?" -
am neditur," sez he. II tole Mr..
Linkun wot thort of him, sur, in my pa.
per, sur. l tole him the war WOE unholy
war. That the rebels WOE fitin for thsre
burthrites an the constitution. That Y.
Davis was CRATE man, and nobody couldn
stop him. apeled tu the pepie, sur
l told them tu arize in thar mite and ma
jersty hurl A. Linkum from power, and ade |
the South in hur noble effort to save the
Union. For this, sur, l was incarcerated
in a dungeon"
"How did you git out?" seq I. "Wos
you let loose on the rit of Hocus Pocus?'
Neigh, sur, = said he. WOE deprived
OF my constitutional rite in that rit, witch
WOE arrested from King John by the bowld
barrens at Runnymeede, an witch hez been
wotered by the blood ov our sires and ant
sisters" r .....-. l. .IJ
But how did you get out?'' sez I.
The madjesty ov the Stait ov Pennsil-
venier," "he continnered, hez bin ayielated
in my unbel person-that nifty stait witch
WOE foundered by w. ii. Penn, in peace
witch WOE purchest by him from the noble
red man ov the forest.
ts'fnEfhsiSs s,iLsu vhcrroesert fs-sd," !" ser
l. How did you get out?'
The Legislator ov my nariff stait," he
continered, sis resolvin-the Legislator ov
my natiff stait is going to avenge hur
vierlated suvvcreignty.
MY fren," sez l, ''my patriotic fren
kyerb these flites ov imadgernation, subdoo
these fours OF retterick, and inform me, o, |
inform me.
t.-.. "Let me not burst in isnoranis,'
but inform mellow did you git out?''
"Sez he, very short, Il would not bough
down an take the oath. WOE releaced on
my pay rol of honor"
''You awdacious cuss," sed 1, "a mitey
site meaner than Limburg cheese is yure
pay roll of honor. Wy, sur, my immortal
little monkey is smart kompared to yu. NY
kobra wouldn't associate with yu. My wax
fgger of Smith, the wife murderer, wud |
skorn to ware yure close. Wy, sur, it air |
privilege to take the otbe of allegiance. | |
take it when lye down at mite seizure in
the protecshun ov my country. l admin
lister the othe to my famerly. teech it tu
my innocen children. You patriot Shad.
der of G. Washington defend usl If the
suvereignty ov you're natiff stait is lodged
in yure person, in my opinion thrres miety
little TO keep it from tolling to the ground.
Vile yu air luse, sur, onest men have no
pleasure in being free. Wen you air tuct
up-theH the rites of onest men air seizure. !
My son, Andrew Jackson Ward, sur, is
corporal in the army Of the Union. He
martches mex to the man who kerrys the
flag The rebels may shute at him, but
his dooty is to hold unto his fire til the last
momint for the defense ofthat glorious flag |
An vile them ignorent ruffins air levelin
their .guns at his manly brest, and sutch |
abandoned, cowardly yilins es yu, air tell
in EN- ware to aim. Yu air tellin EN- to
stan thare ground, and tu fire on the Stars
an Stripes which my son may even now be a
barring proudly in the face ov the foe. Ifl
Sokfcu W IitS, eur Wouiu thke W Dy
the scruft of yure worthless neck an the
sete ov yure close, kerry you out onto that
platform an drop yu onto the tract, wen
the kars Guild mangle yure rotten flesh, and
grind yure disreppytable bones to powder!"
Seq he, lookin kind o'skeert, '"phe Leg
gislatobr ov my natiff stait-" /
"Cuss the Legislator ov ydre natiffl
stait," sez l. ~ hev no stitch snaix in my I
show. South Carlina adopted the rattle.
snaik as the emblem ov hur suyeringty-l
bat yure LEGISLATOR hez chuzed meaner
and more deadlier reptyle-the copperhead. |
My feelin opinion is, sur, that aither w. |
Penn diddent git good title, or he left no
legitermate ares, and the suveringty ov yurs
natif state hez reverted to the pizen In
gins again, witch woz the oridginal posses,
sors. i'1 /
Here the whistle blode for Johnstowp,
ware got out an exhibited my mofil en-.
Mt the yusual prioe, to alarge
and trooly patriotic audgence ov American |
citizens. |
A NEW military department has been
formed out Of the western part OF Pennsyl. |