Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Artemus Ward among the Printers-He e
Discusses Dan. Wilber, OF the Leaven-
worth Conservatives -,. csEsv 10 =

Artemus Ward among the Printers-He
| Discusses Dan. Wilber, OF the LeaVen-
worth Conservative. a 2 csEsy-
| from tn. Leavenworth Conservative, Mar Is.
Some fifty of the m embers of the Typo
graphical Union of this city made frater-
nal call on Artemus Ward, ct the Planters.
Hotel. on Sunday evening. The humorlst
received them in the gentlemen's parlor OF
that we'll regulated Hotel. and expressed In
| felictous terms his gratitude for this marked
courtesty from his brother craftsman of the
| imperial city of Of the Far West. a very
pleasant evening followed. Genial stories
were told and exhilarating but harmless
/ Jokes were cracked. A. w. related how In
early years he had wandered with his gay
stick and rule through the West and South
in quest of employment; how he frequently
! did3t oct it: how his wardrobe was often re-
duced to one con secutive shirt only, and
upboiled at that how he landed in the live
ly oity of New Orleans one warm day IN
july with no earthly possessions than spec
kled silk handkerchief am an anorotype
of his grandmother, (the speaker was mere
interrupted by three cheers for his grand
m other, which elicted the cheerful remark
from him thet "she had always sustained
a good character.")
The speaker regretted the absence OF tne
friend of his youth-Mr Daniel w. WILDER.
he 6aQ kUO"u OlO Dnh iva
years. Dan was named for Daniel Web
ster. a criminal lawyer of some local repute
in Massachusetts. The speaker felt that
he need not eulogise honest old Dan VIII
ber to his friends present. Why paint the
lilv or cild refined gold, when it was
go cents premium? 1--WE slept together"
said the speaker. sin chidhood's halcyono
davs Even then little Daniel often turned
longing eve toward the fertile plains oil
Kansas. 1t is Bleeding Kansas little Dan
: iel would playfully say-iand nope TO
: soon be bleeding Kansas myself how
thoroughly he has done 1t, | need not 10 :
form you. He is q kind-heart man.
n shall never forget how he used TO borrow
I money of met always seemed 10 ehec'
!, him deeply, aud on one occasion, l rea aem
: her after borrowing two dollars OF me. be
. burst into tears and expressed the oeiiei
that had future before me. Up to that
q time I supposed it was behind me. Al
u, tbough not quite thirty years of age at the
nresent time it is sad to think that IN little
over seventy years from this time Dan VIII
J. an old man-perhaps dead. Such Is the
r fate of others. The price of real estate
e "
: A voice-'What's real estate got to d'
g abour it, -, -.
y aptiY observes, Wno has SO' H II
le hsfnre. this Wilder is not altogether with
le ont merit. He wields filthy old PEN
y I raoard his leaders as about the snottIeS
IN ,binSs in the history of modern literature
III There is no doubt in my own mlnd tna
Of C,rnev owes his election to WILDER states
Sc maDlike articles.
mo. po-Wilber's for Lane
Yes certainly. So he is. 1 mean hl
or conrse in favor of Quantrel, or in regard Il
D the Constitution mean is tnat al
= tr;bnte this war to WILDER. Applause.
IS II is the editorial articles III conservative
ly that has brought this thing on. He Is
y man of considerable originslity! he wen
te nS vi,h nv overcoat once and didn't Sc
him for nearly two years afterwards. Al'
he or dining with Edward Everett one day b
or u.nt home and hoisted faVorite aunt
ey his ont of a. four-story window, dlslocatln
elr her collar bone and otherwise dangerousl
'y. ininring ner. He had a keen appreclatio
ot the ludicrous. OF his courage THU
ns tbare can only be several opinions. Ce
- Jonnisop, who knows him, informs me Ia
ey with a regim ent of sucn men he snou
bave no hesitaucy in garrisonlng aimo
lip any town in the interior oi MassacnuSg. ~
nd He has uttered some great Thoughts u
Wilder. The remark, This Is the laSG
Earth , is his So is the obserVation' NJ III
he !. vour poor feet!' The speaker conciuo
10 his feeling tribute to the Trend OF MS ea'
up years in Latin, remarkins that nowe>
lel' mnch others might sine q,IG non or c"' co.
'ler Hnnest old Dan Wi!ber would never q
Droco. or habeas corpus has nlha'. ..
ere P'O'"' ''-o---
irit, Coin AND GoD There is something
he IL in tho anecdote told Of a certain prea'
nd | 10 tn m