Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-09-30
M sitellaMenus.
The Great American Snowman
ART. WARDS OPINION on MATTERS AND
THINGS GENERALLY.

The stoodent and connyseer must have
poticed and admired in various parts of the
United States of America largo yaller
handbills, which not only air gems Of art
in themselves, but they troothfully sit
forth the attractions of my show--a show
let me here observe, that contains many
lvin wild animals every one has got
Beautiful Moral.
Them handbills is sculpcd in New
York.
Il [ annooally repair here to get some
more onum.
& bein' here, I thot III issoo Address
to the public on matters aud things.
Since last | meyandered these streets |
have been all over the Pacific Slopes and
Utarh. | come back now, with virtoo
unimpsred, but Eve got to git some new
clothes
Many changes have taken place even
durln my short absence, & sum on um is
Solum to contemplate. The house in
NarTock street wher used to Board, is
bein torn down. That house which was
made momoriaole by my livin into it, "is
parsin' away parsin' away" But some
of the timbers will be made into canes,
which will be sold to my admirers at the
low price of one dollar each. Thus is
changes goin on contincrly. In the New
World it is war-in the Old World
Empirei is toterln', and Dysentaries is
crumbin.' These Gaines is cheap ut a
dollar.
Sammy Booth, Duane street, sculps my
handbils, & he's an artist lie studied
in Rome-State of New York.
I'm here to read the proof-sheet OF my
handbills as fast as they're sculpt. You
have to watch these printers pretty close,
for they are ust as apt to spell a wurd
rong as anyhow.
Bat | have time to look around sum,
4 how do | find things | return to the
Atlantic State after absence of ten
months, and what State do | find the
country in why, don't know what
State fad it in. Suffice it to say that
| DO not find it in the State Of New
Jersey.
| tiad some things that is cheering,
partie'iy the resolve on the wimen OF
America to stop wearin' furrin goods.
| never meddle with my wiie's things.
She may wear muslin from Greenlaud's
icy mountains. and bonbazccns from
Ijy's coral strands, if she wants t, !;
but I'm glad to stat that superior woman
has peeled of all ner turrcn clothes and
jumpt into fabric Of domestic manufac-
ture.
But say some folks, if you stop i'm
portn' things, you stop the Revonoo.-
That's all right. We can stand it, if the
Reyenoo can. On the same principle
young men should continncr to get drunk
on French brandy and to make their lives
as dry as corn cob with Cuby cigars
because 1 sooth if they don't it will hurt
the Revenoo This talk bout the Rev
enoo is of the bosh, boshy.. One thing is
tol'bly certain-it we don't send gold
out OF the country we shall have tEe con-
sJation Of knowing that it is in the
country. So say great credit is doc
the wimin of, this patriotic moue-and to
tell the trooth, the wmin generally known
what they're bout. OF all the blossoms
they're the soothnest. Ii therc'd never
bin any winin where would my children
be to-day?
But hope this move will lead to
other moves that ar just as much needed,
one of which is \ general and tnurrcr
curtalement OF expenses all round. The
fact is, we air gettin' terribly eXtravagant,
aud onless we paws IN our mad career, III
less Tran two years the god less Of liberty
will be seen ogln' into Pawn brokers )
shops with the other gown done ~ in
bundle, even if she don't have to Spout
the stars in her heaiband. Let Us all
take hold jiutly. and live and dress cen.
tsibly, like our foreiathers, who knod'd
moren we do, if they want quite so hon
est (Suttle goaheth)
At special Congressional lection in
my district the other day, | deiib'ritcly
voted for Henry Clay. / admit that
Henry is dead, but inasmuch as We don't
sean to have live statesman i'll our
national Congress, ler US by all means
have first class corpse.
Them who think that cane made
from the tmbers Of the house | once
boarded in is essential to their happiness
should not delay sendin' the moley right
on for one.
And, with a genuine hurrar for the
wimin who are gon' to abandon lurrin
goods, and another for the patriots every
where's, Iii leave public matters aud in-
dulge in little family gossip.
Ny reported capture by tho North
Americon savijis of Utarh, led my wide
circle of friends and creditors to think
that | had bid adoo to earthly things, and
was an angle playing on golden harp.
Hents my rival home was unexpected.
1t was IL in the evening when reach.
ed my Homestead and knockt healthy
knock on the door thereof
A night-cap thrusted itself out OF the
front chamber winder. lit was my Bet
sys night-cap) Aud a voice said;
''Whe is st ~
1t is your own A. W., Betsey Sweet
lady wake Eva of thou 2"
"Oh," she said, "it's you, is it? /
tho't | smeit something.
But the old girl was glad to see me.
In the mornin | found that my family
were entertainin' an artist from Phila-
delphy. who was there paintin' some
startlia' waterfalls and mountains, aad /
uoin suspected he had hankerin for my
nIIo,t l.nta.