Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-12-29
From The ri. Louis Republican.
TEOUukEE OF DhAET:, D MAa.

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We went We onnd Jeuks in the seventh story ct dap
dated bu}dipg in thc ,u5b de l5iag a shuch
marass, dshaole-th,t is, With ohing but shirt
and poor Iaau's plaster c size tie SINAI
room LOOKING 80 Enough he had jumped cut Of them his
COS" vas spread out on tie aor and his vest had Logged
drawn near the ted and allow carde luck sod !
bottle, threw tesble light she apartment. On the
ANS ana was nan Dozen hotties o. Vaous szf one
No1ds,," and another P isoD' ioI # vail paper
Of bets and scratches intend d to pss for writing
st the top OF tie scroll "eread, Last Will ard tssam ri
We approaches the dsde ard jerks Et,tched lis
hand IN a 'eetlo ma0uer and said
Oh, 1t cruel blow Fee dece.'sv inferred. with
bootack under head, and tie photoqralh Of Eiy
On Ely bosom, face upward ~
81 VIII tue dUce is Eniy r.
Emily Pee ahontss-! mean rnily Thornaah M toJ,
time sgo. Bsn has ceoarred from the privilege OF
te bnt I've beea vi hin the eonnd Of her Soice
niEht; Hand ne that bottle 20, toshsr one"
jerks took th. botte, raising hiosslf no bed,
held it up his lips for about ter lftoeu ni.uIes
That's pretty good d. au2h 1T"
"1Iy il; lis old Boufu a pretty good CTAti No,
NE, JsDks, being drafted tie FIRST pop But it's ]Ust y
Twas ever thus from cbildhoo1's hour,
When at others wees have laughed,
The Provost Marshal, grim
Has drawn n his hocrd draft
sioper BY telling him you cid, youi 5 that
uIaoond, consunptVe al alien, CT something
..Can Well, the fact is btween you ard nnd the
gate post, am little past the sgs-I was torty'fvs last
awe" Nv wers you horn'"
Then you are only thirty-gixy'
LEND your pencil: you don't know loT 70 figure
This the st4, ain it? Very good SUBTRACT 1923
from 1864 from IA, and remains = from ard re-
1oaus IS from Is and naught rel9ains-ners il is to
fraction; I'm forty-siS; figures Won't lie"
Bot ID cd onald uses different arithmetic. Io1 h&d
better try nd tor eighteen"
What With all this hair lap sc4 Bat I've gos III
0ta HWs eoSse tbst7,
''Tte piles Look here !" AMI jerks arose, ard opon-
" There's piles enough to rake a waaherWo Reep.
"'Twont do JenEs: DR.. Bates will pronounce ,yon a
sound man. and goa had ber 60 Thick of the glory Of
serving yoor country0f the flaming eulOgy that will s
pear the Democrat when you get knocked in the head
"Breathes there man with soul 50 dcad
Who never to himself hath said.
This Is my own, my native land
"Yes by thunder I" exclaimed jerks striking his fist
upon the sas1stand and making the bottle of poison "
~ feat into the air. aad upsetting the soothng syrup
breathe! havut got native land. was bora upon
the Mississippi steamboat-and MP native ec.
''f that's the case, they put you supboat ind
send you down to Mobile, where OF native Mls-
''Avaunt, and quit my eight You of Jobs
forters. ask to show me how to escape the draft
again"
you are really anxious escape the drat jerks, it
to breathe it living eoul.'
81 swear-tel me, and d-n my buttons if any man,
living dead shall it from With doubls
suction psmp.''
well you don't that yon drafted
but The up out to Barracks and
inquire for Col Gather wood, tel him you place III
tine cavalry brigade he is organizing Tell Tin you have
been arrested By tie police the of Vagrancy [s
ought to have been long ego) and that want 30
be in tnstanter. ReA pat you hEtug1, aud the
draft will reach lou -
'Gve your hand, old boy; III DO it, by hockey -
Here's my will, the testament is in the trunk I'm tor
Catherwood, eny other wood that will saied from
the draft. Tell lay Washerwouau P quidste her claim
/ draw my boun y but by Ned my land ady
must tarry Jericho. Tell her when bee
gal der and her beef grows tender. I'll pay of
cows he'll, and whit Iether Pm eff for Barton Barracks
TO j ,ln Gather n edwood's brigade.
20, there's not trade that's going,
Worth wing knowing
Like Ihst from glory growing
Oh The bud aojer boy !"
g. Whoop who's afraid OF the draft. Give another
how