Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-15
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iron The LtatSnWoFt6 coSsFtvauVs, Alteh4b.
ArItmuS ward Among the PFinISFs
.-Els Discusses Dan. wilder Of the
LsaTonWorIh Conservative.
Some hGGy OF the members of the Typo
graphical Union Of this city made frateT-i
nal call 90 Artemus Ward, at the Planters
Hotel, on Sunday evening. Tho hnmorist
received them 10 the geutlemen's parlor Of
that well regulated hotel, and expressed
10 felicitous terms bis gratitude for this
marked eourtsSy from HE brother crafts.
men ofthe imperial city Of the Far West.
A very pleasant evening passed. Genial
stories were told,- aud eEhilarating but
harmless jokes were cracked. A. W. re-.
lated how, 10 early years, be had wandered
With his gay stick aud rule through the
West and South 10 quest of employment;
how be frEquently didn't get II; how his
wardrobe WuB often reduced 10 one couseo.
utiye shirt only, and unbOiled at that !
bow be landed in the lively city of New
Orleans one warm day in July with no
other earthly possessions than q speckled
silk handkerchief and an smbroIyPy OF his
grandmother, (Ihe speaker was here Inter.
TuPIed by three cheers for bis gTandmOlh-
er. which ELECTED the cheerful remark
from hitn that "she had always sustained
good character"
I The speaker regretted the absence OF the
frieud Of his youIh-Mf Daniel W. vii.
der. He bad known old Dan for many
weary years. Dan was named for Daniel
Webster. criminal lawyer of some local
FePute in Massachusetts. The speaker felt
that be need not eulOgiIs old Dan Wilder
to his friends present. Why paint the lily
or gild refined gold, when Il vas go cents
prtmium1 I'VE SlePt together" said the
-aIIsAker- ain ehildhood's -hRleYon nays'
EVtu then little Daniel often turned q
logging eye towards the fertile plains OF
Ksnsas. 1t is bleeding Kansas, little
Daniel would Playtully sny-and hope
soon to be bleeding Kansas myself. How
thoroughly he has done Il, need not in
torn you. He is a kind hearted man l
shall never forget how be used to borrow
money from melt always seemed to at.
feet BIN derply, add on one occasion, re.
member, alter borrowing two dollars from
me, he burst into tears aud expressed the
belief that l had a future before me. Up
to that time had supposed it was before
me. Although not quite thirty years Of
age 81 the present time, Il is sad TO think
that 10 little over seventy years from this
tine Dan will be 40 old mau--perbaps
dead. Such is the fate of others. The
price ofreal estate"
A VOics-"What's real estate got to do
about III"
True. Why has she: As the gentleman
aplly observes, Who has got it2 As said
before, this Wilder Is not altogether with.
out merit. He Yields u 6Ithy old pen.
regard bis leaders rs about the snuttiest
IhinRS in the history OF modern literature.
There iS no doubt 10 my own mind that
Carney owes his election to WiIder's
Btatesmaoliks articles.
A vOice-"No, no-Wilder's for Lane. !"
Yes, certainly. So be Is. I mean his
course IN favor of Quantril, or In regard
to the ConstituIiOn-GhatI mean IL, that
I attribute this war to Wilder. (Ap-
pIause.) 1t il the editorial articles 10 the
CONSsrUdtirs that has brought this thing
90. He lie mau Of considerable Originate
iIy. He Weut OF With my overcoaG once
aud didn't see him for nearly two years
aflerESrds. After dining with Edward
E'erett one day, be went home aud hofsted
q favorits aunt OF his out Of q four story
widow, disioeatiug her collar boue and
oIhsrWise dangerously ipjdring her. He
bad keen appreciation OF the ludierous.
OF his courage, | think there can only be
several opinions. Col. Jsnntson, who
knows him, informs me that With regt.
meut of such meu he should have no hes
ltancy 10 gArrisoning almost any town in
the interior of Massachusetts. he has ut.
tered some great thoughts, this Wilder
The remark, "This Is the last Of Earth" il
hiS. So ~ the observation, How is. youl
poor ieet2" The speaker concluded bis
feeling tribute TO the friend of his early
years 10 Latin, remarking that boEeyel
much others mig bit sine qua non, or eui bono
Honest Old Dan Wilder would never ouir
Proeo or hGbeGs corpus aus mill.