The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-12-22
A, Ward in Duraneo Vile.

LINcoLN's BAsrEEL, N Y. HARBoR Nov.
26, 1664-Mr Stokes and company-I am
in durance vile Wanst moar the tree wv
liberty is uprooted IN my person wnBst
noar hev the nurightous tools Nv the mon
st Lnkin seized my venerable form, anc
whitened Iox, and incarcerated it in basteel
So menny hey been imprisoned for opinion s
ak, that eff kin git pardner with CAPT
tai, | shell go into the niafterih Dizziness
But 2 my narrashen-We the moose reach
ed me at Mr.. Astors tavern, where aIlua
dispose NV my weery form and black carpet
bag wen in the trooiy CRATE sitty in. York
that sum NV the brUtherin NV our hayward
sisters wuz going into the firework bizzi-
ness picked up sed carpet bag kontain.
ing my last etfushions and haisted to naik
my eskaip from the devouring eIlyment,
wen bloo-coated hirelin, gently placed
his pointed paw on my shoulder, and SCI
cum with me-" In vain protested that
wuz Methodist preacher, sellin fruit
trees-my nose which blossoms as the'lob-
stir and copy of the New York Moose
had i'll my pocket wuz against me, and |
wuz to wuDst conAuded with my habus cor
pis on tug and tugged (goak) down to that
seaside abode Of our Suthern brethrun in N.
Y. Bay. perceived at a glance the STRAIT
egik importance of the position. Wen got
there tile Lnkin minions put me with a
company Of Looseaner PeIieians, as tho
had been tuck i'll reglar warfare. | must
say, in tins conneckshun, that [ wuz sur
prised at the stiie NV uniform wornby the
Peiicaus. It consists of hole i'll the sect
NV the pants with the tale Nv the shirt wav-
ing gracefully therefron 1 be Kernel APP
preached ME, when the follerin colloquy en-
''Deserter ?" 'f H'l'@saa79 z.ii nt
'No" za ua.f.
''Spirits of turpentine?" ##
''No." l Hf
Your maine ?" aa g3
"Artemas Ward, piece man y (nother
goak) alludin to the pieces thew writ aud
spoke, but the kernal did not see it. but
notist all the time he was eyein II clothes
wistfuly, they bein the ones | sot at your
'.wun price" under the Kontincnta and
they wuz bran new, exceptin the velvet
weskit.
Mr. Ward, receive you gladly ez~a re-
croot in tile grand army of freedom Ez yu
divest yourself Of the clothes NV the tyrant;
divest yerself NV whatever lingerin affec
shins you lay hev for the laud Nv your ma
tIvity, and ez y9o array yurself III the garb
uv sutIlern s,Ijer try to fill yur soul with
that suthern freiln that aunymates us all. >
ZONES" sed he, addIessin his orderly is
Thompson ded yit p
mot quite SEE the, Orderly.
''Never mind SEE the Kernel she can't
git well NV that fever; strip off his uniform
and give it to Ward, and berry him"
judged from the stile Nv the uniform
saw on the men around me, I'd ruther not
enlist, but sed pothin when the Orderly
returned with the decest Tholnson's uniform
groamed inwardly.
There wuz pare nv, pants with the sect
entirely torn away, and one leg gone below
the knee. shoe with the sole off, and the
straw he had wrapped around the other
foot and grey wooden shirt. ..
Put on yure uniform rite here" SEE the
Kernel.
Reluctantly pulled off my double soled
boots, and | wuz petried to see the Kernel
kick off the slippers he wore and pull EN-
| pulled off my pants-he PIT EN- on, and
50 with every article NV dress possest
even to my oyercote Ez Ipassed out the
Lootenant- Kernel, Major aud Adjitent pull
ed me t5 wun side, aud askt me if | Good
ent git three Inoar jumpers 4" Wuu glanse
at their habiilyinents showd me why th ey
were so anxious for bounty jump
ers. 1858 ~ u 5aanla.,.s b.
Me tsnres have been tux to git me out nv
this. MIR. Aston hsself pGrltaps will go my
bale, and went am snalIw All entire
new SCOT OF clothes from yeu. which shall
Immediately order to take the pIace Of the
uniform OF the '-Peiicans, which at pres
ent wear. Yourn with disgust. s II.
a-g14 A. 'WARD Snowman.
To Chas. Stokes and company. tailors in
the KontineliteI Hotel Philidelfyo q.
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