Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-28
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By HIHsELF


NV YoEK. NEAR FnrE AarNoo Hon..
Ofg Sic;
Ds. Sir:-Yrs, into which you ak ne e
send you sum leading incidents in ny lie 50 you
can esits ny Boglfy. los the papers. come dooly
10 hand ! have 10 doubt that article onto my
life. grenmattycally jerked and properly punk
tOoated. would De addition to the chaois liter
atoor of the day.
Tegss yooth Of A neriky it wcaldbe yAllyble
as shown bow high pinykle OF fame man
can reach who c0mmenst his career with a small
canvas tent and pea green OK. which be rubbed
il OF while scratchia hsself agin the center pole,
causn in RauhWay. \. J discriminating mob
TO say, humbugs would not go down in them
village. The OK resoom'd agricultooral pur-
scots shortly afterwards
next tried my hard at given Blind-man con
certs. appearin as The poor bli0d-man myself
But the Infamous cuss who ] hired to lead me
round town in the day time To excite sympathy
drank freely Of spiritooas ticker unbeknowns
TO me one day. & while under the infooance he
led me into the canal. had to either tseg the
grsen bandige from my eyes or be drownded.
tho't I'd restore my eyesight
In uritin about these things. Ar. Editer.
kiser smooth EN- over. Speak Of EN- as ecoen-
tsissities of genus.
Ny next yentur would have bin success IL /
hadn't tried to DO too much got up series OF
wax 6ggers. and among others that OF Socrates
/ thot wax fgger of Old Sock would be poplar
sith eidycated peple, but uniortntly / put a
brown linen du.ter aud a Z. y army regulation
cap upon him. which pepei with classical eddy
cation said il was farce This enterprize vas
unfortunit in other respects At certain town
| advertised wax fgger OF the Hon BILE Amos
Perkins, who was a Railroad President and q
great person in them parts. But il appeared
had shown the same hgger f. a Pirut named
Gibbs in that town the preyis season. which Gre
ated an immense toomult, 4 the audience re-
marked "shane onto me-" n other statements
OF the same simIlarness. l tried To mollfy EN-.
l told them that any family rossessin children
might have my she tiger to play with half a day
x | wouldn't charge EN- a cent but alarsl il was
Of no avail. was forced to leave. aud / infer
from an article IA tie Advertiser of that town. in
which the Editur says: Although time has
siivered this mans bed with its frosts, be still
brszeniy walloUs n infamy. Still are his sraks
sound and his wax works unreliable We are
glad that ne has concluded 10 never revisit our
town. although. Incredible "a il NAV appear, the
fellow really dad conte mplste so doing last sum
Dsr; when, still true TO the craven instincts OF
his black heart. ne wrote the hireling knasss q,
the OBSCURE jourBGs across the street to know
what they would charge FOR four hundred small
bills 10 be done on yellow paperl We shall re.
cur 20 this matter again"
i say, infer from this article that prejudice
stll exists agn ne ia that town
will not speak OF my once being in straitened
circumstances in sertn town, aud Of my en-
deayorn' To accumulate welth By lsttin mysel!
to Sabbath school pic mics sing ballads ada pied
TO the understandings oil little children, accompa-
nyfng myself on a clarionett-which | forgot
where was one daY. singin. instead OF '.Oh. how
pleasant 70 be lutte child
Pin s-ar,-sn.
Right IN the middle OF thTee-cent pie,
which mistake. added TO the fact that coudn' I
play on the clarionett. excePt making it howl
dismal, broke up the pic mic, and children said,
With voices choked With sobs and emotions. here
was their home and where their Pa and
said be quiet, dear children, | am yeur Pa which
made young soman with two twins by her
side say very angrily- GOOD heavens forbid
Jou should ever be the Pa OF any of these inno-
cent ones unless IL is much desirable for them
TO expire igmminyusly up on TO murderer's
gallus!"
say viii not speak of this Lstisbe Bsrrid
into obiivyou.
In your article, Mr. Editor, please tell EN-
what sort of a man am.
If you see ft 70 kriueise my show speak your
mind freely. do not object 10 kEi,icism Tell
the public In . candid and graceful article that
my show aoounds IN moral and startlin curiosi-
ties, any one Of whom is worth double the price
hav thus far spoke OF myself sxelsosiysly as
q exhibitor
Was born in tho State Of Maine Of parents.
As an infant attracted a great deal of atten-
tion. The nabers would stand over nv cradle
for hours and say, How bright that little face
looks How much il nose :" The Young ladies
would carry me round in their arms. saving |
was muzzer $ oezZy darlln and sweet 'ecty little
ting. lie was nice. tho wasn't old enuf to
property appreciate it. I'm healthy old dsrlin'
noW. ~.
huv alters sustsined moral character. WAS
meyer a railroadconduetor in ny Iifs
Alsho. in early life did net Invariably con
fine myself 20 truth IN nv small bills, hev bin
zradooally GROWN respectabler and respect ADJ er
every year. luy my children, aud never mis-
takes another mans wife for my own. I'm not
. member Of Eny meeting house. bat b'lesve in
mee,n houses. aud shouldnt feel safe TO take a
dose OF laudrum aud lay down 10 the streets of a
village that hadn't any with 81 900 bali in NV
vess pocket. En
M,tenpersrens - bilious, altho' aon'f own
. dollar in the world
am an early riser. nv wife i Presbyterisn
l may add I'm also balt-headed. keep Two
cows.
liv in Baldinsville. lndiany. Nv nett door
naoor ~ Old Steve Bllins IN tell Won a little
stor, shout Old Steve tat will make you larf.
De jned the Church last Spring. And.the minis
ter ssio. Z. foa mus 20 home uow brother Bill
lings, and erect faaily altar in y6us house Is
-hereupon the esgreejs old ass weat home and
built regular Pulpit m hrs sttln room He had
jiners IN his house four DAYS
l am So years OF sge Time. With its releut-
less ss, the. eves busy The old sexton gathers
them IN, he ess0ets them in. ! keep spir this
ye<r
don THINK az more. Nr Ejtes.
IL yeu should NV my portrait In connect ION
sifs my bcgfr,, please hste me engraved in $
languishin att TODD. leaning on marble pillar.
leeving my hair back - il Is now
1roOiy you're
AKTKNUs WAKD
~ a
Fsfth Avenue
New York CoresPondepoe ofihe cineisnailC Commercial.
Thsre are forty -kvo blocks on Fifth .v.np.
and three hundred add forty residences. " ith the
exception OF some eseap aud oid-fsshiored shan
ties far Up toward The Park. there Is nol = house
on Tie entire avenue shaf ossi less than S22 900
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