Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-06

Shecargo, March IL, 1860.
To the Edytur of the Sunday Times,
N. Y.
years ago vile in indianapolis, in
jyania, I rote to Mr.. Prentiss of the
Loosevill Journal, regarding the dhere-
abouts Of my brother, Artymus Ward,
off whom | have not heerd since he was
boi
"And we roamed the fields together
happe as Mackeral in Kashmeer sox.
There was four of us berothers, all bois.
The follering is pedagog Of our family
Our parents. of which thers is 2, con-
sists Of our father and mother, namely
Hannah and Erysipelas Ward. The
latter (my father) was given heavily to
Plugg tobacker, of which he chawed in
cessantly, but billed bacon, done rair,
was the best holt. He was man that
could not 60 long between drinks; the
karnel did not predominant in him, and
G. Hover took him at the age of ofsicksty,
after two days sickness. The follering
is applicable in his case:
"Oakum Oakum With me !'-S. Spear.
After the old mans death, our moth
er was left with the four bois aforesaid,
aoAiaa, namely, j. e.:
Erysipelas, (named after my father.)
Artymus, (the long lost.
Rodney and myself.
OIonzo, (named after alonzo of pizzar-
onean celebrity.
Ny eldest brother, Fry, went into the
wool Dizziness, while Rodney went out
to Orriggone territory and Mbarked in
the Fur trade. Ery did poorly at the
wool, and bust, but Rodney is still in
Fur, Coming money.
Artymis at the tender age of eleven,
was suddenly mist from hoam In this
konnexion I would remark an old sock
belonging to my mother, containin' foer
dollars in silver, and fifty-too cents in
hopper, disappeared about the same
There was a party of akrawbats, of
double somerset proclivitys, in our ma
borhod few days previs and by many
it was supposed Artymus had been in
velgled,
''ro leave his ga and happa home
| Sand eyes and sand teeth brushes,
Sand pole ale,
| The worrild is all stage,
| The rest is lemon and vanilla"
At all evinks l have never heern of
him but once. l. e., when | rote to Mr..
| Prentiss who did not answer my letter,
be ben basy translatin a french letter
sent to him by Soosan Monday, noted
gorilla of the femail gender. Off her,
more hereafter Revenous on our Nut
tom as the French have it. ] heerd
that my brother, A. Ward, had becum
ritch, he having ben to Salt Lick City
among the Mormen women { he was al
lus given to the later, even frum a
child) and that moreo yer and above, he
had got a sho off wax fggers and never
theless was perfectly decayed with mon
ey, in which event would remind him
II still live Webb.
| And his absents cost meny teers, (I
carried aul tbe water and ohopt aul the
wood for two years after his leaving us,)
and as | am his only surviving brother
in pore suckemstances, Fry being ritch,
and Rodney, when last heerd from. was
in big contrack for furnishing phine
toothed komes for the Confedrut army.
with his he'd quarters at Richmund,)
therfor, I do think Arty might come and
see me. He is ever welcome to my pore
but happi hoam. Owe, owe, brother, if
this should mste yore i, think kindly off
one who loves not wisely but two well
but owe, owe, deer Artymus !! do not
try to shake me.
/ OLoNzo WARD.
Deer berother, don't don't go back
on ms. 0. w.
ARTEMUs REPLIES.
desire to cimply say that I bav seen
a low and skurrilous noat in the papers
from certain purson who singes hisself
Olonzo Ward, & sez he is my berruther.
| did once hay berruther Of that name,
but I do not recognize him. To me he
is wuas than ded ! took him from col
lige sum l6 years ago and gave him o
good situation as the Bearded Woman in
my Show. How did he repay me for
this kindness He basely undertook
Cone day while in a Backynalian mood
an rum & right in sight Of the aujience
in the tent) to stand on bis he'd, WHARF,
by he betrayal his sea on account of bis
boo,s 81 bis heard faIlin off his face.
thus roonin' my prospecks in that town,
& likewise incurrin' the series displeas-
ure of the Press, which said boldly | was
trihin' with the feelin's of an intelligent
public know no such man as Olon7o
Ward. I do not ever wish his nana
breathed in my presents. do not rec
ognize him. I perfectly disgust him.
ARTEMUs WARD.
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