The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-10-25
Artenlus wards Autobiography.
BY HIMSELF.
NEW YORK, NEAR 5TH AvENoo HOTEL,
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DR. SIR: Yrs, into which you ask me
to send somo leading incidents in my life
so that you can write my Bogfry for the
papers, come dooly to hand. I hav
no doubt that an article onto my life
grammattycally jerked and properly
punktooated, would be addition to the
chois literatoor of the day.
To the yooth of Ameriky it would be
a vallyble as shown how high pinnykl
\ Of fame man can reach who commenst
his career with canvas tent and pea
green OK, which he rubbed it off while
schratchin hisself agin the center pole,
causin in Pathway, N. J., discrimiuat-
ing mob to say humbugs would not go
down in them village. The OK resoomed
agricultooral pursoots shortly afterwards.
i next tried my hand at giving blind
man consents, appearin as the poor blind
man myself. But the infamous cuss who
l hired to lead me round town in the day
time to excite sympathy, drank freely Of
a spiritous Ticker unbeknewns to me one
day, & while nnder them inhooeuce he led
me into the canal. had to either tear
the green baudage from my eyes or be
drownded. I thot I'd restore my eye
sight.
4 In writing about these things, Mr.. Ed
itur, kiner smooth 'em over. Speak of
'em as eccentriss;ties of genius.
My next venture would have been sue
cess if I hodn't tried to DO too much.
got up series of wax fggers, ,aud among
others that of Socrates. tho't wag
Ifgger of Old Sock would be poplar with
the eddycated people, but unfortinitly I
put a brown linen Guster and U. s. ar
my regulation cap upon him, which peo-
pie with classical eddycation said i. was
a farce. This enterpriz was unfortinit in
other respects. At a certain town had
advertised wax fgger of the Hon Bile
Amos Perkins, who was Railroad Pres
ident and great man in them parts. But
it appears that had shown the same fig
ger for a Pirut named Gibbs in that town
the previs season, which created an i'm
mense toomult, and the audience remark
ed 'sshame unto me, y and other statements
of the same similarness. [ tried to mol
4 lily 'em. lold them that any family
possessln children might have my she IL
ger to play with half day, & | Wouldn't
lcharge 'em a cent, but alarsl it was of no
avail. was forced to leave, and infer
frnn.,-an-artiele in the Advertiser of that
town, in which the Edltur says: |"Altho'
|, time has silvercd this mans he'd with its
frost, he still brazenly wallows in infamy
Still are his snakes sound and wax works
unreliable. We are glad that he has
concluded to never visit eur town, although
, incredible as it may appear, the fellow
really did contemplate SO doing last sum-
mer, when still true to the craven instincts
of his black heart, he wrote the hireline
knaves at the obscure journal across the
street to know what they would charge fol
four hundred small bills to be done or
yellow paperl We shall recur to thi:
/ matter again.
I say, l infer from this article that 6
: prejudice still exists agin me in tha
fl town.
!, I will not speak Of my once being il
! straitened circumstances in certain town
and of my endeayoriu' to accumulat.
:. wealth by lettin' myself to Sabbath
. School pic MICS, to sing ballads adap
= = ted to the understandings of little chill
+ dren, accompanying myself on Clario
nett-which forgot whore was one da'
!, singin' instead of ooh, how pleasant t
= be little child:
Rip snap-set 'em up again,
A Right in the middle of three cent pie.
e Which mistake, added to the fact that
" could not play on the clarionett exeep
IS making it howl dismal, broke up the pic
ID mic and the children said in voices choke
st with sobs and emotions where was thei
r, home and where was their Pa? and l sal
lie be quiet dear children, am your P;
which made a young woman with tw
id twins by her side say very angrily, Goo
lp heavens forbid that you should be the I
l. of any of these innocent ones unless It'll
d, much desirable for them to expire is
as mininys upon to murderer's gallusl'
k. say I will not speak of this. Let
be Berrid in OBLIVION.
VS. In your article, Mr.. Editur, please te
ne 'em what sort of man | am. s e44
r. IF you see fit to kriticise my Sho
t. speak your mind freely. do not obje,
I'd to kriticism. Tell the public in candl
= and graceful article, that my show abount
be in moral and startlin' curiosities, any OF
lis of whom is worth double the price of az
x mission.
he I hav thus far spoke Of myself exolo
sively as an exhibitor.
la | was born in the State Of Maine
sh parents. As an infant attracted a gre
nd deal of attention. The nabers wou
to stand over my cradle for hours and So
VS. Chow bright that little face looks! Ho
on much it 'nosel'" The young ladys wo
carry me round in their arms, saying
til was muzzers bezzy darlin and sweet ZEE
wo little thing. 1t was nice, tho | wasr
ed old enough properly to appreciate it. ]
,se healthy old darling now.
| have alters sustained moral chara
ter. l was never railroad conductor
tie my life.
an Altho' in early life did not invariab
lot oonfne myself to the trooth in my sm
lot bills have been gradooly GROWN respe'
for ADLER and respoctabler every year. J
'ut nv children and never mistake anoth
e's mans wife for my own, l m not meet
house, but bleeve in meetin houses, a
shouldn't feel safe to take dose of Ia
on danum and lay down in the streets Of