The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-13
), ! ,n11 next :5, tried RED my hand at givin Blind

1 next tried my hand at givin Blind
man concerts, appearing as the moor
pIlnu-mnn myself But the infamous
cuss who hired TO lead me around
towns in the day time to excite sympn-
my, drank freely Ofa spiritoous Ticker
unbeknowns TO me one day, ~ while
under them inhooance he led me into
the canal. had TO either. tear the green
Pandnge from my eyes or be drOwnded,
mot 10 restore my eyesight.
niwritin about these things. Mr.. Ed
tier, lfiner smooth 'em over. Speak of
EN- as eccentrissities of genius.
My next yentur would hay bin sue
cess II hadn't tried to do too much. /
SotuPaserieso ofwax 1iggers, and among
DINERS one of Socrates. i tho't n wnS
hgger of Old Sock would be poplar with
eddycated people, but unfortunately /
putt n Brown linen duster md n u s..
Army regulation cap on him. which
peple with clnssycal eddycatfon said
u was a farce. This enterprise was un-
Iorttnit in other respecks, At n cerfin
town 1 advertised u wax flerer of the
Hon bic Amos Perkins, who was a
Rallroad President, and Il great person
in them parts. But it appeared 1 Ind
shown the same figger for Print NAM
ed Gibbs in that town the previs season.
winch created intense tOomult, s. the
q other statements of the same simiIar-
ness. tried to mOllify 'em. / told
them that any family pOssessin children
might have my she tiger to play with
half a day, Il wouldn't charge 'em n
cent, but Rlars 1t was of no avail. /
was forced to leave, and infer from n
article In the ddCeTtiSeT of that town, in
which the Editor says, "Altho' time
has slivered this mans head with its
frosts, he still brazenly wallows in iTifn-
my. Still are his snakes stuffed. and
ms wax works unreliable. We are glnd
'Lillt laII ne mas concluded never TO revisit
our town, altho', incredible as II may
appear, the fellow really did contem-
plate so doing last summer; when, still
true to the craven instincts of his black
heart, he wrote the hireling knave of
the obscure journal across the Street to
know what they would charge for 400
small bills, to be done on yellow paper!
We shall recur to this matter again,n
say, / infer from this article that n
preJudisS still exists agin me in that
town. IG
will not speak of my once being in
Strengthened circumstances in sertin
town, and of my endeavorin to accu-
mulate welth by lettim myself TO Sab
bath school pic-nics TO sing ballads
adapted to the understandings of little
children, accompnnyin myself on a
claironett-which forgot where was
one day, singin insteHd of "Oh, how
pleasant 10 be little child"
Rip snap-set 'em up again,
Right in the middle of three-cent pie,
which mistake, added to thu fact that
couldn't play onto the claironett except
maxim it howl dismal, broke up the
Pic-nic, and children said its voices
chOked with sobs and emotions whore |
was their home and where was their |
Pa? and l said be quiet dear children,
am your Pa, which made Young
woman with two twins by her side say |
very angrily, "GOod heaven forbid Won |
should ever be the Pa of any of these
innocent ones unless it is much desira- |
bic for them TO expire igmonyusluy on |
to II murdorer's gallus !"
say will not speak of this. Let it |
be Berried into Oblivion.
In your article, Mr.. Editor, plense tell |
EN- what sort of a man am.
II you see fit to kriticise my Show, |
speak your mind freely. do not OBJ |
candid and graceful article, that my !
show abounds in moral and startlin |
cnriOsities, any one of whom is Wnth |
bubble the price of admission.
hav thus far spoke of myself exclu-
sively as n exhibitor.
/ was born in the State of Maine of
parents. AS ainfant attracted great |
deal of attention. The nabers would |
stand over my cradle for honrs and |
say, HHow bright that little face looks |
How much it nosew The young ladies |
would carry me round in their arms. |
saNin was mu2zer's bezzy darlin and |
~ sweety 'eety title ting. It wns nice |
tho wasn't old enuH TO properly APP |
preciAte il. I'm n helthy old darlin |
now. ~ at
Ilhave always sustained n good moral
character. was never u railroad di-
rector in my life. lIll- 4IEf lnI
AlthO' in early life did not invaibly |
contine myself to truth in my small |
bills, hav bin gradually GROWN re- |
spectahler and respectabler every year. |
1 lllv my children, and never mistake |
another mans wife for my own. I'm
not member of any meetin-house,
but firmly h'lieye in lneetin-houses,
and shouldn't feel safe to take a dose
of laudnum and lay down in the street
Of village that hadn't any, with
thousand dollars in my vest pocket
My temperament is bilious, altho,
don't owe dollar in the world. iEI
am an early riser, my wife is a Pres
byterian: / may add that am also
bnldheaded. keep two cows. 90, =.
live iii Baldinsville, Indiany. My
next door nobor is old Steve Bi1lins.-I
I'll tell you little story about old Steve
that Will make you larf He jined the |
church last spring, and the minister
said Syou must go home now, Brother
Billins, and erect family altar in your
own house, /" wherenpon the egreifs old
ass went home and built n reg1ar pull
pit in his settin room. He hnd the jiners
in his house over four days. 4
am SO (56l years of age. Time, with
its relentless scythe, is ever busy The
old Sexton gathers them inl gathers
them in keep pig this year.
ter Ed'fer.
If you should giv' my portrait in con-
nection with my bogfry, please hev me
Engraved in a languishtn' attitood, lean
ing on marble pillar, leavin my hair
as is now. t1'7-5 ~ .t i
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