The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-15
Artemus Ward Oh Arrah Ma pogue.
From the New York Saturday Press. /

your paper in regards to the new Irish
| dramy at Niblo's Gardln. will do it,
| sir.
1 knew your grandfather well, sir.
| Sum 10 years ago, while was amoosin'
and instructin' the intellectual people
of Cape Cod with my justly poplar
Show, saw your grandfather. He was
then between SO years of age, but his
mind was very clear. He told me I
looked like George Washington. He
sed I had a massiv intellect. Your
grandfather was highly intelligent
man, and made up my mind then that
if could ever help his family in any
way, I'd do so. Your grandfather gave
charged me for the clans, but threw in
the Testament. He was a very fine
man.
/ therefore write for you, which in
sures your responsibility at once. 1t
gives you moral tone at the word go.
/ found myself the other night at
Niblo's Gardin, which is now, by the
way, Wheatley's Gardin. fl don't know
what's becum of Nib / couldn't see
much of q gardin, however, and it struck
me if Mr.. Wheatley depended OH it as
regards raisin' things, he'd run short of
gardin sass. IN. B.-These remarks is
yoomerous. The older ! gro the more
| / want to COAX.
walked down the lie in my usual
dignified stile, politely tellin' the people
as parsed along to keep their seats.
Don't git up for me-" / sed. One of
the prettiest young men I ever saw in
my life showed me into a seat, and l
proceeded to while away the spare time
by readin' Thompson's Bank Note Re-
| portpr and the comic D0ners
The ordinance was large.
l tho't from cursiry view that the
Finigan Brotherhood was well repre-
sented.
There was no end of bootiful wimir
! and a heap of good clothes. There wa'
good deal of hair present that belonged
on the heds of peple who didn't cum
with it--but thai Il tcklish subjeck fol
me. larfed at my wife's waterfall
which indoosed that superior woman tc
take it off and heave it at me rather vi
lently, and as there was about a half
bushel of it, 1t knock me over, and give
me pains in my body which I hain't got
over yit.
The okistry struck up toon, & ask
ed the Usher to nudge me when Mr..
Pogue cum out on the stage to act.
wanted to see Pogue, but strange to
say, he didn't act durin the entire even.
) in I reckin he has left Niblo's anc
) gone over to Barnum's.
Very industrious people are the actor!
Y at Barnum's. They play all day and ir
: the evenin' likewise. meet 'em every
mornin' at 8 o'clock going to their work
E with their tin dinner-pails. It's sub
, lime site. Many of 'em sleep on the
. premises,
Arrah Ma Pogue was writ by Dior
! O'Bourcicolt & Edward McHouse. They
rit it well. O'Bourcy has rit cartloac
r Of plays himself, the most Of which is
| fust-rate.
understand there is q large number
of O'gen'lmen of this city who can rite
somehow they don't seem to do it,
: When they do, I'll take Box of them.
AS remarked to the Boy whosquirteo
. pepper-sass through tin dinner-horr
at my trained Bear, (Which it caused
that feroshus animal to kick up his leg:
and howl dismal, which fond mother
fell into swoons and children cride to &
home because fearin' the Bear woul6
leave his jungle and tear them from
limb to limb and then excoosed him
: self this Bow did by sayin' he ha(
done so while laborin' under attack o.
Moral Insanity-as / said to that thrifty
yooth, II allus incurridge geenyus
. whenever see it,
It's the same with Dan Bryant. am
, informed there are better Irish actors
than he is, but somehow I'm allus out O
of town when they act. & so is cthel
folks, which is what's the matter.
AcK THE !. Glendale by mooniite
the year of your birth, Mr.. Editor. Ii
, | trip m
: Cool has been raisin O instruction in
I the mountin districk, and is now goin'
) to leave the land of his nativity for
tower in France. Previsly to dom so he
4 picks the pockit of Mr.. Michael Feemy,
r. q gov'ment detectiv', which pleases the
, gallery very much indeed, and they
iovfuily remark "hi, hi" He meets
also at this time young woman who
-, iuvs him dearer than life and who is, of
a course, related to the gov'ment; and JUS
q as the ovment goes agin him she goes
for him. This is nat'ral, but not CRATE
. full. She SEE, "And can 1t be 50?
a Ar. tell me it Is not so thusly as this
thuseness wouldst seem ~ or words to
!, that effack. He SEE it isn't any other
wsv. and they 70 off. Irish moosic by
the Band. MIR. McCool goes and gives
. the money to his foster-sister, Mis-.
Arrah Meelish, who ia goin' to shortl,
-, marry Shaun, the Lamp Post. Ma,
: then alters his mind about goin' over I,
: France, and thinks he'll go up stairs an,
/ lie down in the straw. This is Arrah'
cabin. Arrah says it's all right, M
darlint, och hone, and shure, and othe
poplar remarks, and Mac goes to hi
, straw.
The weddin' ofShaun and Arrah come
| of. Great excitement. Immense de
monstration on the part of the peasan
try. Barn-door jigs, and rebelys song b,
McHeuse, called "The Drinkin' of th
, Gin.n Ha, what Is this2 Soldiers Gun
: in. Moosic by the band. "Arrah," Sc
} the Major, 'you have those money
, She SEE, "Oh, no, guess not He sea
: "Oh, yes, guess you have.p ut is m,
Y own,n seq she, and exhibits 1t. at
!, mine,n says Mr.. Feeny, and identifie
/ it. Great confusion. Coat is prodooset
q from up stairs. "Whose coat is this" SCI
I the Major. Is it the coat of young
b man secreted in this here cabin z? NO"
e this is rough on Shaun. HIS Wns ~,
g coosed of theft, the circumstances PEN
a very much agin her, and also accooseo
e of havin' hansum young man hio II
b her house. But does TINS oo!u y3une
t. Hibernian forsake herP Not much, n.
= don't. But he takes it all upon himself
j. SEE he isthe guiltywretch, and is march
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