Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-20

New YoRK, NEAR FIFTH AvEsoo HOTEL,
IA ~ " Org. 3lct.
DIR SIR:-Yrs, into which you ask me to send
you sum leading incidents in my life so you can
write my Bogfry for the papers, come dooly to
hand / have no doubt that article onto my life,
gremmattycally jerked and properly punktooated,
would be addition to the chaois lteratoor of the
day. e.-. .aEl 1p ..,r ED
To the yooth of Ameriky it would be vallyble as
shown how high pinykle of fame man can
reach who commenst his career with small can
vass tent and pea green OK, which he rubbed off
while scratehn hsself agn the center pole, causin
in Rauhway, N. j., a discriminating mob to say,
humbugs would not go down in them village. The
OK resoomd agricultural parsoots shortlp after
wards. ON. ..r a..f ..
nextltried my hand at givin Blnd-man con-
certs, appearin as the poor blind. man myself. But
the infamus cuss who hired to lead me- round
town in the day time to excite sympathy drank
freely of a spiritoous liBer unbeknowns to me one
day, & while under it's infooance he led me into
the canal had to either tear the green bandige
from my eyes or be drowneded. | tho't I'd restore
my eye-sight.
In writin about these things, Mr.. Editer, kiner
smooth EN- over Speak of EN- as eccentrisities
of genus.
My mex ventur would have bin success if hadn't
tried to do too much. Igot up series of wax fig
gers, and among others that of Socrates. l thot a
wax figger of old Sock would be poplar with eddy
Gated people, hat unfortunitly put brown linen
duster and U. s. army regulation cap upon him
which pepel with classical obligation said it was a
farce. This enterprise unfortunit in other re-
spects. AT certain town | advertised wax fig
ger of the Hon BILE Amos Perkins who was rail-
road president and great person in them parts.
But il appeared had shown the same figger for a
Pirut named Gibbs in that town the prevs season,
which created an immense toomult, the audience
remarked "shame onto me- & other statements OF
the same similarness. / tried to mollify EN-.
told them that any family possessin children might
have my she tiger to play with half day, u
wouldn't charge EN- a cent but alars il was of nc
avail / was forced TO leave, and infer from an
article in the Adoertiser of that town, in which
the Editur says; "Although time has silyered this
mans bed with its frosts he still brazenly wallowf
in infamy. Still are his snaks sound and his way
works unreliable. We are glad that he has con.
cluded to revisit town, although incred-
ible as it may appear, the fellow really did contem
plate doing last summer; when, still true to thu
craven instincts of his black heart, he wrote thu
hireling knaves at the obscure journal across thu
street to know what they would charge for foul
hundred small bills to be done on yellow paper
We shall recur to this matter again"
say, infer from this article that prejuducC
still exists agin me in that town.
will not speak Of my being in straiteneC
circumstances in a sertin town, and of my endayor
in to accumulate welth by ettn myself to Sabbath
school pic-nics, to sing ballads adapted to the un
derstandins Of little children, accompanying mysel
on clarionett-whch | forgot were | was one
day singin, instead of 40, how pleasant to be lit
tie child,"
Rip snap-set en- up again.
Right in the middle of a three-eent pie,
which mistake, added to the fact that coudn'
play on the clarionett' except making it howl, dis
nal, broke up the picnic, and children said, will
voices choked with sobs and emotions, where wa
their home and where was their pa; and said b
quiet dear children, am yonr pa, which made
young woman with two twins by her side say YER
angrily: "Good heavens forbid you should ever b
the pa Of any Of these innocent ones unless it
much desirable for them 10 expire igmnyusly u
on to a murderers gallusT -.
| say will not speak Of this. Let ii be berri
into Oblivion.
In your article, Mr.. editor, please tell EN- wh0
sert of a man am.
If you sea fit to kriticise my show speak you
mind freely. do not object to criticism. Tell III
public in n candid and graceful article that m
show abounds in moral and startln curosteJ an
one Of whom is worth double the price of adm
sion.
have thus spoke of myself exclusively as
exhibitor.
was born in the State of Maine Of parent
As an infant attracted great deal of attention
The nabers would stand over my cradle for hou
and say, How bright that little face looksl lIo
much itnose" The young ladies would carry II
round in their arms saying was muzler's bezz
darn and n sweet Getty little ting. 1t was mic
tho wasn't old enuif to properly appreciate it.
I'm healthy old darn now.
hay Rllees sustained moral character ] WI
never railroad conductor in my life.
Attic in early life did not invariably confr
myself to truth in my small bills, hev b
gradooay GROWN respectabler and respectable
every year. luv my children, and never mistak
another mans wife for my own. I'm not e men
Der of any meeting house. but bleeye in meetn
houses and shouldn't feel safe TO take dose
laundnun, and lay down in the streets of vilhg
that hadn't any with q $1,000 bill in my We
pocket.
My temperament is bilious altho' don't own
dollar in the world. ..r..
| am an early riser, my wife is Presbyteria
lmay add I'm almost bald-headed. keep tv
cows,
live in Baldinsyillc, Indiany. My next do
nabor is old Steve Billins. IN tell you little stol
about old Steve that will make You larf. lie jim
the church last Spring and the minister said, ~
must go home now, brother Billins, aud erect
family altar in your hsme sRhereupon the eggre
js old asa went home and built regular pulpit
his sittn room. lie had jiners in his house 70
days.
am (5G) years Of age Time, with its reler
less scythe is ever busy. The old Sexton guthe
them in, he gathers them in. | keep pig Il
year.
| don't think Of more, Mr.. Edter
lc You shopld Civ my portrait in connect,
with my Rogtry, please have engraved in
hnguitir a,uool leaning ON marble pills