East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-06-07

ARrEMUs Warns BRorHER, who is
evidently no sloueh with the sold gray
goose quill" publishes the following
letter;
SHEcAReo, May IL, 1865.
years ago, while in Indianopeles,
iniyania, / wrote to Mr.. Prentiss, of
the Looseville Jurnil, regarding the
whereabouts of my berother, Artymus
Ward, off hoom l have not heard
sinst was boi,
" And we roamed the fields together"
happe as u Mackerel in Kashmeei
Sox. There was four off us brothers,
all bois. Thee following is peda-
gogue of our fannie. Our parents,
of was 2, consisted of our father and
mother, namely: $500
Hammer and Erysipelas Ward. The
latter (my father) was given heavily
10 Plug tobaker, of. which he chaweo
necessarily, though Billed Bakon done
rair war his best holt He was a man
what kood not go long between drinks;
the kami did not predominant in him,
and he was taken at the age of sick
sly, and after 2 dais sikness The
following is applicable to his kase.
40 KUN o KUN with me rs. Spere.
After the old n ans deth, our moth
er was left with the four bois afore-
said, to tchirr, namely, i. e.
Erysipelas (named after father
Artymis (the long lost)
Rodney and myself.
: Olonzo (named after olonzo Of piz-
zaronean celebrity 10.
Ny eldest brother, Fry, went into
the wool 'bizzeness, while Rodney
went out to Orriggane territory and
Mbarked in the Fur trade. Fry did
poorly at tile Wool, and busted, but
Rodney is still at the Far Clothing
money.
Artylnis, at the tender age Of eleven,
was suddenly mist from hoam. In
.lis konnexshin l would remark
old stockin belongin to mother,
1taining fore dollars in Oliver and
700 cents in Hopper, disappeared
the same time. lThore was a
J of akraw bats, 'or'double somer-
set proklivitys, in cur naburhood a
few dars preevis, and by menny it was
supposed Arty had been inveigled,
To leave his ga and happa heme
Sands eyes, sands teeth brushes,
Sands pale ale
The world is all stage
- The rest is lemon and vanilla Jack spear
At all evinks have never heern of
him but once, l. e, when l wrote to
Mr.. Prentiss, who did not answer my
lettor, he bein engaged in traEslatin q
French letter sent to him by Soosan
Monday, a noted gorriller, of the
female gender. OF her more herafter;
but ReuendHs on oar Mutton, as the
French have it. / heerd that mi
brother, A. Ward, had bekum ritch,
he having been to Salt Lake City,
among the Mormon women (he was
allus given to the latter, even from a
child), and that, moreover, and above,
he had got shoe Of wax figgers and
nevertheless was perfectly decayed
with muney; in which event l would
remind him
r = / still live"-Webb. c.
And az his absence kost me meny
teers, karried aul the water and
chopt aul the wood fer yeers after
his leving us,) and az 1 am hiz only
survivin beruther i'll poor suckim-
stances, Cry bcin ritch and Rodney
when last hecrd frum waz in big
kontract fur phurnishin phine 2thed
homes fur the Konfederat army, with
Iii he'd quarter in Rtchmund, there4
l do think Arty mite kun and see
me. He IL ever welkum TO mi poor
but happi hoam. Owe, owe, beruther,
If this shood meet your i, think kind
ly ov l who luvs not wisely but 2
well, but owe, owe, deerist Artymis
do not tri to shake me.
OLONZO WARD.
Deer beruther, don't! don't! go
back on2 me. o. w.