Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-09
rtemus Wara,s Rrother.

The following quaint letter from q.
gentleman who PROCESSES TO be the
brother of the celebrated Artemus Ward,
says an Eastern Exchange, reached US
the other day by regular mail, and we
give il because IL embraces 30 much Of
the special kind Of humOr for which |
Artemuauia 80 renowned. The whole |
family seems TO be laboriBg under very
bad 6speIl,F which "a disorder that, in |
their case, however, seems TO operate As /
diaease does upon certain Oysters. ~
producing a pearl whore we might ex-
pect p1tridity
2 shrc1Soo, March H. 1865.
To Eayt,e. cftAe sunday Times, N. 7:
A yearsr ago,e-while 10 Indiapopelesr
iniyana, wrote to Mr.. Prentiss, off the
Looseville Jurnii, regarding the where
abouts Of mybrotler, Artymas Ward, oil
boom have not heard sinst be was q
boi, d -
"Ald We roCmcd the fields together
happe as u Mackerel in KashIaere 81 <.
There was four off us brothers, all bois.
The foilering is a pedagogue Of our fam
lily: Our parents, OF which there was 2,
namely: f4sssr 81 81
Hammer and ErysipeIas Ward The.
latter (my father was given heavily TO
Plugg tobacker, Of which he chawed IN
cessantly, though Billed Bacon done rair
was his best hold. He was a mau that
could not go long between drinks; the
kamil did not predominant in him, and
G. Hover took him at the age Of sixsty,
and after two days sickness; The iol-
lowing is applicable to his case:
"oakum oakumi with mo Us. sraaE.
After the old mans deth, our mother
was left with the four bois afore-
said, TO Whfgz. namely e..
Erysipelas (named after father)
Artymia 1.-THE Long Lost)
Rodney and myself.
Olonzo (named after olonzo of pizzAr-
oman celebrity
My eldest brother, Fry, went into the
wool Dizziness, while Rodney went QUITO
Origgone territory and Moarked in the
fur trade. ErY did poorly at The
Wool and brstid, but Rodney is stili in
the Fh7. CoiRing money
Artymis, al the ender age OF eleven,
was suddenly mist from hoam. In this
connexshuu should remark an old
'stockin belonein to muther, containing
fore dollars in Oliver and Fifty too cents
in Hopper, disappeared about the same
time. There was party Of akrawbats,
or double summerset proklivitys, in the
naburhood few days p?evis, and by
menny il was supposed Arty had been
inviggied
.To lsve his gay aud happy home
Sand eyes, sands teeth brushes,
Sands pale ale.
The worriId is all "a stage,
Therest IL lemon and vaniIlam-Iack speer.
At all evinks have never heerns Of
him but once, l. e., when | wrote to Mr.
Prentiss, who did not anser mi letter, he
bein engaged ia translatin French let
ter sent to him by Soosan Monday, a
noted goriller, of the femail gender Of
her more hereafter; but Rerenasts on oar
Mutton, as the French have il, l heerd
that mi brother, A. Ward, had beknm
ritch, he having been to Salt Liok City,
among the Mormon women (he wasIallns
given 70 the latter, even from child),
and that, moreover and above, he had
got a sho of wax figgers and neverthe-
less was perfectly dsoayed with money
in which event would remind him e
T -Istii lixe.ss~-weh6 sst
Aud as his absents cost me many
teers CT carried aul the water and chopt
aul the wood for two yeeres after his
leving us), and as ! am bis only sur
viving berother in poor saekemstaneesi
Edy being rich and Rodney when last
heered from was in big contract for
furnishing phine tooth homes for the
Confederat army, WITH his he'd quarters
in Richmond, therefore I do think Arty
might come and see me. He is ever
welkom to mi poor but happi hoarn,
Owe, owe, brotherI if this should meet
your i, think kindly off one who loves
non wisely but too WE'LL but owe, owe,
deer Artymssl do not try 70 shake rue.
0Lo 70 WARD.
Deer brother, don't dontl 70 back
onto me. lssk $50 @. W.
why do wepe thee 20. w.