Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-24

boys which seq go up old haWId hed
90 me, viii do SO al the peril oi their ha2-
zard ndividooally Ime powerful happy.
n Heaps of ioy has descended upon me to
n anct * ieel like bran new man. sum
times AK myself q" is 10 not dream -
S suthin within myself seZ " il air;n but
r. when ] look at them sweet little critters
e I know IL is reailerty-3 reallorty's
p may sa-t0 ] feel gay. There 'sconsidcra-
BlH human natur iu man, arter all.
returned from the summer campane
! with my unparalied show Of wax works
and livin wild beests ofpray I'm the early
part of this munth. The people of Bald
. insviile met me c0rdully. | immeiiuy
commenst restin myself with my family.
The other mite while / was down 20 the
tavern t0san my -hins against the bar
room fire & amuzin the kTowd VITA sum
Of my adventGns. who should come in
bareheded a terrible excited but Bill
Stokes, who Sez, ser he, "Old Ward,
there's CRATE doins up 10 your house.
Sez ], civilian, how 500
Spz he "Bust my gizzard, but lt' CRATE
Goins," * then he lerfed as If heed xiii
hisself
Sez /, risin and putin on austeer
look "Wiiiam / woOdunj be- a Iooi, II
had common cents.
But he kept Oh la.ain till he was black
Llah lace rs Iltl taf I1AA ~ wa ''-iAh' tHtN
BUNK WHARF lhc h0Stler sleeps, aud iu "a
sFill small voice. sed b. Twins % I ashure
wa, gents, that the grass didn't grow un- I
der my feet on my way home, & | was I
I follered by "a enthusiastic throng of my I.
. teller citterzunS. who hurrard for Old 1
Ward at the top of their yOises. ! found /
ithe house chock fun Of people. There /
was Mis- Square Baxter aud her three /
grown up darters, lawyer PerkInses wife, /
Taberthy Ripley, young Eoen farsuns, I
J Deacon ~immuns' folks, the sch00maS-
. fer, Doctor J0rdin, etsettery, etsettery.
/ Mis- Ward was i'm the west room, which .
iiues the kitchin. Mis- Square Baxter
was mixin suthin in a dipper before the
T ,itchin fire, C q small army of female
Wimin We're UIshin wildly round the
house with bottles of camHre, peaces of
fannils, d.. ] never seed Sich hubhuh
ia my material born dase. I Good stay IN
the west room only mint, 50 strung up
was my teelins, so ] rushed aut and
ceased my double barrild gun.
What upon airth aies the man
seZ Taberthy Ripley "Sakes alive,
what air You doin ~ and she grab'd
me 10y the cote tales. What's the
matter with vOu she continued.
Twins, marin, " sez !, twins,
" ] know il, 90 -ez sine, covering her face
with her apun.
"WaW.r' -ez 7. that's what's The
matter with me. ."
''Wau, put down that air gun, you
neyI,v DID fool 80 said She.
90 40 marm," sen I. ''This is a Nash
unal day The glory OF this here day
isn't confined 10 Baldinsyille 10y darn
site On wonder wool shed" said /,
drawin myself up To NV fun hite, and
speaking in a show acting vai-e, rvilI |
.s,N I'LL.
Jared myself from her grasp and rushed
to the top of the shed where I biazed
away until Square Baxter'- hired man
and nv son Arremus Junevar cum and
took me down bv name foT~e.
On returning ID the kitchn [ found
quite a lot of people seated h4 the fire,
and talkin the4veut over. They made
room for me ,e / sot down.
"Quite a episode - sed Doctor Jordin.
litin his pipe with a coal.
"Yes. -ed I, 3" . episodes. wainga about
Is pounds iintIv."
A perfect coon de tati.v said the
school master. =
+ ulurihus Unum. ia proprietor vpr-
-onv." sad I, rhinl;m Iip let him know
understood fulrjn lauuwidpp rs well as
he did if [ wasn't a schoolmagtar.
"Itisa mameutuS event. S-d youug {
Ebpn parsuus. who had heeu , gli.,rtar., >
tu the Alzadenv.
~ never heard twins called bv fhaf
name before. 90 =ed 7. but -Dgse ia. aU
rite"
ssNe shall soon have Wards emit, .a5
the editor of the BaldfnsviIIe Br5Is oft
L;Esg3sl vino was lool,inu over a LYudIe
of exchange papers I'M The corner 40 !
4DDIv 10 the I. legislature for . civ char
.erlv
Good for va. old man. 'r sod I 90 rive
hat aira kgnspiclius pIaca i'm tba MT
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