Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-11-27
ArtemuB Ward in London.

I by Games. ---A' =
+ 1t is Commerce, after all, which will keep
/ the two countries friendly to'ard eaeIi other
rather than statesmen
Look at your last Parliament. and | cant
sec that single speech was encorcd during
the ca9ire session
Look at Congress but no, I'd rather not
look at atConsreSs.
Entertpinin this great regard for Com
meree, whose sales @hiten every sea" as eyS
lserY body happily observes every chance he
gets, tlearn with disgust aud surprise thata
British subjeck bot a Barril Of Applh SSs
IN America recently, and when he arroye
home he found under few de'oosiye ,laFers
OF sass nothln but saw dust. I should have
instantly gone into the eitvia1d called a meet
In of the leadih commercial men to condemn
and repudiate, as American; this gross
trawd, if hadn't learned at the same time
that the draft given by the British subieck
IN payment for this frawdyient sass was diawd
onto q BauSin House in London which doesn't
have a existence, but far otherwise, and new
( er did
There is those who larf at these things, but
to me they merit reb0Uks aud frowns
With the exception of my uncle Wilyim-
who, as I've before stated, is uncle by mar.
riaSe onlys who is low cuss, and filled his
coat pockets With pies and billed eggs at his
weddln breakfast, given to him by my father.
and made the clergyman MS united him n
present of my fathers new oyercoat. and
when my father on discovarin>it GOT in 1 ra0e
and denounced him, Uncle Wilyem said the
old man lmelain my parent hadn't any idee
OF hrst-c class HumOr with the exception of
this wretched uncle, the escutchin of nv
tam'ly has never been. stained by Games
The little harmless deceptions / resort to in
NJ II n n FTyI
are sacri1sses to Art.
! come of a very clever family:
The Wards is very clever family, indeed
believe We ara descendid from the Puri-
tins, who nobly fed from land of despotism
to land of freeditn, where, they could not
only enjoy their own religion. but prevent
every body else from enjoyin his
ASH have said, we are a very clever family.
L was strollin up Regent street the other
day, thinkin what clever family come of,
and lookin at the gay shop Winders. I've
got some new close since you last saw me- 1
saw them others wouldn't do. They carried
the observer too far back into the dim yister
of the past, and gave 'em to a Orfun Asy-
lum. The close l wear now bot of Mr.
Moses, in the Commercial Road hey was
expressly made, Mr.. Moses informed me. for
noble man, but as they fitted him too much
~, partlc'ly the trows'rs (Which is blue, with
large red and white checks), he had said.
''Nly dear feller, make mo some moro, only
mind-be sure you sell these to some genteel
old feller."
like to saunter thro' Regent street The
shops are pretty, aud it does the old mans
heart good to see the troops of fine healthy
girls which one may always see there at cer-
tain hours in the afternoon, who don't spile
their beauty by devourin cakes and sugar
things, as to0 many of the American and
French lassies do. It's a mistake about every
body being out of town, guess. Regent
streets full. I'm here and, as [ said be-
fore, come of a very clever family.
As was walkin along, amoosin myself by
stickin my penknife into the calves of the
footmen.who stood waitin bY.the swell coach
es, lnot one of whom, ,howled with anguish, y
l was accosted by man of about thirty-fiye
summers, who said 81 have seen that face
someaheres afore !"
He was a little shabby in HIS laearin ap-
paril. His coat was one of those black, shiny
garments, which you can always tell have
been FURNISHED by adversely but he vas very
geutlemanly Y.
"Was it in the Crimea, con1rade? Yes, it
was 1t was at the stormin of Sebastopol,
where had narrow escape from death, that
we metp
l said, ,''No, I wasn't at Sebastopol. es-
capped fatal wound by not beih there. 1t
was healthy old fortress, ~ I added.
1T was But it fell. 1T came down with
crash" T
-, And And plue5y boys they was who brought
The man graspt me warmly by the hand
and said he had been in America, Upper
Canada, Africa, Asia Minor, and other towns,
and he'd never met man he liked as much
as he did me. "Let u.s." he added, .tto the
shrine of Bachus l'' and he dragged me into
public house. / was determined, to pay, so
said, Mr.. Bachus, give this gem man what
he calls for.no.-
We conVersed there In a very pleasant man
ner till my, dinner time arrove, when tie
agree'ble gentleman insisted that | should
dine with him. ssWe'll have banquet, sir, fit
for the gods!"
I told him good plain vittlcs would SCOT me-
If the gods wanted to have the dyspepsy,
they was welcome it.
We had soup and fish and hot int, and
growsis, and Vines of rare and costly vintage
We had ices, and We had froots from Grecn-
lands icy mouutiu's and Injy's coral strands ;
and when The sdEpptolrls re p lrst was over, the
seTee'blc man said he'd nuEortrritly left his
pocket book at kSitsann the. sl.iasIle center ta-
bic. ''But, by Jove!Y lie said, lit was feast
st for the se5s!.' :, =
sale, Goa, Heyer mind" and drew out
ny puss; ti.o' in,atdly wished the gods, as
the dinner was it for en-, was there 10 pay
+ tor it.
come Of a fFer5 clever family.
5Fhe agree ble. gentlemen then said Now,
| win show you our Club. 1t dates back to
| the time of William the Conqueror"
Did Bill belong to it r. inquired.
"He did,
t'Wail,'' I said, seif Billy was one Of 'cn,
need no other Endorsement as to its respect
fulness. and III go with you, my gay trooper
boy ~ And we went off arl1-in- arm.