Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-10-18
Artenuus Ward fnI LoisdossE.
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man engaged 'partments in the Greenlion.
He stated he was from the celebrated United
States, but beyond this he said nothin'. He
seem'd to prefer sollytood! He remained
mostly in his room, and whenever he did
show hisself he walked in moody and
morose manner in the gardin, with his head
bowed down and his arms foldid across his
breast. He reminded me sumwhat of the
celebrated but Unhappy Mr. HoIIer, in the
cheerful play of The Stranger. This man
puzzled m e.-AP d been puzzled afore several
times, but never so severally as now. Mine
lost of the Greenlion said must interrigate
this strange bein1 who claimed to be my
eountryman. stHe hasn't called for drop
of beer since he's been in this ere 'ouse,"
said the landlord. 81 look to you,", he
added, "to clear up this dark, this orful
mistry "
i wringed helan'lord,s honest hand, and
told him to consider the mistry cleared up.
| gained axes to the misterus beiA' s room,
and, by talkin' sweet to him for few min
its, found out who he was. Then, return
in to the landlord, who was nervisly passin'
up and downfthe bar said':~
"Sweet Rolando, don't tremble no more
I've torn the from the hawty strangers
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sole He's a trans mejim ~ q
| had been to the Beefanham theatre the
previs evenin', and probly the Grammar
[ saw affected me, because I'm not
in the habit of goin' on as per above. I
like the Beefanham theatre very much, in
deed, because there, a enthoosiastic loyer-of
the theatre like myself can unite the 1egiti
mate drammer with fish. Thus, while your
enrapterad soul drinks in the lorfty and no.
BE sentences of the gifted artists, you can
eat billed mack'ril jest'as eomfor' bly, as in
your own house. | felt constrained, how
ever, to tell fond mother who sot imme-
gitly behind me, and who was accompanied
by gin bottle and young infant felt
constrained to tell that mother, when her
infant playfully mingled rayther oily
mack'ril with the little hair .whioh.isleft on
my veneer BILE he'd, that 1 had bottle of
scented hair oil at home, which on the
whole. tho't preferred to that which her
offspring was greasin' me with. This riled
the excellent female, and she said, "GitI
out! You never was infank yourself, L
supposed Oh, no You was too good to be
q infank, you was You slid into the world
already crowd didn't you'll Git out!'
"No, madam" replied, 81 too was once
infant! I wasa luvly child. Peple used
to come in. large and enthusiastic crowds.
from all parts of the country to see me, |
was such an intel gent infant. The excite
ment was so intens, in fack, that a extra no
tel was startid in the town to accommodate
the peple who thronged to my cradle"
Havin finished these troothful statemints,
[ smilt sweetly On the worthy female. She
said, g Drat you, what do you come a-chaf
ing me for?" and the estymible woman was
really getting furis, when molly fed her by
praisin her. child, and akin pardin for all i
nad said. This little gall" observed,
this surprisingly luvly little GAL
when the mother said, "Its t'other sect is
he, sir, it's boy" WALL" I said, "then
this little hoy, whose eye is like eagle
a-soaring proudly in the azure sky, will
some day be a man, if he don't choke his
self to death in childhood's sunny hours
with smelt or bloater, or some other
dredful calamity. How sublime the tho't,
my dear madame, that infant as you fondle
on your knee on this night may grow up
into free. and independent, citizen, whose
vote will be worth from ten to fifteen
pounds, accordin as suffrages may range at
that joyus perid !! .
Let US now return, jentle reader, to the
landlord of the Greenlion, who we left in
the bar in a state of anxiety and perspire.
Rubbln' his hot face with a red Handkerchief,
he said, sis the strange bein' Americana"
:" He is" 80 ~-*''- - ~ t''s ~
ga gen'ral?"
"No.''
GA colonial ?' e
"No.''
GA major?"
mot major"
GA capting."
&c He is not"
"a leftenant %
ssNot even that s&Jtf
" Then" said the landlord of the Green
lion, "you ar deceived! He is no country
man Of yours ssa7aes ,ssi .t7.i isise sias e.
"Why not?" said.
81 will tell you, SIR" said the landlord,
"myg son-in-lawl is employed in bankin'
house where every American IS comes to
these shores goes to git his drafts casht,
and he says that not one has arrived on
these shores during the last Is months as
wasn't gen'ral, a colonel, major, captain,
or leftenant This man, assI2 said afore,
has deceived you! He's a impostner p
ICc1SO lAbO d L UI d lulu1G WIS
speechlis. At length mumered, ssAlars !!
fear it is.too troo! Even was a capting
of the home guards"
"To be sure" said the an'lord; "you
all do it over there" szeT3d wa :1nf'5is.t
"WalP' said, whatever nation this per-
son belongs to, we may as well go and hear
him lecturt hiszevenin. lie isEone ofsthose
spirit %fellars--heSis.-a atrans-mejum, and
when he sings hisself into trans state,
he says the sperrits of departed great men
talk through him He says thattt night
sev'ril eminent persons will speak through
him-among others, Cromwell"
Sand this Mr.. Cromwell--is. he .dead?"
said the landlord.
/ told him that Oliver was no more.
"It's 'umbug," said the landlord; to
which replied we'd best go and see, and
we went We was late, on accounts of the
landlords extensly acquaintans, with the
public house keepers along the road, and
the hall was some two miles distant, but we
got there at last. The hall was about half
full, and the mejim. was just then assumin'
to be Benjamin Franklin who was speakin'
about the Atlantic cable.
He said the cable was really q merrytori-
Gus affair, and that messages could be sent
to America, and there was no doubt about
his gettin' there in the course of week or
two, which, he said, was a beautiful idear,
and much quicker than by steamer or canal
boat. 1t struck me that if this was Frank
lin, spiritooal life hadn't improved the old
gentleman's intellecks partic'ly.
The audiens was mostly composed of
rayther pale peple, whose eyes tho't rolled
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they was well behaved, and the females kept
saying, Chow beautiful! What sublime
thing it is ct cetry, ct cetry. Among the
females was one who was fair and rosy
young woman. She set ON the same seat
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