Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-25
Letter from A. Ward, Jr.


lorng length ov SPELL
No dvwt l wood hev bin requested b
sum ov the Fust families alsoly, but tn
Fust famees ov the U. s. have lorng senc
parst away to the Ekoless Shore-which
not Ole See Girt Shore by no manner o
means To borrcr the uphoneous langwidg
ov Mr.. Lo, the poor Ingian, who lives nea
the Pacific r. RI say to borrcr Mr.. Lo'
langwidge, the fust famlecs hay parst Il
the Happy Huntn grounds ov the Grat
Spert, many moons ago. But let EN- pars
an you will excoose me from kwotin an,
poitry apropos ov their parsin. genrill,
kwotc good poitry, but it wood take cham
piong Kwotist TO extrack airy good from tn
samplis given 10 coniidin pnblick at th
prcsint lime. Too troo, indeed.
Ei sum ov the Sweet Poims entitled 'Linc
to lIizes Eyes," orr "Oad to Bloc Bird
Settin onto Fence in Springtime," anso
forth, was insertid under the head ov New
Advertisements, chargin 10 cts. Il line fer th'
fust insertion, an more fer each subsckcn
insertion, & u Bill ov the same sent 10 til,
talentid orthur (surcasm,) think he woo(
seek a more congenial climb than the col
lums ov n moose paper. Perchans he woot
bccum famus an respected Soap Biler, al
die wuth 10000 dollars.
Those is what wood do cf Ioand moose
paper, which is Lever wot moves the N.
Y. World. But don't want to be a Editor,
an with the editors Rite, an be soocd fer
tellin the trooth. about cvry other Mite.
On. b Those 4goia' can be chopt into
Rhimes.)
Tho did banker to he editor wunst. /
thort il wood be nice to get tickets to Ladies'
Fares fer nuthin' Them drcem has wanisht
with the parst / once got into II LADIES'
Fare without payin. Let me ramark rite
here that didn't git nul asin without payin.
o no, not much Like B. Franklin, paid
too Deer Ter me whisilc-which was Tin
horn, an corst twenty five (25) cents. Ei the
trOoth must be tolc, low the Fare LADIES'
more than do the LADIES' Fare.
Long may they wave-and Bend
Thems sum ov my sentiments.
I've bin Roamin' aroun' muchly ov late,
lin sumiimes here, an sumiimcs there. Ori-
tcnly air more here than there, an yiccy
versy.
I'm here now
was in New York recently. "..
New York is not Il lclihy place at present.
understood they was havin Carnival ov
Kcrimc thare. 1t was Bolc wentur to 90
to New York. but wanted to witness the
Carnival ov Kcrime the N. Y. correspondents
ov the Country Press write so frckntly
about had seen Carnival 0v Venice,
and ROW | wanted 10 see Carnival oy
Kerime.
didn't see il. | pcrsoom il had Bin with
drawd from the Boards To make room for
lIumpty Dumpiy or Barb Bloc wich is
Dmmmcrs - calld drammers becaus the
jlumpty Dumpters an Barb Bloocrs must
hay thare little DRAINS
Tragedy is putty successful at Booths new
Theatre. Indeed Tragedy is putty success-
ful all over New York The Tragedy havin
the longest run ut rrcsint is entitled The
Rogers Murder, piece in one Dastartlly Act,
by Jim logan. Its success. :
When l arrivd in New York, man with
star an Brass Buttons onto his Koie, laid
his hand onto my Sh~l ~ldcr, an pintin to my
Valise, scs, "your names Jim Logan Z"
"Not ef know it, seq |. "Nary Jim
Logan"
''Ics it air, 'sez he, pntin to "a. w. Jr., !"
wich a Master Hand had painted in white
onto the end ov my Valsc. "a. fer Jim
and W. fer Logan-ycr the fcllcr."
This chap wext me, but piticd him. In
New York they pint the ignorantist pee
pill 10 olllsus, an this man was one sv EN-.
lie knowd his letters, but he couldn't spell
worth Sent. Not cny.
"NIy fren," seq |, "Im altogether IL differ
cnt person. l don't know Jim Logan
onct. But had cousin Jim Wilkensin
whose name came pretty near bein Jim Lo-
gun. His mother married ole Wilkcnsin,
bis father, insted ov Bijah Logun, who had
n hankerin arter her. Ell She had -wcddid
the latter, Pm inclined to think my cousins
name would have bin Jim Logan.
Twas no use argooin with the cuss, and it
was not till man who Good read explaind
10 tho "Knite ov the Locuss, that A. w. Jr
didn't stand for Jim Logun, that he rcleast
me.
Reader, ef yeur name is Jim Logun, give
N. Y. City n wide Birth. All the Jim Lo-
guns ov the Place have bin arrested, I'm
tp1a nm hav .ntr rft, IL,
other States. The Polls haven't Grabbed the
rite one yet. 1t is not orficn they do srabb
the rite one, is il? Scurcely.
Ef the Rogers Murder had bin com'ittcd
by John Smith, it wood have bin alto
gether ruff onto Smith family, woodnt il :?
About 10 thousan' John Smiths wood have
bin Jcrkt, SO to Speak, up to this writen,-
but not the rite 'un. 1t is better that one
glty man shood be hung, than 10 thousan
/ inncrsent ones arrested.
Alore left Gothem, stoppt into the orfis
oy the N. Y. WOrld-which don't cirkelate
all over the World, 0 moan was Shown
into offs WHARF chap Set at Desk
Sllngin ink rite copiously.
doW w, icihuiht, luhiu " Cnccr an
clevatin me feet onto the Desk; sed feet, |
must confess, slitey rescmbin a Brace ov
Columbiads, at a angle ov 45 dcgs
''Ill be at leshure in a minnit," scd the
chap, without lookin up, feerccly Jabbin his
/ pen into the ink. sim havin' Conversa-
tion with Gen. Grant, which must appear in
-morrows ishoo."
AS Gen. Grant was in Washin'ton at that
| Identical period, thort the Worldly chap
wanted to make Game ov mt. l Rose from
me cheer, graspt me Valise, and givin the
| writist witherin look, ses-
me frend," SCI l, 81 wish you to partik
| crly understand that this individooal is no
Bald heded Idyit, ef he does write fer the
Newspapers. How air you, Conversation
with Ulysis!"
With those remark left.
The strangest part is, he tole me the truth.
. lie was havin aconversashun with the Gen.
an the mex mornin the World had a colum
ov the Converse in. have sence larnd that
all the conversations with Grant the World