Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-29
A. Ward, Jr., in the Country
In THE Country, July, 1856.

sum 90 10 the Whlte Mounungs.
Others go to the Waterin' places.
An more go to whiskey an Waterin' places.
contested berc-far. far away from the noise
& strife an shrill shreeks ov the newsboys an
Boot blackists ov N. York city.
Do miss the sweet strains Of the Organ Grind
| ist playin " Not fer Joseph, "Thomas Dodd,"
an other sweet choons7 Wal, yes, do-an' l
rather like it. must ferego the pleasure ov pc.
roosin H. G.'s Politik Economy artkils ontil
they arc sevril days old, asoly; but these little
Inconvenience is amply repaid by the luxurious
luxury ov enjoyin' the Luxuriousncss Of the
country. They is indeed.
| Here is where was Born. This is my nativ
Heath, as it were-my Birthplace. Ipity tho
man or woman who never had birthplace. They
shood procoor one at the fust oppurtoonily.
Here, when l was II years old, fell in Luv
with Squire whanckus's dawter. Joanncr.
| luv'd her for the gold she had in store
An she luv'd me for the good Close wore.
A day ov parin' cum. We swore to be Troo
with my striped Bandanna, an Joanncr wiped
hern with her Gingham apru An we parted.
In three short months thereafter Joanner mar
ried horny handed blacksmith, whose name IL
was John Swagglcs.
An sch is life.
Joanncr still lives here. saw her yesterday.
She weighs 2so lbs. an is the mother ov six var-
Gus sized children. gaze at the 2S0 lbs ov Jo-
amer an her 6 promisln' orfsprings and like
Miss Maud Muller, sigh an say-" 1t mite Eev
bin."
Ycs,--"it might hcv bin the undcrsin'd who
was the responsible an lndividooal Male Parink
ov the orfsprings aforescd. An must confess
that I'm now doosd glad tina. 1t hasn't Biust |!
Rayther!
Squire whanckus still lives here. His hcyday
oy life has long since parst, an Time with his
Sickel will soon chop him down an gather him
in The Weekly Boogle printed miles hence
praps little hencer- -calls the Squire "a patri-
arch withthe SHOWS ov so Winters onto hishcad." "
But tharc's mistake here. Imagine the Squire
with the SHOWS ov those winters onto his vener-
able head If you can. 1t coodn't was. Hardly.
He'd freeze
The weather is hot. At least the Boogie sez so,
an guess it is. The Boogie is the best advcrti-
sin mejum in the State so is the Weekly Whistier.
Both hev the largest crcooation.
1hC pOSph hS'S uoh tnhO huSh w hStiOhs 4
arskt farmer Wilkerson ef he liked Gates Ajar."
"No," sed farmer W., "ef thare's anything
pcrwokin its to hav the gates left aar fer the hogs
to get in, or the Bars left down SO the cattle kin
get into the GrainGeld or tatcr-patch."
| Mr.. Wilkerson evidently had not read the vol
loom. tried him agin. A arskt him how he
liked 1.-THE Man who Larfs."
"Wal," sez he, 81 like the man who Lafs
morc'n do the man who wares q lorng lace, an
looks like as tho he lived in grave yard.
The farmers here air ongoyin' the 16 hour sys-
tim. They work from the rising ov the Son ontil
the scttin ov the same, an consid 'rably more The
wimmin's rites fever hasn't struck here much,
too. In conversation with Mrs Nancy McDoo-
gan, u Spanish lady who Biles an irons me
shirts,-I remarkt that was in favor ov femail
suffcragc, an arskt ef she was.
"Faymail suffcrin', dye say ?" scz she. aye
air in favor ov faymales suiferin, air yc? Take
that, then, yc hard-hcarted blaggard!' an I'm
sorry TO add that Nancy graspt bulky rollin' pin
an huil'd it at me very vigrusly indeed. 1t hit
nae on the head with much emfasis.
Nancy is not Sorosister, l don't think. Ell
she Is, she is the Sorosistcrcst ever cum across.
There ar no millunare's here. Mr.. Hardcahpp,
city merchant, who has summer chattoo iu
this place, is wu,h sevril hundred thousand dol
lars, an he's only bin in Bankrupt times, too.
| The nabcrs thinks CT he goes into Bankruptcy a
few more times he'll be wuth million. Isposc
he'll 20 in. They genrilly do.
| Mr.. lIardchapp has q sweet dawtcr who has
| recently gradooatcd from seminary WHARF they
larn the Q F's-tu-whit; French, Fashions an
| Flirtin She excels in the larst but is rather
shaky in the fust. She's "Ancrcan girl oy
the period" She has put period to the visits
ov sevril country youths, an cfeclooally upset
thare appclites.
anshent house here which is hantcd. Its very
pictooroske. Its about 200 years old. an is guard
ed by n row ov stately poplars which towers Into
the Heavins. The fences which onct surrounded
it hev bin knockt down by the hand ov Time, an
the winders have bin knockt out by the hands oy
| wicked boys. II is now scene fer n paintcr-a
house an sign painter. An glazer likewisey
As | scd, the house is hanted. Its hanted by
young men who bring tharc troo luvs ov evcnir
from tho lips ov Bewty. Geo Washington nevel
maid this house his hcadquartcrs--from the sim
pie fact that George hadn't the widest idear th'
house was here. But man who Is stoppin q
tho village tavern politely offered TO show me th'
house where the Pilgrim fathers was born, fer
harf doer. tole him ef he wood pint out III
spot WHARF the Pilgrim mothers was born too,
was "a CO." The man was honest, an sed b
coOdn't do that. he sea the fllsrim motner
| wasn't born in this country.
young man who was born here an who ha
ambition to bccum CRY Alderman, or hos
} car conductor, arskt my advice about goin to tn
city. He knew by insiinck was city chap.
hev no objections to country boys goin TO tn
city. My friend Mr.. Greeley has. SO l address
him In the words ov Horace.
''Young man." sez /, "stay on the farm. In
/ city is crowded now with men who owns Raj
roads IL steamboats,, an men who make fortune
l n,.t bn
) on incomes ov $4,000 year an don't pay IL
I come Tax. Folks in the city work so hard duri
, the winter and spring 'tendn' Operys and The;
ters, that they Is compelled to seek the See Sid
i | in the summer to rest thare bones. Stay on th
0 farm, young man, an get up at o'clock in ii
:, mornin', an go out in the fields an husk yol
golden wheat, or thresh your pink-cyed potater
: or reap your corn, as the case may be. Stay 9
the farm, young man. hay lived in the city Il
years, an what am l 2"
8 "Why," this young man did reply, "you o.
q dernd ole Fool, ef Iknow enything about il
J. The country is delightful place to live. I'll
farmer earns his bread by the sweat oy his bro'
:, He must earn great deal ov Bread, too, for
f. never saw q man sweat more than the farm
- does.
II Last evening took walk down beside Il
IT mill-pond. A poet wood call 1t a pondlct.
; | notist dozen youngsters-an sum was near
oldsters-chuckin stones at the frogs, an behav
ridikius genrilly. "Boys," sez kindly, "boy
#, be men. Don't waste your timc and talons her
. Go home an study Walt Whitmans poems
|. sum other Dutch book. Arouse, arouse, un
4 | YOU arc Rousers Have a noble aim"
"see here, old codger," interrupted a b.
IN dresst in 2 thirds ov a straw hat, an the saI
il, amount ov Trowsis, an who grasp rock in
40 right hand-"jest you dry up. | lest b had Y,
le pursood the subject no further.
orl hev bin here two weeks an ! rather like
Vi farmers lifc-espeshilly at meal time. like
in sit under the shelterin branchis ov q tree
a watch the farmer powin up his golden punkil
%, an-an-but my education on this subject is a
az tie shaky, an will drop it. The boys, too, dri'
be home the cows at night after they have bin Q
at in the mcaders all day gatherin milk and crea
th an drinkin' water to mix with it-this is
,n A. WARD, JR
ne Phaon Albright, well known citizen
Allentown, Pa, was recently caught il
ot very unpleasant predicament. He visit
| tIaI T,sa NJ that nlaca for