Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-11
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al n scrsed from Josh Birifnes. = s'So
g! - t WHEElEId, VAcga
lectured here last mite on :Milk," and-
tho aujience seemed tew relish the liquor
- Wheeling IL the capital of West Virgin
ta, aHd IL iokated on the south side ov the
Ohio river; ,ninety-1iVe miles below Pitts--o
Iburgh, and trifie over thirty five hundred.
miles west ov- london and liverpool. = o"
1t Il very orderly town. saw no one
murdered during my stay.
! They have o mayor and some common
council-very worthy men, am told
which sCunds funny enuf to New York
or-who have learned TO look upon few
imonths IA States prison az a necessary;
pollsh for the municipal board.
Mules are also very thick here. / count
ed eight. yesterday strung onto one wag-z
glng, driven bi q venerable aud mature
dRrky, and drawing about n ton-not n
load to NXclte the marvel aud indignaehnn
ov our humane Bergh. Mules in Wheel
ing seem to have lost their ambishun, or
left it at HON. Their ears all lop like corn
that Is ripe and ready to pluck from the
stalk, and they don't pay any more atten-
Shun tew the flies than an empty sugar
hCssLead ddz.
think theze eight mules must have had
SIX quarts oV flies on them L didn't count
them), all stuck fast and it waz only now
ana then that u mule waved hiz tail
don't kno whether this inattcnshun to
the flies waz owing TO the pashunce or phi.
losophy of the mules, or to the fakt that
mot generally known that the mule can't
hear. = mule Kan kick further than ho
kan hear.
Sum or the least edukated of the natu-
ralists will be iLklined to doubt this assur-
shun ov mine, thai the mule is def, but
will bet emmy oV 4cm 10 dollars oy it. and
put the money n Chief Justice Chase's
hand.
After hay won the money, Chase may
give 1t to sum deserving charity-sich, for
instance. as the "wimmins' rights cammit-
tee," or Bergh's ''cruel animal organiza-
shun." don't believe in winning bet
unless you lay out the money immijiately
in morals or fust klass benevolence.
Wheeling haz Dizziness look to its
countenance. Tho wharfs are stuck full
Ov steambOato, and prosperity walks round
the town with hiz hands stuck deep into
timber old tune " Daniel Tucker haz ar
rived"
I waz particularly struck with the buty
Ov the young ladys here, SO much SO that
mi wife differed entirely with me and de-
clared she couldn't sec it.
I'll wife IL 8 woman OV unerring Judge
Incnt, but she kant bear to hav me brag
1
talents which have been entrusted 10 me
for other and better purposes"
| The late ackt ov cmansipashun has thrown
q vast lot ov ncgroS ont Of employment in
| Wheeling; they don't seem tew hav emmy
thing tew do, only tow belong tew them
self, which iz the hardest kind ov work for
+, the poor phelloWs.
! The negro must be Ciyated or destroyed /;
not elivated by the hair ov the lead, for
| this is too short holt, but bv learning him
| tew work for himself
Emmy man who haZ learned few work for
! himself iz three quarters elevated
hi vile (aaQ me) leave here Tomorrow
for Cincinnati.
Qt may not DO generally known. but
state it here, once for all, that mi wife IL
the principal woman in our family.)
Wheeling win long linger round the
portals oy mi heart. J hav had no pull
backs since ontored the city everything
haz slipped az easy az boys sled, and
shall leave tomorrow with tear III mi eye
and 90 dollars in mi pocket, tho net re-
ceipt oy nj icc.ur.
Yhare IL a crate decal Of plum in deliv-
! ering comic textures, espeshilly if the lex
tur5 arc pLunny, but Il takes a man OF
| grato strength to write comic lcctur.
He haz got teW be az strong az Samp-
son.
| Nj loktur on NatraI History iz not near
az phunuy az / could make it if I only
knew how.
But I am learning sumthing new every
day, ana IN few years from now l expekt
to improve.
spell crate deal better this year than
L did last mi friends all notis it.